This is a permanent full‐time position commencing Term 3, 2026.
Halls Head College Education Support Centre (ESC) is a vibrant, caring and successful, small school for students with disabilities. We share a site with Halls Head College and provide a quality educational experience for all of our students, providing personal learning plans and pathways to ensure that each student will progress, purposefully, towards their own potential.
We are an Independent Public School who cater for students from Year 7 to Year 10 with an intellectual disability and a need for the educational services that we provide. Our students are drawn from the Mandurah area and as far north as Golden Bay, south to Waroona and east to Pinjarra. We enrol students needing intensive support to achieve their educational and or behavioural goals.
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Role
The Deputy Principal will provide support to the principal, as part of the Executive Leadership Team and have a portfolio in managing the daily operations of a diverse and complex secondary Education Support Centre. The Deputy will also support teaching staff to develop and deliver individual education plans, that ensure for literacy, numeracy and social skills development and a range of collaboratively developed strategies in response to individual needs. The Deputy Principal will ideally have a deep understanding of the functions of student behaviour in the context of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability and trauma and with appropriate qualifications in education support. The ability to be an effective communicator and be able to build strong positive relationships with students and families under difficult circumstances is highly desirable.
The successful applicant will ideally be able to drive the implementation a Positive Education approach across the school and ideally have the ability to mentor and lead staff in the Positive Behaviour Support processes. The position requires someone who is confident and knowledgeable in undertaking leadership of curriculum development, school operations, staff professional development and development of programs to improve student outcomes in accordance with school planning directions and Department of Education (DOE) priorities.
The successful applicant will ideally have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills across all areas of the school community. Duties will include mentoring and developing staff skills, coordinating and implementing school operational processes, liaising with parents/carers of students at risk and behaviour management. The Deputy Principal provides educational leadership in the school and the community by helping develop and promote the school values, ethos and priorities, and encouraging staff, volunteers from the community, and others, to share ownership of the school's vision and goals.
Professional Benefits
Working for the Department of Education you will enjoy a range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, training and career development opportunities and attractive leave provisions.
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Eligibility
* be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
* hold registration with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
* obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
* consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education's Screening Unit before you start.
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