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About this job
Position Information
Located in the Mooney Mooney Network, Mount Colah Public School is a dynamic K-6 school established in 1953. The school is situated in a bushland setting, north of Hornsby. Mount Colah Public School currently has 450 students. The NESB background of the school community is 8%. The Family Occupation and Education Index (FOIE) is 33. Trained and dedicated teachers deliver quality teaching programs in a caring and supportive environment.
The school is dedicated to maximising student learning outcomes through quality, explicit instruction across all key learning areas. School priorities include literacy, numeracy, Visible Learning and student wellbeing initiatives. The school enjoys a cohesive mix of experienced and early career teachers who have high expectations of their students. Our teachers focus on quality teaching, collaboration, collegiality, teamwork and high expectations. Teachers work together to foster a quality learning environment that reflects our school values of safety, respect and learning.
The school provides a range of extracurricular programs including choir, band, debating, dance and sport. The school has a reputation as being an inclusive and caring place where students are engaged and happy at school. It enjoys close links with the local community and has an active P & C.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
2.An emotionally intelligent, inspiring leader with the proven ability to collaboratively lead, model and implement evidence informed and data driven practices that embed a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement.
3.Demonstrated capacity to work successfully within a leadership team, balancing exemplary teaching with the demands and complexities of a leadership role, and experience in leading professional learning initiatives to support the implementation of the school’s Strategic Improvement Plan.
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.