Assistant Principal - Oatlands Public School

Permanent full-time job at Oatlands Public School (Dundas, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000AOON
Closing date September 25, 2024, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Belmore St East, Oatlands 2117 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Kim Gould
96303486

About this job

Position Information

Oatlands Public school is a caring community school in the Carlingford Principal Network. Student enrolment in 2024 is 163 students, including 71 students who learn English as an additional language or dialet and 7 students who identify as Aboriginal. The school is dedicated to evidence based explicit teaching with a strong focus on literacy and numeracy. There are opportunities for every student to achieve through a wide range of extracurricular activities, including sporting opportuinities and a specialist music program. Student wellbeing, voice and agency are valued and supported through a variety of learning and wellbeing programs and the school proudly works in partnership with parents, carers and the wider community. 

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. Approval to teach infants and/or primary. Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively as part of an executive team and effectively balance the dual roles of exemplary classroom teacher and Assistant Principal.
  2. Ability to work as part of a dynamic leadership team, strategically planning, leading and monitoring initiatives and applying evaluative practices to drive continuous improvement. 
  3. Proven capacity to increase connections through student voice and parent/community partnerships.
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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