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About this job
Position Information
Wauchope High School is a comprehensive, co-educational secondary school which sits proudly on Birpai country in the Hastings Valley on the Mid North Coast, providing education to the largely rural community from Wauchope and the surrounding localities. Some students travelling considerable distances each day to attend school. The school's location is reflected in strong agriculture and marine studies programs. The current student population is approximately 450 students. Students with special needs are supported both in mainstream classes and in a large Supported Learning unit.
In addition to the school's entitlement of teaching and non-teaching staff, the school employs an Aboriginal Education Officer to support the learning needs of the 23% of students who identify as Aboriginal and who are also supported through equity programs.
School facilities include a school farm, gymnasium, yarning circle and trade training centre with commercial kitchens extensively used in the Hospitality programs run by the school. These facilities support the delivery of a diverse curriculum which includes VET courses, industrial technology courses and specialist programs such as i-STEM. Students have the opportunity to study a School-Based Apprenticeship or Traineeship as a pathway to completing their Year 12 studies.
The Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support is a strategic, non-teaching, leadership role dedicated to inclusion, with a focus on leading improvement in the learning, wellbeing, and independence of students with disabilities. The Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support shares the broader educational imperatives of the Deputy Principal position but with the explicit focus of driving a school wide culture of inclusion, including high expectations and improved outcomes for students with disability.
The roles are located in mainstream secondary schools with seven or more support classes and are aligned to the Department's Deputy Principal role statement, emphasising: Leading Teaching & Learning, Developing Self & Others, Leading Improvement, Innovation & Change, Leading the Management of the School, Engaging & Working with the Community.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria:
1. Demonstrated ability to lead a school-wide culture that values and promotes inclusion and equity and applying the principles of the inclusion statement for students with disability.
2. Demonstrated expertise and proven successful experience in supporting students with disability, which may include relevant tertiary qualifications in inclusion or special education.
3. Demonstrated capacity to develop staff capacity to promote learning and wellbeing growth for students with disability through evidence-informed practices and fostering a culture of support for all students,
4. Demonstrated ability to foster positive relationships with students, their families, staff and allied health professionals to collaborate on reasonable adjustments, including implement, monitor and adjust, to maximise learning and wellbeing outcomes for students with disability.
5. Deep knowledge and understanding of available and appropriate options for transition to the setting that is best for individual student growth in all areas of learning and wellbeing.
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.