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About this job
Position Information
At Windang Public School, we are dedicated to continuous improvement for both students and staff, guided by the Science of Learning and Science of Reading. We focus on academic excellence, creative arts, and sports, ensuring that every child is known, valued, and supported. Our motto, "Success with Honour," reflects our commitment to nurturing well-rounded students. We also benefit from an active and engaged P&C, as well as strong ties with the local community.
With 190 students, including 30 who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, we offer specialist lessons in music, Italian, art, and sports. Our students also enjoy a variety of excursions and camps throughout the year. Recently, we have upgraded our facilities and designed play areas that encourage exploration, collaboration, and confidence-building.
Our leadership team uses the CLARITY 14 Parameters to drive continuous improvement across the school. We maintain high expectations for staff and students, promoting a positive culture built on evidence-based practices and non-negotiable teaching approaches. Teachers regularly use formative and summative assessment data to make informed decisions about the learning needs of students.
Windang Public School is proud to be part of the Lake Learning Community of Schools and the newly formed Illawarra Battalion of Schools, fostering authentic collaboration among principals and staff across several principal learning networks.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria
1. Approval to teach Infants and/or Primary, with a proven ability to balance classroom teaching responsibilities alongside whole-school duties.
2. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with the executive team to effectively lead a school-wide culture focused on high performance, continuous improvement, and data-informed decision-making.
3. An open, visible, and approachable leader with exceptional organisational and management skills who empowers staff and fosters positive, authentic relationships.
4. Proven leadership capacity in managing effective behaviour strategies, wellbeing, attendance, and learning support processes that help students connect, succeed, thrive, and learn.
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.