Assistant Principal - Kellyville Public School

Permanent full-time job at Kellyville Public School (Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000ARMS
Closing date November 13, 2024 (AEST)
Location Windsor Rd, Kellyville 2155 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Jenny Walker
96291279

About this job

Position Information

Kellyville Public School  has a long and proud tradition of providing quality public education to the Kellyville community for over 150 years and is located on Dharug country in the Hills District of Sydney. The school currently has 870 students enrolled, 68% of these students coming from a variety of cultural and language backgrounds other than English. Opportunities for students to demonstrate excellence include areas of academic, sporting, creative arts and leadership. The school has a strong commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of students, staff and the wider school community. Kellyville Public School is committed to creating a positive school culture that values collaboration, teamwork  innovation, and student success. The school is actively supported by the P&C. The staff work collaboratively to improve practice with high expectations to support and extend all students across the curriculum to promote the school's tradition of excellence and opportunity.

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, approval to teach infants and/or primary 

1.      Demonstrate capacity to work as part of a dynamic leadership team and balance exemplary classroom practice with the complexities of a leadership role. 

2.      The ability to initiate, lead and evaluate a culture of continuous improvement in literacy and numeracy driven by data-informed practice, current curriculum expertise and evidenced-based research. 

3.      A visible leader with the ability to demonstrate strong emotional intelligence and outstanding interpersonal skills to initiate, mentor, build and strengthen positive partnerships with students, parents, staff and the wider community.

4.      Proven capacity to lead a whole school initiative working collaboratively  with the executive team to develop and lead targeted, differentiated pedagogical practices to improve student outcomes.

 
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

This position is for two Assistant Principal positions.

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 and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.

 

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