Assistant Principal Special Education - Campbell House School

NSW Government; Sydney; On-site; AUD 138,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Campbell House School in Sydney is seeking an Assistant Principal Special Education to provide executive leadership and drive whole-school strategic directions, focusing on high-quality teaching and positive student outcomes. The role requires dynamic leadership, collaboration with staff, and capacity building to support wellbeing and inclusive education.

The school emphasises trauma-informed practices, literacy and numeracy gaps, and pathways to post-school options, while valuing Aboriginal and

Qualifications

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching special education.
• Demonstrated capability to drive whole-school strategic directions and school improvement initiatives.
• Ability to lead, inspire and support staff while managing competing priorities through collaboration and capacity building.
• Proven experience in leading professional learning programs and embedding explicit teaching and gifted education practices.
• Experience designing, implementing and evaluating wellbeing initiatives including trauma-informed practices.

Skills

Special Education leadership

Executive leadership

Collaborative planning

Professional learning

Wellbeing initiatives

Job description

Job Description - Assistant Principal Special Education - Campbell House School (0000BF9R)

Assistant Principal Special Education - Campbell House School - 0000BF9R

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Location

Sydney Region

Advertisement Number A900159949

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $174,015.00. This position attracts a base salary of $153,531.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation.

School Name Campbell House School

Staffing Area Liverpool

FTE 1.000

Contact Phone number 9827 6150

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

25-Nov-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

TCH Other

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Campbell House School is a school for specific purposes that supports the learning and wellbeing needs of sixty-three students in years seven to twelve. The school is situated in Glenfield and services students from areas of Southwest Sydney, all students are from low socio-economic backgrounds, 32% of the student population are Indigenous and 21% are Out of Home Care.

Campbell House School staff are committed to providing quality education for all students and provide an inclusive learning and teaching environment for students who have a diagnosis of mental health and trauma.

Our core business is to improve the academic, social, vocational and behaviour outcomes with a focus on wellbeing for all students. The aim is to bridge gaps in literacy and numeracy, supporting individual student mental health needs, and building pathways to further education, employment, or transition to post school options.

At Campbell House we value the identity, culture, heritage and languages of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families.

The school motto: Building Positive Relationships in a Learning Community forms the basis on which all learning is created. The school adopts evidence-based teaching practices including a focus on explicit teaching and embedding the principles of positive psychology.

Specific Selection Criteria

• In addition to the general selection criteria,
• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching special education, with demonstrated capability to teach students with complex mental health and trauma.
• Demonstrated ability to provide dynamic executive leadership by driving whole-school strategic directions, leading school improvement initiatives and fostering a shared vision that promotes high-quality teaching, learning and positive student outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire and support staff while managing competing priorities through effective collaboration, professional learning and capacity building.
• Proven success in leading evidence-based professional learning programs that build teacher capacity, including explicit teaching and High Potential Gifted Education practices, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and incorporating student voice.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and evaluate wellbeing initiatives, incorporating trauma-informed educational practices to mee the diverse needs of students.

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 .

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge theircontinued connection to their country and culture.