Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 1
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1518167
Our Purpose
At Roxburgh Homestead Primary School, our mission revolves around empowering students to make well-informed decisions, realise their maximum potential, and contribute meaningfully within a global society.
Situated within the City of Hume, Roxburgh Homestead Primary School is positioned in the suburb of Roxburgh Park. The school boasts appealing sandstone buildings and a convenient adjacency to a local historical site. Moreover, it benefits from its proximity to community amenities like a family day care centre, kindergarten, and a local shopping complex. Roxburgh Homestead enjoys the advantages of a community marked by rich diversity in the cultural and socio-economic backgrounds of its residents. With 28 years of active service, the school presently accommodates 300 enrolled students.
Educational Focus and Initiatives
Our educational approach emphasises daily instruction in Literacy and Numeracy, following a school-wide teaching model. This model establishes connections to prior learning, fostering learning confidence to facilitate growth and extension. Our forward-looking 21st Century Design initiative ensures that students are immersed in not only STEM, but also the Arts, Physical Education, and well-being programs, all of which support deep-thinking skills and problem-solving capabilities.
Our all-encompassing strategy for nurturing active, informed, and healthy children revolves around promoting positive behaviour. We collaborate closely with students and families to foster mental and character strength. Our core values of "Respect, Honesty, Pride, and Success" are deeply ingrained in the classroom, outdoor spaces, and online environments, shaping the expectations for our collective academic and social learning journey. Establishing an inclusive mindset and environment where all children can engage, learn from mistakes, and flourish is of utmost importance.
A key focus of the school is fostering curiosity-driven development of literacy and numeracy skills. Roxburgh Homestead employs a structured approach rooted in the Early Years model for these two curriculum areas, with a particular emphasis on oral language and vocabulary development. The Australian Curriculum serves as the framework for our curriculum delivery, ensuring the provision of high-quality learning programs. The school has developed learning progressions that offer a clear trajectory of learning across all grades. By collecting and analysing data, we ensure the attainment of key competencies and progress across all student groups.
To facilitate learning, students have access to over 500 ICT Devices throughout the school. Our approach to ICT integration across the curriculum prioritizes the seamless merging of technology. With comprehensive professional development opportunities for staff and IT education for all students, this approach equips Roxburgh Homestead to effectively support its students in tackling the educational challenges that lie ahead.
The school also offers specialized programs catering to students with special needs, as well as specialist programs in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, LOTE (Italian), and Physical Education.
Twice a year, we host Student Led Conferences, providing students with the platform to share and celebrate their learning with both parents and teachers. These conferences encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and foster accountability. They also enable students to self-evaluate their progress and set learning goals.
The Roxburgh Homestead staff comprises an enthusiastic, dedicated, and highly skilled team that collaborates to design and implement innovative policies and programs. These are delivered professionally through a comprehensive whole-school approach to teaching and learning.
Guiding Principles
At Roxburgh Homestead, a strong commitment to student well-being underpins our ethos. We provide a joyful, safe, and secure environment where each child is encouraged to reach their full potential. Our core values Respect, Honesty, Pride, and Success are pervasive across the school and serve as the foundation for our Senior leadership conference. Our policies recognize and uphold the rights of students, teachers, staff, and parents while delineating their respective responsibilities. All staff members are entrusted with implementing these policies concerning student management and discipline. We acknowledge that student learning flourishes when the school community actively engages in school activities. Establishing a robust partnership with parents and garnering significant community support and involvement stand as central tenets of our commitment to optimizing learning outcomes for our students.
Our School Council, marked by enthusiasm and cohesion, furnishes robust leadership and parent engagement in shaping school decisions. Additionally, school-based activities such as performances, sports events, fundraising initiatives, and special occasions serve as effective channels for informal communication between parents and teachers.
Looking Ahead
The strategic plan of Roxburgh Homestead Primary School celebrates the achievements we've accomplished while offering a roadmap for measurable enhancements in the next four years. This strategic plan echoes our emphasis on literacy, numeracy, and cultivating curiosity.
At Roxburgh Homestead, our focus remains fixed on cultivating an inviting environment that champions excellence for our sizable student body. We will underscore high expectations for our students by delivering quality teaching and directing our efforts towards achieving learning outcomes.
SC 1 Educational Leadership
Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school. Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change. Deep understanding of explicit and inquiry learning pedagogy.
SC 2 Financial, managerial and administrative ability
Outstanding financial, organisational and resource grounds and facilities management skills.
SC 3 Planning, policy and program development and review
Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes. Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies to a high level.
SC 4 Leadership of staff and students
A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team. A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and helps students to develop their special abilities and talents.
SC 5 Interpersonal and communication skills
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group, and community contexts. Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity, and integrity. An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment.
The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.
Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.
The management of significant school program or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.
Typically assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.
Typically, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:
Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
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