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About this job
Position Information
Clare Public School is situated 155 kilometres north of Balranald and 75 kilometres south of Ivanhoe. It provides quality education in an isolated rural setting for students drawn from the surrounding sheep stations. Families travel extensive distances, up to 300km daily, to transport their children to school. There are four school families with a total of eight students enrolled for 2024.
The school structure consists of one multi–grade class with one full-time teaching principal, one-part time teacher covering release from face to face and support teaching and one student learning support officer. The school has a part–time School Administration Manager that works remotely and a part –time General Assistant. Due to isolation the school has limited access to casual staff. Clare Public School runs under a alternate work arrangement with a 9 day fortnight.
Clare PS is focused on building individual and collective wellbeing through a climate of care and positivity. In our small school, children interact across age groups, playing with and caring for each other as a family. Each child is treated as an individual and their own needs, interests and talents are understood and catered for. Learning programs are student centred, highly responsive to personal learning needs and driven by evidenced based teaching and learning. Our learners are at the centre of everything we do.
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 policies and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary.
-Proven ability to plan for and teach students in a multi-stage setting and balance the demands of a dual teaching and administration role in an isolated Teaching Principal setting.
-Demonstrated capacity as a highly approachable and visible leader to further develop a culture of inclusion and authentic connections, building clear communication and relational trust with parents, staff and the wider community, while demonstrating resilience in a rural and remote area
-Demonstrated expertise in understanding the complexities of students learning and abilities in a multistage classroom, using data and collaborative practice to provide opportunities to the students in an isolated setting.
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 2017 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 Teaching Principal Level TP1 for 2024 and also TP1 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, 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.