Principal Level P2 - Young North Public School

Principal Level P2 - Young North Public School Young North Public School is located on Wiradjuri Country in a rural setting approximately 2.0 hrs from Canberra, Wagga Wagga and Orange. Our school caters for students from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures with significant populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are currently at 20% across K-6 and 13.8% EALD students across K-6. The school enrolments sit at around 300 students within 13 mainstream classrooms and 4 support classrooms.

Young North Public School has a dedicated and diverse staff who strive to ensure they maintain high professional standards and deliver quality learning to their students with a focus on continual improvement and reducing the impact of disadvantage in our rural community. The focus is on educational aspirations through excellence and engagement.

Young North Public Schools embraces Instructional Leadership and uses data to drive the use of high impact strategies such as explicit teaching and feedback, high expectations and individualised learning goals and case management as core components to our quality learning environment pedagogy.

At Young North Public School through an extensive evaluation, a significant school improvement focus in the areas of growth and attainment, building a culture of excellence and engagement at all levels have been highlighted by our thorough self-assessment processes and current levels of resourcing, as well as consultation with our aspirational parents, staff and student bodies.

Young North Public School is highly regarded for innovative approaches to student wellbeing, engagement and learning. Our school works in partnership with parents and outside agencies and health professionals to ensure that all students have the greatest possible opportunity to be ‘Successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens’ into the future.

Selection Criteria

Outstanding ability to provide high level instructional leadership to drive student growth and achievement with a strong focus on literacy and numeracy and underpinned by student wellbeing through the application of evidence-based wellbeing strategies that ensure every student is known, valued, and cared for.

Outstanding educational leadership skills, with a demonstrated capacity to lead, support and inspire staff to build a positive culture focused on enhancing staff wellbeing.

Excellent skills to genuinely engage and build on the strong connections with students, staff and the wider community that are a feature of Young North Public School.

Demonstrated capacity to foster distributive leadership, build strong teams and implement initiatives, with a focus on consultative and collaborative practice for whole school improvement and connections across the network.

General Selection Criteria

High level educational leadership with the skills to lead and manage a complex public school focused on the delivery of high quality education.

Ability to lead and manage rigorous and inclusive whole-school teaching and learning programs.

High level communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build positive relationships and engage all levels of the school and educational community.

Ability to lead and manage the development and performance of staff to improve teaching and learning.

Ability to plan systems and manage resources effectively and equitably to enhance teaching and learning.

Capacity to lead staff in implementing the Department’s Aboriginal education policy and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

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#Principal2.

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 P2 for 2025 and Principal Level P2 for 2026.

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.

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