Assistant Principal - Warialda Public School

Permanent full-time job at Warialda Public School (Warialda, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000B6GI
Closing date March 18, 2026, 1 a.m. (AEST)
Location Hope St, Warialda 2402 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Tracey Digby
(02) 67291131

About this job

Position Information

Warialda Public School, established in 1851, is a proud educational community located on Kamilaroi Country within a rural and remote region. Our school currently educates 176 students, with 21% identifying as Aboriginal. Warialda Public School has a dedicated staff, at various career stages, who strive to ensure they maintain high professional standards and deliver quality learning to their students with a focus on continual improvement and reducing the impact of disadvantage in our community, and ensuring all students are known, valued, and cared for. Warialda Public School embraces evidence-based practice and uses data to drive the use of high impact strategies such as explicit teaching and feedback, high expectations and individualised learning goals and case management as core components to our quality learning environment pedagogy. Our school plan has a significant school improvement focus in the areas of growth and attainment, student wellbeing and attendance, as well as effective classroom practice.    

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. Proven ability to effectively integrate high-quality, evidence-based classroom teaching with the multifaceted leadership and management responsibilities of an Assistant Principal.
  2. Demonstrated success collaborating as a key member of the executive team to develop initiatives and lead the implementation of the school improvement plan.

  3. Skilled in leading, mentoring, and motivating both experienced and early career teachers to ensure effective teaching practices while fostering a positive school culture and a strong sense of belonging among all stakeholders.

     

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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here. 

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

 

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