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About this job
Position Information
Leichhardt Campus is a partially selective co-educational 7-10 campus of Sydney Secondary College (SSC.) The school has an enrolment of 824 students and includes a support unit with a designated Head Teacher for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and autism. The student body consists of 21% of students from a Language Background Other Than English and 4.6%students from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. All SSC Principals work together through the College Management Group to enact their responsibility for effective collegiate decision-making. Explicit Teaching is a central platform of the School Excellence Plan 2024-2027 and high expectations are placed on students’ academic achievement. The school provides an educational environment and learning atmosphere that is appropriate for the personal and social developmental needs of adolescents, including extensive transition programs, both from primary to high school, and to SSC Blackwattle Bay campus in Year 11. The encouragement of respect for everyone is promoted through the well-established Positive Behaviour for Learning program that is integral to all SSC campuses. A commitment to innovative, rigorous and future-focused education to build a culture of life-long learning for both students and teachers underpins the strategic directions of the school. There is a broad range of extracurricular sporting and performing arts opportunities including a College Instrumental Music Program which has 11 ensembles that perform regularly for school and community events. There are strong links to the broader community and a highly effective and supportive P&C.
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,
Highly visible, proactive leadership characterised by demonstrated capacity to develop positive and productive partnerships with students, staff and the community to support school culture and student learning
Demonstrated leadership in promoting inclusion and positive wellbeing for a diverse student population (as outlined in the Position Information section) in a 7-10 context
Expertise in building skilled teaching practices through collaborative professional learning in explicit teaching to improve outcomes with a focus on HPGE, Aboriginal education, and students with disabilities and complex wellbeing needs
Proven capacity for flexibility and negotiation in order to work as part of the leadership team of four principals within the College
Demonstrated capacity to lead transition initiatives with partner primary schools, and from Stage 5 into Stage 6 or alternate pathways, to improve student opportunities
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 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/principal-classification-structure-faqs
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 P4 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.