Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 1
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1499726
Mahogany Rise Primary School is a small school with 154 enrolments situated in Frankston North; a disadvantaged area on the fringe of Melbourne with longstanding socio-economic issues which have a significant impact on the education and wellbeing outcomes of its children and young people.
The Frankston North Education Plan (FNEP) aims to transform the area with long-term improved educational and community outcomes. It is a comprehensive plan for early years, primary and secondary education with a focus on improving student outcomes and ensuring readiness for transition through each stage of education be it primary, secondary, tertiary or alternative training pathways and options. Working closely together the three schools in the area will offer high quality education from birth to adulthood, act as the platform for the delivery of many health and welfare services and open their facilities for extensive community use. It is an expectation that all staff are genuinely committed to working with young people in the schools and aspire to the vision of the FNEP, that "Every child and family is successful in learning and life."
With the pillars of the FNEP forming our core purpose, Mahogany Rise Primary School strives with relentless tenacity to ensure that every student is able to achieve to the highest standard possible. We provide a clear and consistent message to all students around their learning and have implemented programs to support this learning and additional activities to broaden the horizons of all students.
We have developed a whole of school approach in Literacy, Numeracy and Student Wellbeing. These approaches mean that we have expectations on all who work in this school to be able to work within the structures and programs that are in existence. We have Literacy, Numeracy and Well-being coordinators who work across the whole school. We are very driven to achieving the best possible outcomes for all students.
The school has a wide range of support services, which have evolved and developed over the years. Speech Pathology, Psychology, Paediatric consultation, Youth worker and a School chaplain are all available on site and are an integral component for developing and providing support for staff, students and their families.
School connectedness to family is important at Mahogany Rise Primary School. We encourage our parents to be involved with our intensive reading and senior elective programs. Our strong partnerships with a range of capacity building organisations from the local area also enhance opportunities for our students. Breakfast club and lunchtime immersion programs provide opportunities for parent involvement. Many in school and after school programs offered by Our Place, Salvation Army and The Smith Family further allow students to explore their possibilities.
Our school has a cook who provides a cooked lunch and snack every day for every student. We have an extensive kitchen garden program to provide us with food to consume. Our camping and excursion program ensures that every student has the opportunity to attend a variety of educational opportunities each year.
Significant building works were undertaken in 2020 and the school now offers outstanding facilities with state of the art teaching and learning spaces, a fully integrated on site ELC and a multi-use health and wellbeing hub servicing the school and community.
1. Educational leadership
(i) Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school or college.
(ii) Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.
2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability
(i) Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
3. Planning, policy and program development and review
(i) Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.
(ii) Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies to a high level.
(iii) An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
4. Leadership of staff and students
(i) A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.
(ii) 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.
5. Interpersonal and communication skills
(i) Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group and community contexts.
(ii) Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.
(iii) 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
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:
Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.