Assistant Principal - West Ryde Public School

Description:

West Ryde Public School is located on the land of the Wallumedegal people in West Ryde, with an enrolment of approximately 515 students. West Ryde is a large multicultural school with over 85% of students coming from a language background other than English. The school is proud of its cultural diversity, with three community languages being offered to all students in K-6 (Mandarin, Hindi and Korean).

The school is driven by their collective mission to nurture the minds of its students and to nurture the person. This concept also applies to the staff and community, keeping students at the centre by focusing on improving student academic performance and having consistent performance measures to demonstrate student growth in reading and numeracy. The school strives to strengthen their strategic and planned approach to wellbeing, ensuring all students connect, succeed, thrive, and learn. With high expectations, the school offers a broad curriculum with choice and diversity focusing on academic, technological, sporting, creative, performing, social and leadership opportunities and experiences for all students. Staff are committed to ongoing high-impact professional learning through their 'Collaborative Practice Conference' model.

With a supportive school community, West Ryde Public School prides itself on a 'Learning Culture'; with a focus on learning, building of educational aspiration, and ongoing performance improvement throughout the school. Their aim is to support the needs of individual students by utilising professional networks and community resources to provide quality learning experiences and opportunities for all students and teachers.

In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach infants and/or primary:

• Proven ability to lead curriculum initiatives, fostering a culture of high expectations while actively strengthening partnerships with parents and the broader educational community.
• Demonstrated experience in creating and implementing effective practices that support student wellbeing.
• Clear evidence of being an open and resilient leader who collaborates effectively and makes informed, strategic decisions that prioritise the best interests of students, staff, and parents.
• Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to engage authentically and strengthen existing partnerships with students, staff, parents, and the diverse community.

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

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.

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 (*****@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 .