Deputy Principal

7 days ago

Ipswich, Australia Education Full time

About Springfield Central State High School
Since its establishment in 2011, Springfield Central State High School has been dedicated to delivering excellence in student outcomes, underpinned by strong family values. The school has gained a reputation as a school of choice in the community, known for its endless pathways, whether through VET (Vocational Education and Training), ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank), or Ranking Score options, which provide students with a broad range of career and academic opportunities throughout their school journey.The school offers MAGNA excellence programs, a growing International Student Program, and four Sport Academies in Volleyball, AFL, Basketball, and Soccer, providing students with specialised training and development pathways. These programs, along with the values of Believe, Belong, Become, ensure that every student is supported in achieving their individual goals.
The ethos of the school centres on helping students 'Scale Great Heights' by maintaining high performance expectations and a personalised approach. The school culture promotes focused learning, high expectations, and celebrating success, ensuring a safe, disciplined, and enjoyable learning environment that nurtures student achievement in academic, sporting, and creative fields
About the Role
As the Deputy Principal, you will have responsibility for (but not limited to) the following:

- Assist the Principal to lead the school community to develop, articulate and commit to a shared educational vision focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Display high quality leadership that directly influences the engagement, improvement, achievement and wellbeing of staff and students.
- Uphold the Deputy Principalship as a values-based, ethical and moral activity.
- Work collaboratively with the leadership team to ensure Day 8 Procedure are streamlined and executed.
- Fostering positive working relationships with feeder schools.
- Lead the development and implementation of embedding school-wide ICT practices to build staff and student capacity
- Oversee the Year 7 transition program, ensuring a smooth and positive adjustment for students moving from primary to secondary school.
- Promote student well-being by implementing pastoral care programs and interventions designed to support mental health, resilience, and social-emotional development.
- Foster a safe, inclusive, and positive learning environment where the school's values of Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, and Relationships are upheld.
- Provide strategic leadership for the Year 7 cohort, ensuring the alignment of student development with school policies, educational goals, and core values.
- Actively participate in lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
- Form partnerships with parents, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Understand the legislation and policies that impact on schooling.
- Manage resources to achieve strategic goals.
- Deliver operational requirements within the school.
- Empowering every student to experience academic success through inclusive practices that enable access, participation purposeful engagement and yearly growth in learning.
- Develop the capability of teachers and leaders within the school community that has a focus on being collaborative and strategic.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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