Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Principal - Range 4
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Grampians
Reference: 1483490
(a) 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.
(b) Teaching and Learning
Demonstrated ability to manage the quality of teaching and create a positive culture of challenge, support and collaboration.
(c) Improvement, Innovation and Change
Demonstrated capacity to produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies and lead innovation and change.
(d) Management
Demonstrated capacity to ensure that the school's human, physical and financial resources are efficiently allocated and managed.
(e) 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.
(f) Engagement
Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with students, parents/families and the local community and participate in and contribute to system-level activities.
(g) Community Criterion
Demonstrated capacity to develop supportive community partnerships that enable all children to excel within a rural setting, combined with a commitment to embrace the complexities and unique context of Charlton College.
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.
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.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, 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 family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
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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 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.
To be eligible for appointment as a principal a person must either:
School Profile
Charlton is a rural town serving a farming community situated 240 km north-west of Melbourne and 110 km north-west of Bendigo. The township is located on the Calder Highway and the Avoca River. The College¿s vision is to empower students to become successful, confident and creative global citizens. This is achieved by providing all students with a high quality education to enable them the opportunity to succeed in a safe and supportive learning environment.
The College Values include:
The school currently has a student population of 122.2 drawn from farming and town areas. Charlton College has 38.15 FTE staff with a mix of 3 Principal Class (Principal and two Assistant Principals), 25.63 teaching staff and 9.18 Education Support staff.
Charlton College manages the North Central Trade Training Centre (NCTTC), located on the Davies Street campus, on behalf of the 7 schools that make up this network. The NCTTC provides technology subjects to all network schools in years 9-10, VCE and VET and delivers a shared VCE-VM program to participating schools. In 2025 there are 165 students accessing subjects at the NCTTC. This facility provides expanded VET options for network students including Hairdressing, Beauty, Animal Studies and Allied Health Services. The College curriculum offerings are expanded by cooperation between schools in the North Central Network through video conferencing links and other provision through the NCTTC.
Charlton College manages the North Central Network Re-engagement Program (FLO). A FLO co-ordinator manages the program where young people are identified to support their re-engagement back into mainstream school or to provide a longer-term alternative learning pathway depending on their age and stage of learning. Young people are enrolled at either a home school or Charlton College and are enrolled in a VCE, VET or VCE-VM program. The FLO program operates out of Charlton College.
The Victorian curriculum operates across years P-10. Early Years literacy and numeracy programs operate in P-6, while VCE, VET and VCE-VM subjects are offered to Year 10-12 students. The College operates a learning neighbourhood structure, P-6, 7-9 and 10-12. The College has an extensive netbook program, including all students in Years 4-12. Students in P-4 access both iPads and netbooks. The College utilizes relatively new facilities including, P-6 using the Building Education Building (BER), and the Science and Language Centre (SLC) is used for science, senior student's subjects and for video conference delivery.