Assistant Principal - Kingswood Public School

Permanent full-time job at Kingswood Public School (Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000ASE5
Closing date December 4, 2024 (AEST)
Location Second Ave, Kingswood 2747 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Kim Hall
0247364028

About this job

Position Information

Kingswood Public School is a growing school located in Western Sydney, close to Penrith and has a student enrolment of 516. Our school has a strong focus on literacy, numeracy and wellbeing, implementing quality programs to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. Our school has strong support from the Parents and Citizens' Association and the school community. School Bytes will be implemented thoughout the school and community in 2025. Kingswood Public School operates using a stage based model for grouping students in our mainstream classes and has two Stage 3 Opportunity Classes that encompass students from within and beyond our catchment area. Our school is supported by a multicultural community, 78% of our students have a language background other than English and 13% of our students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Our students come from a range of socio-economic backgrounds. Our school offers students opportunities to excel through extra-curricular activities including: sport, dance, choir, debating and public speaking.

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
1. In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary with demonstrated capacity to build authentic connections and collaboration with all stakeholders within a diverse community, to strengthen educational partnerships that improve student outcomes.

2. Highly developed educational leadership skills with an expertise in building the capacity of all staff to meet student needs, with a strong focus on explicit teaching, differentiation and implementing new curriculum.

3. Proven capacity to work as a collaborative member of the executive team to strategically plan and lead initiatives and apply evidence-informed practices that contribute to the school’s strategic directions.

4. Demonstrated capacity in leading innovation, with a strong focus on embedding technology in teaching and learning programs and mentoring staff to drive continuous whole school improvement.

 
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 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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