Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Principal - Range 6
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Hume - Wodonga
Reference: 1542653
Overview
Wodonga Middle Years College is a student-focused learning community specialising in Middle Years teaching and learning aligned with both the Victorian Curriculum and Victorian Teaching Learning Model (VTLM). With approximately 1,000 students across two campuses, the College offers the advantages of a large school while maintaining strong, supportive relationships between students, staff, and peers.
Motto Every Student, Every Opportunity, Success for All
Vision
Government secondary schools in Wodonga are student-focused learning communities where graduates develop confidence, optimism for the future, and a commitment to personal achievement and global citizenship.
Mission
Wodonga Middle Years College is committed to developing graduates who are:
Be confident, capable and self-motivated.
Be comfortable living in a world of diverse people, cultures, and beliefs.
Be able to establish and maintain effective relationships.
Be tolerant and act with empathy.
Be respectful of self and others.
Make meaningful contributions to society - the local and global community.
Demonstrates intellectual tenacity and persistence in problem solving
Be skilled analytic, critical, aesthetic and creative thinkers as the situation demands.
Respond positively and appropriately to change and challenges.
Set high expectations for themselves and act to meet those expectations.
Flourish in a digital world and be a skilled user of evolving technologies.\
Be aware of post school options and successfully access them.
Values
Our culture is underpinned by the core values of Resilience, Respect, and Aspiration, which guide all aspects of school life.
Teaching and Learning
We create inclusive and engaging learning environments where students develop strong literacy, and numeracy skills. Students engage in a broad range of core subjects, complemented by applied learning in the Arts and Technology. Extension opportunities are provided through our Academic Advancement Program to support and extend high-achieving learners. Our curriculum planning and instructional model is guided by VTLM 2.0, ensuring consistency and best practice across learning areas. Teaching practice is strengthened through ongoing reflection and collaborative improvement cycles called teaching sprints.
Student Wellbeing and Inclusion
Student wellbeing is central to our work. The College provides a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary support structure including:
House Leaders and Assistants
Wellbeing professionals, including social workers and inclusion staff
Doctors in Schools program and a school nurse
Koorie Education Support and Defence Transition Mentor
Careers practitioners
We adopt School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS), Positive Classroom Management Systems (PCMS) and restorative practices to promote a safe, respectful, and inclusive learning environment, where consistent expectations and positive relationships support student wellbeing and engagement.
Programs and Opportunities
Students benefit from a wide range of co-curricular and enrichment opportunities, including:
Instrumental music, choir and ensemble programs
Performing arts in drama and dance
Intercampus and interschool sport, including state representation
Camps and excursions that enhance learning beyond the classroom
More information can be found on the college website www.wmyc.vic.edu.au
(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.
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
Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx
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.
To be eligible for appointment as a principal a person must either: