Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 1
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1493883
1) Educational leadership:
2) Financial, managerial and administrative ability:
3) Planning, policy and program development and review:
4) Leadership of staff and students:
5) Interpersonal and communication skills:
6) Demonstrated capacity to lead a collaborative culture of high expectations and a positive climate for learning and wellbeing, including enhancing differentiation and student agency through school-wide positive behaviour support and student excellence and engagement initiatives.
The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.
Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.
The management of significant school program or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.
Typically assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.
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.
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.
Newport Gardens Primary School's vision, "Nurturing Our Future" is the underpinning tenacity that enables us to support all students to grow and develop. Our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Excellence and Inclusion form the base of our positive school environment. Through the application of a School Wide Positive Behaviour (SWPBS) culture we focus on improving student achievement and wellbeing as part of an intentional and caring community. At Newport Gardens Primary School, we firmly believe that we must provide students with opportunities that challenge them to become contributing global citizens, a defined moral compass with strong interpersonal skills. Our school develops students who can communicate, are metacognitive and who can make choices that help to build a better society. Our SWPBS framework is delivered through an explicit teaching program that provides our students with an opportunity to develop, personal confidence and resilience, develop better social skills and contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a caring and supportive school culture. Newport Gardens Primary School has a zero tolerance of child abuse and we promote and embody child safety. Our vision of Nurturing Our Future supports our focus of including people of all abilities and promotes the cultural safety of individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Our collaborative approach to planning and identifying student need is a core principle of our professional work. All teachers and leaders are supported by a distributed leadership approach which includes principal class roles, Leading Teachers and Learning Specialists and Team Leaders. Our instructional coaching model and unrelenting focus as a Professional Learning Community enables us to monitor student achievement within and across each team. We place a strong emphasis on English and Mathematics, as well as incorporating ICT across all grade levels. In 2020, specialist subjects include Japanese, Physical Education, Technology, Performing Arts and Visual Art. Students also have the opportunity to participate in instrumental music and a variety of sporting teams a school concert, art show and other school experiences. I would like to warmly welcome any new families. Newport Gardens Primary School is a community where we strive to Grow, Include and Improve all of our children and the community beyond.