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About this job
Position Information
Terrigal Public School, located on the NSW Central Coast, is a vibrant and inclusive learning community with 898 students across 34 mainstream classes and three support classes. Our students come from a diverse range of cultural, linguistic, and family backgrounds, including 43 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, 34 students who speak English as an additional language or dialect, and 77 students from language backgrounds other than English. They are known for being connected, resilient, curious, and inclusive learners. Our school is supported by an engaged and active community that holds high expectations for student success, equity, and school excellence.
We are committed to creating a learning environment where every student can grow, achieve, and thrive. By focusing on student growth and attainment, professional collaboration and learning, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing, we provide challenge and support for all learners while fostering staff development, authentic student voice, and strong partnerships with families. Together, we create opportunities, unlock potential, and inspire excellence for everyone in our community.
Our school places a strong emphasis on explicit teaching in literacy and numeracy, alongside a commitment to equity, inclusion, and high potential and gifted education. Student wellbeing and engagement are central priorities. Through the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) framework, we promote consistent high expectations, supportive classroom environments, and active family and community partnerships.
We proudly acknowledge that we learn and work on land that is, was, and always will be Aboriginal land. Our Aboriginal students are supported to connect with their culture and community, while all students engage in meaningful learning about Aboriginal histories, cultures, and perspectives. Our strong partnership with the Kuriwa Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) continues to strengthen culturally responsive, equitable, and inclusive practices across the school.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
- Demonstrated success in leading, managing, and balancing the complex and diverse responsibilities of an executive role while modelling high-impact classroom practice that inspires and builds the capability of others.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a positive, inclusive and equitable school culture through proactive wellbeing practices, skilled management of complex student behaviour, and the development of authentic, respectful and productive relationships with students, families and the wider school community.
- Proven ability to lead high-performing teams by fostering collaborative professional practice, including coaching and mentoring to build leadership capability in others, creating a culture of shared responsibility for student success.
- Demonstrated expertise in leading sustainable school improvement by aligning strategic priorities and professional practice 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
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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.