Principal Level P2 – Woolgoolga Public School

With the motto 'learning, caring, sharing', Woolgoolga Public School is located in the coastal town of Woolgoolga, 23 kilometres north of Coffs Harbour. The school is a member of the Northern Beaches Community of Schools and is situated upon the traditional lands of the Gumbaynggirr peoples, working in partnership with the Northern Beaches AECG and the Sikh community. There is a current enrolment of 330 students, including 44 who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. With 43% of students coming from a Punjabi background, there is a strong focus on English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) programs across the school, supported by two community language teachers. The Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) is 99.

The school provides strong, holistic and inclusive educational programs, with one special education class and 14 mainstream classes. Learning and wellbeing programs focus on maximising the attendance, engagement and achievement of all students. Embedding explicit teaching across all classrooms is a priority. The School Excellence Plan (SEP) is based on extensive student, staff and community consultation.

In addition to general selection criteria:

• A highly visible leader with the proven capacity to work with a range of staff with varying levels of experience to ensure a positive and collaborative school culture.
• Ability to genuinely connect with the vibrant and invested multicultural community to ensure that diversity continues to be celebrated and all students' cultural and learning needs are met.
• Capacity to lead sustained pedagogical improvement in all classrooms with a focus on the department’s explicit teaching strategies.
• 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.

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.

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, neurodiverse people and people with disability.