Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 2
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Hume - Towong
Reference: 1539239
SC1. 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
SC2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability
(i) Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
SC3. 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.
SC4. 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.
SC5. Demonstrate 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.
Tallangatta Secondary College is a small, country, coeducational secondary college located 40 kilometres northeast of Wodonga. The school draws its enrolment of 270 students from local schools within the Kiewa Valley and the broader Wodonga district. The College currently has 50 staff - 3 Principal staff, 28 teaching staff and 20 Education Support staff). Our current Student Family Occupation (SFO) is 0.42.
Our Vision
Tallangatta Secondary College is committed to empowering all to become resilient and confident lifelong learners with a strong sense of self and community.
Our Mission
To maximise each student¿s achievement and learning growth by progressing student learning for every student, every day.
To optimise each student¿s wellbeing and engagement in learning by empowering student agency.
To build a culture of continuous improvement where high expectations, collective efficacy and accountability is our agreed moral purpose.
Our Values
Having shared values helps us to set expectations of how we should all behave and treat each other to become a school community that values high performance, strong accountability, positive school culture and continual learning.
Living our values shows us at our best and helps us achieve the goals of this strategic plan.
At Tallangatta Secondary College, our values are Respect, Aspiration and Responsibility (RAR) and are embedded in all our actions and decisions as a school community.
We are committed to providing a broad range of curriculum and extra-curricular programs, whilst maintaining a student-centred approach to meeting individual student needs.
Students in Years 7-10 participate in a common curriculum at their year level to ensure access to all core learning areas (English, Maths, Science, HPE, Humanities). They are also provided with the opportunity to select electives from the areas of Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Technology. In addition to this, students in Term 4 of Year 9 will undertake a compulsory Future Makers class in place of an elective, and students in Year 10 have the option of a Peer Support elective in Term 1.
REAL mentors play an active role in monitoring and advising students of subject selections and are the point of contact for parents if they have concerns or questions regarding the process. Students recognised with particular strengths or areas in need of consolidation will be catered for as part of our Inclusive and Responsive Teaching Framework.
We also proudly offer extensive VET and VCE to students in Years 11 ¿ 12 to ensure a managed individual pathway approach is taken as students¿ transition through their senior years of schooling.
In addition to the curriculum unit offerings, the school offers a broad range of co-curricular programs including Student Leadership Team, Youth CFA, Tallangatta Herald Newspaper, Instrumental Music, Biennial Northern Territory tour.
The College has a one-to-one provision of leased school nominated devices as a learning tool and utilizes Compass as the web-based school management platform. Eight cycles of GPA L reporting supported by termly Student Led Conferences (SLC) ensures learning progress is monitored, shared, and celebrated.
A School Wide Positive Behaviour Support framework (SWPBS) builds a positive learning environment, along with our College values - Respect, Aspiration and Responsibility (RAR),
7 ¿ 12 homegroups and mentors. The College has a school nurse and a Mental Health Practitioner.
Tallangatta Secondary College supports teachers to reflect and build their capacity through collaborative structures such as Professional Learning Communities and Team Tuesday and Team Thursday. Effective Teaching Techniques (ETT) is our whole school instructional model.