<p><b>St Joseph’s Catholic College, East Gosford</b> currently seeking a passionate and innovative Assistant Principal – Student Achievement. This is a permanent, full-time opportunity to commence Term 3, 2024. </p><p><b>Why join us at Catholic Schools Broken Bay? </b></p><p>We value our teachers and school leaders so they can best support every student entrusted to our care to learn and flourish. This is why we have taken the initiative to get ahead of the market and offer the following unique benefits to our staff: </p><ul><li><b>Higher pay:</b> We have recently finalised our CSBB Enterprise Agreement which guarantees your pay will be at least 1.5% above the NSW Department of Education </li><li><b>More time: </b>We provide every primary and secondary classroom teacher with collaborative planning time (CPT), in addition to the usual release from face-to-face </li><li><b>Staff voice: </b>Our Enterprise Agreement reflects our deep commitment to having systems in place which give our frontline staff a genuine voice in their work </li><li><b>Staff School Fee Discounts:</b> Eligible staff receive a 25% discount on their children’s school fees at our schools, pro-rated to their FTE </li><li><b>Wellbeing Support: </b>we provide a robust wellbeing program to ensure our staff thrive and grow. </li></ul><p><b>About the School </b></p><p>At Catholic Schools Broken Bay, our Vision is to provide ‘Authentic, professional Catholic education, delivered with care and compassion’. The Vision underpins our exciting and robust Towards 2025 Strategy which places students at the centre of everything we do, and which brings schools and parishes together to work as one. The Towards 2025 Strategy commits our system of schools to being at least as good as the very best, to maximise the learning growth of every student, and to inspire hearts and minds to know Christ and love learning. </p><p>Covering an expansive geographical area which includes the Central Coast, Sydney’s Northern Beaches and North Shore, Catholic Schools Broken Bay is a system serving 45 Catholic Schools with around 17,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. </p><p><b>About the Role </b></p><p>The Assistant Principal - Student Achievement assists the Principal in their responsibility for educational and religious leadership of the school with particular responsibility for maximising the learning growth of every student and building the capabilities of staff to optimise student learning growth. Within the local school context this leadership role operationalises the Towards 2025 goals to ensure the St Joseph’s school community enjoy the successes of localised school improvement having alignment to systemic achievement.  </p><p>The Towards 2025 objectives come to life at St Joseph’s under the leadership of the Assistant Principal - Student Achievement in driving high quality teaching and learning initiatives, recognising and responding to learner diversity and supporting staff in their work to manage and enhance student wellbeing. </p><p>This role has supervisory responsibility for the Director of Teaching and Learning, Director of School Operations and Leaders of Learning to ensure students are supported and afforded the best opportunity to succeed in all aspects of their schooling. This role works in collaboration with the Assistant Principal: Evangelisation and Catechesis in leading and supporting the work of the Director of Wellbeing for Learning.</p><p><b>About You </b></p><p>We invite applications from practising Catholics who actively contribute to the life and community of a Parish. </p><p>You have:  </p><ul><li>Senior leadership experience demonstrated by Lead Teacher practice or equivalence as described in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers </li><li>Effective leadership, development, implementation and/or evaluative experience of curriculum, assessment and reporting  </li><li>Successfully led an effective whole-school improvement initiative that improved the learning experience and outcomes for all students   </li><li>Effectively make use of data and evidence to inform and drive improvement  </li><li>Demonstrated experience leading and/or responding to transformation and change   </li><li>Demonstrated experience in order to create a cohesive team environment </li><li>Demonstrated ability to engage and influence people to positively contribute to achieving outcomes </li><li>The ability to create an environment for people to work productively and purposefully  </li><li>A track record of managing self to meet deadlines, deliver high quality work with emotional self-awareness and awareness of others </li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills </li><li>The ability to engage with and evaluate relevant research, best practices and data to inform future practices </li><li>A keen eye for detail to deliver consistently accurate and informed written and verbal communications suitable for the receiving audience </li><li>NESA approved undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications in Teaching or Education  </li><li>Post-graduate qualifications (or working towards) in a related subject area (e.g. Leadership, Theology/RE, Educational Leadership) from an approved tertiary institution </li><li>Accreditation to Work, Teach and Lead in a CSBB school (i.e. Level E) </li><li>Accreditation at (or working towards) Lead Teacher (desirable though not essential) </li><li>Valid Working With Children Check </li></ul><p>The role is a full-time, permanent role. Only candidates with the unrestricted right to work in Australia may apply for this position. </p><p>For further information on St Joseph’s Catholic College East Gosford, please check our website on <a href="http://www.sjcc.nsw.edu.au" rel="nofollow">www.sjcc.nsw.edu.au</a> </p><p><b>Application Process </b></p><p>Applications should include: </p><ul><li>A cover letter of no more than two pages addressing why you are interested in the role and addressing each of the Key Requirements listed above; and  </li><li>A current resume  </li></ul><p>Applications should be sent directly to email:  <a href="mailto:careers&#64;dbb.catholic.edu.au" rel="nofollow">careers&#64;dbb.catholic.edu.au</a> </p><p>Applications close: 20 May 2024</p><p><b>Enquiries </b></p><p>If you have any enquiries about this role, please do not hesitate to contact Joel Sagarese in the Talent team via email <a href="mailto:careers&#64;dbb.catholic.edu.au" rel="nofollow">careers&#64;dbb.catholic.edu.au</a>   </p><p>For further information working with Catholic Schools Broken Bay, please check our website at <a href="https://csbb.catholic.edu.au/" rel="nofollow">https://csbb.catholic.edu.au/</a> </p><p>Agencies, please note that unsolicited resumes will not be accepted for this position. </p><p><b>Position on COVID-19 vaccinations </b></p><p>Given the current management of risks associated with COVID-19 in the community, and the gradual wind-back of some settings, CSBB has decided to no longer require all staff to be fully vaccinated, effective 19 September 2022. Staff who are not vaccinated will be required to wear masks when working with children at greater risk of serious illness owing to a medical condition and/or physical disability. </p><p>Catholic Schools Broken Bay promotes a culture of safety and care for children and young people. The Diocesan Office for Safeguarding Charter provides overarching principles that ensure children and young people are at the centre of the work we do and that every child and young person is encouraged to have a voice and participate in their community to their fullest potential. All employees must be aware of the Diocesan Office for Safeguarding Charter and be committed to organisational child safe standards and practice. 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