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About this job
Position Information
Young North Public School is located on Wiradjuri Country in a rural setting approximately 2hrs from Canberra, Wagga Wagga and Orange. Our school caters for students from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures with significant populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are currently at 20% across K-6 and 13.8% EALD students across K-6. The school enrolments sit at around 300 students within 12 mainstream classrooms and 4 support classrooms.
Young North Public School has a dedicated and diverse staff 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 rural community. The focus is on educational aspirations through excellence and engagement.
Young North Public Schools embraces Instructional Leadership 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. At Young North Public School through an extensive evaluation, a significant school improvement focus in the areas of growth and attainment, building a culture of excellence and engagement at all levels have been highlighted by our thorough self-assessment processes and current levels of resourcing, as well as consultation with our aspirational parents, staff and student bodies. Young North Public School is highly regarded for innovative approaches to student wellbeing, engagement and learning. Our school works in partnership with parents and outside agencies and health professionals to ensure that all students have the greatest possible opportunity to be 'Successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens' into the future.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
- In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary, with a demonstrated ability to balance exemplary classroom practice with school leadership responsibilities, including leading initiatives, mentoring colleagues and driving strategic improvement aligned with the School Excellence Plan.
- Proven ability to lead with integrity and emotional intelligence, fostering authentic connections and collaborative partnerships with students, staff, parents and the wider community to enhance learning and wellbeing across the school.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead whole-school initiatives in areas including performing arts, creative programs, and community engagement.
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
This advertisement is for two (2) Assistant Principal positions.
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
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