Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 2
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Loddon Mallee - Mildura
Reference: 1505720
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.
Financial, managerial and administrative ability
Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
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.
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.
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.
The successful candidate for this position will be expected to:
Lead implementation of a school improvement initiative ¿ pedagogy, leading planning, and implementation of AIP prioroty, monitoring data and professional learning
Mentor Unit leaders to oversee implementation of PLCs within the school.
Coordinate transition timelines with DET expectations for Kinder to Prep and Grade 6 to Year 7
Contribute to the overall management of the school.
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.
Mildura Primary School No. 2915 is one of four large primary schools in the Mildura Rural City Council local government area. The school currently serves a student enrolment of about 355.
We are extremely proud of our schools 132 year tradition of educating children from the Mildura community. Our wonderfully multicultural town with its deep cultural diversity is reflected in the enrolment at MPS, pair this with a genuine focus on student learning needs and a high expectations culture for all students and the success we are having at our school is immense.
Mildura Primary School has a firm focus on student outcomes and is committed to preparing students for further education and life. The school provides a quality teaching program catering for the needs of the individual and has specialist teaching in Humanities, Performing Arts, Barkindji, STEM and Visual Arts. We provide many programs to cater for the children and the local community. This environment is very adaptable with a gymnasium, Visual Art and Performance spaces.
We take great pride at Mildura Primary in the way our school looks and presents itself to the local community and our school is extremely fortunate to have access to substantial Mildura Rural City Council community facilities adjacent to the school. These include a library, indoor and outdoor pools and ovals. Regular use is made of these facilities throughout the year.
The school provides outstanding experiences for each student. Our Catch cry of `Kids First @ Mildura Primary¿ dictates what we do, think and act when educating our students. A `High Expectations¿ environment caters for the individualised learning of every student.