Assistant Principal-Range 1

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A school tour will be conducted by the Principal on Tuesday 17th July at 9.30 am.

Please registeryour anticipated attendance at the tour with the school office on Monday 16th July: 94788211

Educational leadership

Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of Reservoir West Primary School and the ability to set and communicate expectations for effective performance. Highly developed skills in leading and managing evidence-based school improvement strategies including the leadership of others in the process of change.

Financial, managerial and administrative ability

Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

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 capacity to manage curriculum development across the school and the assessment and reporting process. An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of digital learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.

Leadership of staff, students and parents

A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build effective professional learning teams. A clear capacity to foster a safe and inclusive learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and provides them with authentic opportunities for voice, agency and leadership. An ability to develop an energised and effective learning community that engages parents and carers in family-school involvement and family-led learning.

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 Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with staff, students, parents/families and the local community.

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:

   - 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;

Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

The Department values diversity and is committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunity in schools and all education workplaces. 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.

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 http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx