Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Leadership and management
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1553038
Vision and values
Demonstrated capacity to create a shared vision, define and gain acceptance of school goals and set and communicate expectations for effective performance.
Teaching and Learning
Demonstrated ability to manage the quality of teaching and create a positive culture of challenge, support and collaboration.
Improvement, Innovation and Change
Demonstrated capacity to produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies and lead innovation and change.
Management
Demonstrated capacity to ensure that the school¿s human, physical and financial resources are efficiently allocated and managed.
Development
Demonstrated capacity to create a professional learning community that is focused on the continuous improvement of teaching and learning, supporting all staff to achieve high standards and commitment to their own learning and wellbeing.
Engagement
Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with students, parents/families and the local community and participate in and contribute to system-level activities.
The role of the principal is to lead and manage the planning, delivery, evaluation and improvement of the education of all students in a community through the deployment of resources provided by the Department and the school community.
At the same time, the principal, as executive officer of the school council, must ensure that adequate and appropriate advice is provided to the council on educational and other matters, that the decisions of the council are implemented and that adequate support and resources are provided for the conduct of council meetings.
The principal is accountable for the overall management and development of the school within statewide guidelines and Government policies. A clear set of accountabilities, which distinguish their work from other members of the Teaching Service and the education community are set out in detail in the contract of employment.
The core accountabilities of all principals are to:
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
VIT LANTITE
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional
or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for
employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher
Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for
initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part
of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.
VAPA Requirement
To be eligible for appointment as a principal a person must either already be a Principal or have met the Victorian
Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA) requirement as follows:
For principal positions advertised between 1 August 2021 and 31 December 2021 a person will be required to
have registered to undertake the VAPA before being appointed to a principal position.
For principal positions advertised on or after from 1 January 2022 a person must have completed the VAPA
Kingston Heath School is a co-educational primary school located in Cheltenham, Victoria, 25 kilometres south-east of Melbourne CBD. The school was established in 1976 and currently has 152.4 students enrolled.
The school staffing profile comprises 1 principal, 1 assistant principal, 12.4 FTE teaching staff and 7 FTE education support staff, with 7 classes and specialist subjects including Visual Arts, PE and LOTE. Education Support staff assist with office administration and school operations, the Kitchen Garden program, classroom disability inclusion and academic intervention.
Kingston Heath Primary School gives students, staff and the community confidence to strive for excellence as active and positive members of a global village, through a high-quality learning environment. Our Vision is to be a place where children thrive, through a focus on both learning and wellbeing. This school vision reflects the aspirations of the broader school community. We developed it through consultation with staff, students and parents and we promote it through all school communication channels regularly.
Our Values of Collaboration, Perseverance and Respect enrich our school¿s culture. The school values were developed in consultation with staff, students and parents and are promoted through school communication channels regularly. School-wide Positive Behaviour Supports enable students to learn the behaviours that support their success in school and beyond.
Kingston Heath Primary School is a Victorian Government School, following the Victorian Curriculum and using the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0. The explicit teaching of Literacy and Numeracy is the starting point for becoming literate and numerate and is prioritised daily. Through evidence based, contemporary curriculum programs, students develop the foundational skills that set them up for future success and independence in learning. The school also offers an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB-PYP).
The school values close links with parents and the broader community and recognises the importance of the partnership between schools and parents to support student learning, engagement, and wellbeing. We see ourselves as partners in creating positive learning environments that enable excellence in learning and wellbeing outcomes.