Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 2
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1512150
Pakenham Primary School’s vision is to create an inclusive school environment that empowers students to achieve their personal best socially, emotionally and academically. Our purpose is to create a learning environment where all students take responsibility for their learning in order to reach their personal best. We provide each student with the academic, social and emotional skills to become lifelong learners and successful participants in society. We aim to create an inclusive, positive and supportive learning environment reflecting a personalised approach to education.
Pakenham Primary School is centred in a rapidly growing area in the South-East growth corridor. The school will work in partnership with the local community to provide authentic learning opportunities for all students.
Pakenham Primary School opened in 2019 as was built to accommodate 475 primary school students. The school represents an innovative, collaborative and contemporary approach to education.
The school has two Learning Communities that have been architecturally designed to allow for a flexible learning space catering for a range of teaching and learning styles. Each Learning Community will house over 200 students and are designed to incorporate learning activities including Art, STEM, independent learning and flexible group work.
The Learning Communities create collaborative interior and exterior spaces providing rich and diverse learning environments. They include a number of physically enclosed and acoustically separate spaces. The intent is to create choice by providing multiple learning settings that can be used in numerous ways. Along the length of the Learning Community buildings there are several undercover areas that can also be used in conjunctions with interior spaces. There are multiple openings along the length of the building that open onto the Learning Street. The Learning Street promotes the inclusion of outdoor learning activities.
There is a dedicated building for Performing Arts and Physical Education. This building also houses the school cafe and can be used after hours by different user groups.
Pakenham Primary School acknowledges that the behaviour of staff, parents, carers and students has an impact on our school community and culture. We have a shared responsibility to create a positive learning environment for the children and young people at our school. Pakenham Primary School’s three school-wide expectations of Be a Learner, Be Respectful and Be Safe reinforce our positive school culture.
Be a Learner
To be a learner at Pakenham Primary School, students need to value the importance of education, put their best effort into learning, utilise a range of learning strategies to achieve success, and demonstrate a growth mindset.
Be Respectful
To be respectful at Pakenham Primary School, students need to maintain an attitude that demonstrates respect for themselves, others, learning and the environment.
Be Safe
To be safe at Pakenham Primary School, students need to behave in a manner that exhibits safety towards themselves and others, both physically and emotionally, as well as the environment.
The school will ensure our expectations are demonstrated by:
At Pakenham Primary School we foster a belief that each student will be given the opportunity to achieve social, emotional and academic excellence. We aim to ensure each child learns the strategies, behaviours and attitudes of lifelong learners, along with the social skills needed to work, play and get along with others.
SC1: Educational Leadership
SC2: Financial, Managerial and Administrative Ability
SC3: Planning, Policy and Program Review
SC4: Leadership of Staff and Students
SC5: Interpersonal and Communication Skills
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.