Assistant Principal Special Education - South Creek School

About this job

Position Information

South Creek School is a NSW Department of Education school currently catering for 82 students with moderate to severe disabilities including Autism, intellectual and physical. Students are referred to South Creek School through a regional placement panel and parents/caregivers may visit the school prior to enrolment. South Creek School is situated behind Riverstone High School and is an active member of The Quakers Hill Network. Currently we have 13 Multicategorical classes. The school is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school. The community has high expectations of the school and work enthusiastically in a three way partnership between the parents, staff and students.

General Selection Criteria

1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

Specific Selection Criteria

In addition to the general selection criteria,

1. Extensive experience teaching students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and students with Autism, with a proven capacity to balance exemplary classroom teaching practice with the complexities and demands of the leadership role of an Assistant Principal.
2. Demonstrated excellence in supporting staff to implement best practice in evidence-based, data-driven and differentiated learning and assessment experiences.
3. Proven ability to positively support students with challenging and complex needs.

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.

All Department of Education employees working in an SSP are required to be vaccinated as outlined at Vaccination requirements for school sites (nsw.gov.au). The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm vaccination status prior to the department finalising their appointment and entry on duty. Find the department’s latest advice on COVID-19 (coronavirus) at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19.

Special Notes

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.