Assistant Principal - Special Education - Canterbury Vale School

Position Information

Canterbury Vale School is a School for Specific Purposes with an enrolment of 49 students (Years 7-12), located in Lakemba. The school provides intensive support for 21 students with behaviour difficulties, 7 students with emotional disturbance and 21 students with mental health and autism spectrum disorders. Enrolled students remain as a shared enrolment and the school offers an integration program based on individual needs.

At Canterbury Vale School, our vision is to develop our students as confident, respectful and responsible community members. As a school we are committed to ensuring that each student is valued and cared for by building partnerships with students, staff, parents/ carers and the wider community. Canterbury Vale School strives to re-engage students through quality education, wellbeing and transition programs, that aim to improve outcomes and future pathways that are individualised, ensuring every student achieves their full potential.

Selection Criteria

In addition to the general selection criteria:

• Approval to teach Special Education and / or successful experience teaching students with mental health, emotional disturbance, challenging behaviours and autism spectrum disorders.
• Proven leadership and or experience in special education, working collaboratively as an integral member of the leadership team to embed a culture of high expectations, continuous improvement and innovation through the school’s strategic directions and priorities
• Highly developed communication, organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead collaboration between staff, parents, mainstream schools and other key stakeholders
• Capacity to support teachers and school staff in initiating improvement in school-wide wellbeing practices, literacy, numeracy and assessment

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

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 ([email protected]) 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.