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About this job
Position Information
Broken Hill North Public School (BHNPS) is located in the Far West of NSW and is one of six local primary schools in Broken Hill.
The school community is committed to providing students with a broad and inclusive education that explicitly teaches essential skills and knowledge with a strong focus on literacy and numeracy, ensuring equitable access for all learners. The school offers a diverse range of educational opportunities designed to differentiate for each student in reaching their full potential, with a particular focus on fostering High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE). Our approach upholds high expectations for both staff and students, promoting a culture of excellence, respect, and continuous growth.
Each student is encouraged to take pride in their own culture while appreciating the culture of others.
Broken Hill North Public School is classified as P2 with a current enrolment of 200 students. The structure of the school comprises 6 support classes, 8 mainstream classes, 33% Aboriginal enrolment.
Staff at the school are a mixture of experienced and newly appointed teachers. The staff have a strong focus on collaboration supported by high impact professional learning. The school is supported by an Aboriginal Education Officer, Aboriginal School Learning Support Officer (SLSO) and mainstream SLSO’s.
The strategic directions for Broken Hill North Public School include Student Growth and Attainment, Effective Classroom Practice and Positive School Culture.
The school has a strong student wellbeing culture. BHNPS has a health hub utilised by a range of outside agencies. The school also operates a breakfast club.
The school is supported through their ongoing positive engagement with the BHNPS P&C and the Broken Hill Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and places great value on the engagement with community.
General Selection Criteria
1. High level educational leadership with the skills to lead and manage a complex public school focused on the delivery of high quality education
2. Ability to lead and manage rigorous and inclusive whole school teaching and learning programs
3. High level communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build positive relationships and engage all levels of the school and educational community
4. Ability to lead and manage the development and performance of staff to improve teaching and learning
5. Ability to plan systems and manage resources effectively and equitably to enhance teaching and learning
6. Capacity to lead staff in implementing the Department's Aboriginal education policy and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people
Specific Selection Criteria
Demonstrated visible leadership with proven expertise in uniting the entire school community around a compelling shared vision and driving the successful implementation of a comprehensive and ambitious school improvement agenda.
Demonstrated expertise in leading evidence-based, innovative explicit teaching strategies and differentiated curriculum to support diverse learners, combined with strong skills in promoting a whole-school student wellbeing approach that cultivates responsibility for a safe, creative, and critical-thinking learning environment.
Proven leadership in cultivating a professional learning culture that drives continuous staff development and wellbeing, through evidence-based programs that enhance teaching and student outcomes that build a motivated, high-performing team.
Substantial ability to build authentic partnerships with students, parents, staff, and the wider community—including meaningful engagement with Aboriginal communities and AECG—to strengthen educational collaboration and improve learning, wellbeing, and Closing the Gap outcomes in a K–6 setting. In addition to the general selection criteria,
Conditions
Special Notes
Classification Structure for Principals:
The Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2020 details the new principal classification structure based on complexity of schools which commenced in 2016. Please view information on the Classification structure for Principals at https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/salary-and-benefits/salary-and-awards/awards-and-determinations/teachers-award-initiatives#Principal2
The classification and remuneration of our school principals is based on school complexity, as measured through each school’s RAM allocation. As part of the ongoing application of the new structure a review of thresholds and outcomes will occur on an annual basis. The principal classification for this school is Principal Level P2 for 2025 and Principal Level P2 for 2026.
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.