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About this job
Position Information
Chalmers Road School delivers differentiated educational programs for students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities from Kindergarten to Year 12. A number of students have additional learning needs such as physical disabilities, sensory impairments and complex health and behavioural needs. Currently there are 80 students enrolled at Chalmers Road School across 12 classes, with approximately 90% of families having an English as an Additional Language or Dialect.
Every student is supported through a Personalised Learning and Support Plan (PLSP) designed to meet their individual needs and secondary students access Life Skills outcomes and syllabus to prepare them for successful post-school pathways.
Chalmers Road School adopts a multi-disciplinary team approach that includes access to the school’s therapy team and external treating teams. Using the NSW Department of Education’s Care Continuum, interventions are triaged to ensure that resources are allocated in an equitable way, leading to the best outcomes for all students.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) underpins the school’s approach to explicitly teaching students to be safe, respectful and caring learners. All staff model and reinforce student behaviour expectations, with a focus on effective communication, social interactions and self-regulation.
Strong links with the school and wider community support student success through varied learning experiences and financial support. The Parents and Citizens Association (P&C) work closely with the school executive to ensure valued collaboration between the school and community. Parent voice is strongly encouraged and represented in operational decisions.
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
In addition to the general selection criteria,
A collaborative, visible and approachable leader who fosters a consistent approach to learning and improvement and leads a culture of respect and open communication with students, staff, parents, carers and stakeholders.
Proven capacity in strategic leadership of curriculum reform and quality teaching to improve outcomes for all students and promote excellence in learning.
Demonstrated leadership capacity and experience in the management of complex health and behaviour needs, supported by a multi-disciplinary team approach.
Demonstrated capacity to lead staff and advocate for students in key transition points, including primary, secondary and post school pathways, in consultation with parents, carers and stakeholders to support lifelong success.
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 refer to the information regarding the Classification Structure for Principals.
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 2024 and also for 2025.
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.