Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 1
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Hume - Greater Shepparton
Reference: 1502464
SC1: 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.
SC2: Financial, managerial and administrative ability
· Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
SC3: 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.
· An understanding of and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
SC4: 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.
SC5: 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/carers and the community to develop a strong and positive learning environment
SC6: Demonstrated ability to utilise evidence-based practice to drive continuous improvement in instructional practice, assessment, reporting and data literacy across the school to drive improved student learning outcomes.
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
Please ensure that your application includes:
Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.
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.
At Mooroopna Park P.S. we provide the best opportunities for successful life-long learning. Students are empowered to strive for excellence by taking responsibility for learning and decision making. Students, teachers and parents are proud to form a partnership for the future.
Mission Statement
Mooroopna Park Primary School is committed to developing respectful, responsible and resilient students who perform academically to the best of their ability, in a safe, friendly and caring environment. We support our students to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to become valued members of the community.
ValuesAt MPPS we embrace 3 core values:
Friendly, Persistent, Caring
Mooroopna Park Primary School prides itself on being a very inclusive school. We have high expectations of ourselves and others and this is demonstrated in our school expectations of `treating others as we would like to be treated¿. We persist with our learning and care for ourselves and our school. We value diversity and our school motto of ¿growing and learning together¿ underpins the core values of the school. Staff and students work together to develop emotional intelligences so that students understand how to have self-control, self-awareness, be motivated, manage relationships and develop empathy and skills of being friendly, safe and strong.
SCHOOL PROFILE
Mooroopna Park PS is a school of 170 students serving the greater Mooroopna area, a large provincial town within the City of Greater Shepparton. The school, established in 1980, is set in a park like environment with spacious grounds.
In 2025 there are eight composite classrooms. The school has a staff of approximately 32 including ancillary staff. The senior classrooms are in a module building and we have the Foundation and grade one classes in the new BER Learning Centre with the middle years located in stand alone classrooms. The school has a Student Family Occupation Education Index of 0.7216. Approximately 35% of our students are Koori students.
We have started our journey towards aligning our curriculum, instruction and assessment practices to the Science of Reading including explicit, synthetic phonics instruction in Prep-Year One. We have introduced a Structured Literacy approach across the whole school focusing on a knowledge-rich curriculum, vocabulary instruction, syntax and morphology. In the junior years we focus on phonics supported by the Little Learners Love Literacy and our Year 4-6 have focussed on encoding supported by Spelling Mastery. Our numeracy Instructional model includes Explicit Instruction alongside Daily Reviews.
Our school takes a proactive approach to a supportive and caring environment through our Student Wellbeing Program, which is supported by a full time Student Wellbeing Coordinator. Our Wellbeing Program consists of our Oral Language Program, Play Therapy, School Chaplain, School Community Hub, Paediatric Clinic, Healthy Food Program, visiting Dental, Vision and Hearing checks and supports for families such as food and grocery hampers. The school strives to build pro-social behaviours for students to develop emotional intelligences.
A big part of our Wellbeing Program is our Healthy Eating Program where our fulltime Chef provides breakfast, lunch and morning and afternoon tea each day for all students free of charge. We are proud to have been recognised for our efforts in this area by winning the Australian Education Awards for the Best Wellbeing Program in 2020, 2022 and 2023 and the Victorian Early Years Award for Promoting Student Health and Wellbeing in 2023.
We have a number of community partnerships which see volunteers from local businesses and service organisations helping out with reading, wood work, `Build a Bike¿ and gardening. We also offer specialist programs such as art, music, wellbeing and physical education. We have a Wellbeing Teacher who is implementing the Resilience Project and full time Speech Therapist who supports our staff and student and oversees speech therapy student placements. Mooroopna Park PS is a place where learning is valued and is supported by all, and we develop in all students a sense of belonging and inclusion. We strive to develop the three-way partnership of the student, parent and teacher to better create and achieve successful learning opportunities for all students.
Mooroopna Park Primary School has won a number of awards in recent years for our Wellbeing Programs including the Victorian Education Excellence Awards for the Best Education Support Team and our Foundation teacher was a finalist for Outstanding Teacher of The Year. We have an excellent group of experienced teachers and friendly support staff. Our school is a great place to work, where you will be supported and welcomed.
Please visit www.mpps.vic.edu.au for further details about our school.