Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Principal - Range 4
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1494572
(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 ability to be a visible and approachable leader who values learning and wellbeing, engages positively with families and the wider community, and builds strong links with local kindergartens and secondary schools to support student transitions.
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).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
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 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:
Roxburgh Park Primary School opened in 2002 in the suburb of Roxburgh Park, approximately 20 kilometres north of the city of Melbourne. We cater for students Foundation (Prep) to Grade 6 with a current enrolment of 345. Approximately 61 % of students come from a background where English is not the main language spoken at home (over 36 languages).
RPPS has 20EFT (Equivalent Full time) teaching staff, 3 principal class and 14 EFT Education support staff.
Specialist programs operate Physical Education, Auslan, Visual Arts & STEM. Support programs are provided in Literacy and Numeracy as well as Social Engagement.
Our school vision:
Roxburgh Park Primary School is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and engaging
learning environment that encourages a community of learners who are high achieving and socially and emotionally intelligent.
We are committed to Achieving Excellence Together through our school values of Respect, Learning and Cooperation:
RESPECT: where students are friendly and caring in their pursuit of personal growth and wellbeing
LEARNING: where students are curious, reflective and critical lifelong learners
COOPERATION: where students confidently collaborate as active citizens in the community
Student wellbeing is a high priority where every person involved in Roxburgh Park Primary School has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role they play individually and collectively to ensure that the education, wellbeing and safety of all students are at the forefront of all that we do and every decision that we make. The school uses the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support
(SWPBS) as a framework that brings together school communities to develop positive, safe, supportive learning cultures. The goal of School Wide Positive Behaviour Support at Roxburgh Park Primary School is to provide a safe and stimulating learning environment in which students can reach their full educational potential in a positive school culture that engages and supports them within our community. SWPBS assists to improve social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for children and young people.
Roxburgh Park Primary School strives to build a culture of collaboration through a professional learning community. Teachers work collaboratively within year level teams to focus on improving student outcomes. Teams diagnose and set SMART goals for student learning needs. They plan, implement, track and evaluate teaching responses to student outcomes through collaborative practices, reflection and feedback. Within AIP focus improvement teams of Literacy, Numeracy, SWPB and Inclusion, teachers collaborate using the FISO improvement cycle to diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate teaching responses to an identified problem of practice.
Collaboration at Roxburgh Park Primary school is focused on continuous improvement by linking the learning needs of students with the professional learning and practices of teachers. We have two Leading teachers and two Learning specialist as Pedagogical coaches in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy to support identified key improvement strategies who are focused on building the capacity of educators and promoting collective efficacy. Our long-term focus is on lifting our reading, writing and numeracy achievement and learning gains.