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About this job
Position Information
The Assistant Principal Inclusion and Support is a strategic leadership role dedicated to inclusion, with a focus on facilitating improvement in the learning, wellbeing and independence of students with disabilities.
The Assistant Principal Inclusion and Support shares the broader educational imperatives of the Assistant Principal position but with the explicit focus of driving improved outcomes for students with disability, providing a leadership role in mentoring staff across the school to support students with disability and building collaborative relationships with families of students with disability.
The roles are located in mainstream primary schools with seven or more support classes.
Kelso Public School's teachers and support staff are committed to quality teaching and creating positive, engaging learning environments. The school culture of Success, Excellence, Opportunity and Belonging allows students to engage in a broad range of activities. The school has an enrolment of 359 students and is inclusive of 135 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students, 14 Languages other than English and 91 students with disabilities. We currently have 12 mainstream classes, 10 inclusive education classes, and an Early Intervention class. The diverse needs of our students are met by the employment of additional specialist staff and through partnerships with the local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, Parents and Citizens association, and other community agencies. Our School Excellence Plan includes a focus on explicit teaching to drive student achievement in reading and numeracy. A systematic approach to learning culture and engagement promotes students' attendance and wellbeing.
General Selection Criteria
1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria:
1. Demonstrated expertise and proven successful experience in supporting students with disability, which may include relevant qualifications in inclusion or special education.
2. Demonstrated ability to promote research based impactful professional learning that ensures the continual development and growth of teacher expertise in learning and wellbeing growth for students with disability through evidence informed practice and high expectations.
3. Demonstrated ability to interpret and analyse student data to develop differentiated practice and student improvement.
4. Demonstrated ability to implement, monitor and make reasonable adjustments in collaboration with students, families, staff and allied health professionals to maximise learning and wellbeing outcomes for students with disability.
5. Demonstrated ability to develop the capacity of colleagues’ work with colleagues to plan, teach and evaluate for inclusion and equity.
Conditions
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.