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About this job
Position Information
Kirrawee Public School has an enrolment of 316 students. Of these students, 32% are from a diverse language background other than English, and 5% of students identify as Indigenous. The school is located on Gweagal Country. It hosts 12 mainstream and 3 support unit classes. Kirrawee Public School values the diversity and cultural richness of its student population.
As a 'values' school, Care, Respect, Responsibility, Fair Go and Excellence are embedded in programs, practices and relationships. The school has also invested in the welfare programs to support students to have the best opportunity to learn and thrive.
The school has an emphasis on outstanding teaching and learning programs, supported by on-going quality professional learning of staff. Curriculum differentiation and integrating technology to support learning are key focus areas for the school. Students and staff approach all learning experiences with a growth mindset.
A diverse mix of dedicated and talented staff equip students to achieve their personal best through an innovative, student-centred approach to learning. Our special education teachers within the support unit offer insight and expertise to adjustments for learning and engaging with the curriculum, in building staff capacity across the school.
Collaborative planning and decision-making, together with distributed leadership practices are key features of the school.
Our parent community has high expectations of the school. The P&C is a valued partner in ensuring each child's experience at the school is positive and rewarding.
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,
Proven ability to lead a school with diverse learners to foster authentic inclusion and engagement through high quality teaching and learning, and wellbeing programs.
A highly visible, approachable and collaborative leader with demonstrated capacity to build on existing partnerships with students, staff, parents/carers and the wider community.
Demonstrated excellence in educational leadership to evaluate and sustain practices and programs for impact with the capacity to affect change to drive innovation and school excellence.
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
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 P2 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.