Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 2
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1544693
Lalor Secondary College is a co-education school for students in Years 7 to 12. The school has provided the communities of Lalor, Thomastown and Epping with educational opportunities that prepare our students for their chosen pathway, be it tertiary study, trade or workforce. Our mission is to provide opportunities in a caring and supportive learning environment so that our students improve their capacity to become socially responsible, caring and confident contributors to the 21st century.
Due to the high demand in our local community, the school will continue to have a ceiling at Year 7 for 170 to 180 students. The schools student population ranges from 1000 to 1050 students The schools core values of Pride, Achievement, Caring, Cooperation and Honesty are embedded in our wellbeing and teaching practices, as well as our Student Code of Behaviour. High expectations and well developed policy and practices ensure a calm teaching environment that allows the focus of the classroom to be centred around the teaching and learning. The high expectations are driven by a student culture where students motivate and inspire each other to achieve excellence in the academic field, applied learning field or through the extra-curricular program.
The extra-curricular program is supported by both student and staff led clubs. Some of these include the Science and Maths clubs, Macedonian Folk Dancing Club, Art Club, Anime Club, Walking Club, Mindfulness Club, Breakfast Club, Horticulture Club, Sports Program, House Program, Music Program, Year 12 Mentor Program and Chess Club. This also includes a unique partnership with ABCN that provides numerous leadership opportunities to our students that supports the student leadership structures of the College. The school has an established and dedicated Wellbeing Team that delivers a coordinated approach to the Student Wellbeing Programs that have been embedded into the school curriculum and culture. Some of these programs include `Yoga Thursdays', Peer Support, After School Homework Club, Animal Assisted Therapy and the Pre-Orientation Program. The College also offers distinctive educational programs such as the Years 7 to 10 differentiated Maths program, Years 7 to 9 Literacy Support Program, High Potential Learning Program, Years 7 to 12 language program offering Macedonian, Greek, Italian and French and an extensive elective program in Years 9 and 10.
Our school community acknowledges the ability and the right of all students to learn and to experience success in the classroom. The College delivers a rigorous and comprehensive educational program built around the Victorian Curriculum in Years 7 to 10, where a challenging and diverse curriculum caters for a variety of learning styles. The varying talents of students at years 7 to 10 are recognised and celebrated and excellence and effort are rewarded throughout the College at regular intervals throughout the year. The program offered at Years 11 and 12 provides opportunities for students to excel in VCE, VCAL and VET, which is long established through results that are above state average. The school has a strong pathways program that ensures a high retention from Year 7 to Year 12 and assures all students in Years 9 to 12 receive counselling in choices of study and focuses on providing an individual pathway for every child.
Our most recent building upgrades include a new Science Centre which promotes an open learning environment with the focus on independent and inquiry learning for our junior students, a new senior study centre for Year 12 students and a new administration area offering a formal environment for our administration services to function.
Information about the school, its ethos, programs and the Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan can be obtained at our website www.lalorsc.vic.edu.au
SC1 - Educational leadership
SC2 - Financial, managerial and administrative ability
SC3 - Planning, policy and program development and review
SC4 - Leadership of staff and students
SC5 - Interpersonal and communication skills
The Assistant Principal ¿ Wellbeing and Operations is a member of the Principal Class and provides strategic leadership across student wellbeing, Disability Inclusion, occupational health and safety, school operations, community engagement and whole-school organisational processes.
The position is responsible for ensuring that the school's wellbeing and operational systems are strategic, coordinated, compliant, responsive and focused on creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment in which every student and staff member can thrive.
The Assistant Principal will lead the school's Wellbeing Team and provide strategic oversight of the implementation of the Department of Education's Disability Inclusion reforms, ensuring that reasonable adjustments, inclusive practices and student support processes are embedded across the school.
The position will also lead the school's Occupational Health and Safety program, including the development, implementation, monitoring and review of systems that promote the health, safety and wellbeing of staff, students, visitors and contractors.
As a senior operational leader, the Assistant Principal will coordinate a broad range of whole-school activities and processes, ensuring that resources, systems, people and communication are effectively aligned with the school's strategic priorities.
The Assistant Principal ¿ Wellbeing and Operations will work collaboratively with the Principal, Assistant Principals, Leading Teachers, Learning Specialists, Student Programs Leader, Sub-School Leaders, Curriculum Leaders, Wellbeing Team, Education Support staff, students, families, School Council and external agencies.
The role provides strategic leadership that ensures the school is a safe, inclusive, well-organised and connected learning community. The position leads student wellbeing, Disability Inclusion and OHS while providing oversight of key operational, community engagement and organisational processes.
Through strong systems, effective leadership, collaborative relationships and a commitment to continuous improvement, the Assistant Principal ensures that every student is supported to participate, belong, achieve and thrive, while staff are provided with a safe, supportive and professionally effective working environment.
The position also has responsibility for an allocated Sub-School and provides leadership in relation to student welfare, discipline, attendance, case management, parent communication, enrolments and student support.
For a full position description, please contact Daniel Planksken
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
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