Assistant Principal- Wellbeing And Inclusion

Job Description Location: Western Region | Melton
Job type: Full time / From 21/10/2024
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1438581
Location Profile Deanside Primary School officially opened January 2022.
It is located at 38 Conservatory Drive, Deanside, 3336; which is situated between Caroline Springs and Aintree.
The school currently has an enrolment of 420 students but has an enrolment capacity of 525 students, with space for additional growth if required.
It is projected we will have a rapid enrolment increase over the next few years with the large number of housing being built across the new suburb of Deanside.
Deanside Primary School accommodates students from Foundation to Year 6.
Currently, we have 17 classrooms operating in the school, with four Specialist areas of STEM, Visual Arts, PE, and Kitchen/Garden taught weekly.
LOTE (AUSLAN) was introduced in Term 2 and is delivered by all classroom teachers via an online platform.
We will be introducing Performing Arts in 2025.
Deanside Primary School has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere where students from all age groups play together across our sports fields, Community Hub, play equipment, and play spaces.
Students are always at the centre of everything we do and we plan to their needs.
We pride ourselves on being a caring and innovative school, with a welcoming community and friendly culture.
Deanside Primary School is focused on developing respectful relationships between students, staff, and families to ensure each student's social, emotional, and academic learning is developed.
All students have access to iPads and our teaching staff use Mac laptops in a technology-immersed classroom environment with AppleTVs and document cameras.
Objective Deanside Primary School's objective is to ensure that all students will attain the knowledge and learning traits that will enable a lifelong love of learning and the disposition and capacity to engage critically and confidently within Australian society.
Deanside Primary School will place great emphasis on students, staff, and our community, treating everyone with courtesy and respect as well as having high expectations in relation to behaviour and how we respond to different situations.
We will strive to develop social and communication skills which help students deal with a range of situations they will encounter as they become lifelong learners.
Mission Deanside Primary School's mission is to ensure students are supported to achieve their personal best academically, socially, and emotionally.
Students are encouraged to become courteous, self-managing, resilient, and independent young people who have a sense of social responsibility and who are effectively prepared for life in an ever-changing world.
Our Vision is to have students that are - creative and critical thinkers empowered to positively impact both their school and their community. joined in a partnership with their teachers to monitor their progress, identify their next point of challenge and collaborate positively with their peers. driven to have high expectations immersed in a learning culture based on evidence, best practice and inclusion. exposed to an environment where Learning and Wellbeing is equally important and we strive to create an inclusive environment that meets the needs of every student. Our School Values drive our school culture.
We constantly refer to the values of Excellence, Respect, Responsibility, and Care.
Selection Criteria SC1 Educational leadership
Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school or college. Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change. SC2 Financial, managerial and administrative ability
Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills. SC3 Planning, policy and program development and review
Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes. Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies to a high level. An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning. SC4 Leadership of staff and students
A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team. A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and helps students to develop their special abilities and talents. SC5 Interpersonal and communication skills
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group, and community contexts. Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity, and integrity. An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment. SC6 School specific criteria
Demonstrated ability to actively lead whole-school improvement initiatives in the area of positive climate of learning, student and staff wellbeing, and Disability Inclusion. 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.
DE Values The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership, and Human Rights.
Other Information All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements. Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check. A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided. Conditions of Employment All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements. Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check. A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided. VIT LANTITE 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.
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