Job Description Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / From 27/01/2025 - 20/01/2030
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1438019
Selection Criteria 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. Role 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 this 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 involves 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 utilizing these resources.
Responsibilities Typically, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:
Supervision and coordination of the work of senior curriculum or level coordinators. Allocation of budgets, positions of responsibility and other resources within the area of responsibility. Supervision of the delivery of teaching programs. Management of programs to improve the knowledge and experience of staff. Responsibility for general discipline matters beyond the management of classroom teachers and year level coordinators. Contribute to the overall management of the school. Who May Apply Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
EEO AND OHS Commitment 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.
Child Safe Standards 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.
Location Profile Advice to applicants: Cranbourne Primary School has been on a journey of rapid improvement, that we are planning to continue. As a small school, PCO are required to manage broad areas of school operations and be skilled in varied areas. Applicants to this position are recommended to:
Reference the Cranbourne Primary School AIP and SSP. Provide evidence of whole-school change, including evidence of the impact their change had on school or cohort level sets. Demonstrate confidence and competence with wellbeing related roles (e.g. managing complex student/parent issues), instructional roles (e.g. improving school instructional practices) and technical roles (e.g. managing school facilities). Be comfortable with Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) approaches.
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