Principal-range 4

Location: North West Region | Sunbury

Job type: Full time / From 24/04/2023 - 23/04/2028

Organisation: Education and Training

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1330633

**Selection Criteria**:
**(a) 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.

**(b) Teaching and Learning**:
Demonstrated ability to manage the quality of teaching and create a positive culture of challenge, support and collaboration.

**(c) Improvement, Innovation and Change**:
Demonstrated capacity to produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies and lead innovation and change.

**(d) Management**:
Demonstrated capacity to ensure that the school’s human, physical and financial resources are efficiently allocated and managed.

**(e) 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.

**(f) Engagement**:
Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with students, parents/families and the local community and participate in and contribute to system-level activities.

**(g) Community Criterion**:
Demonstrated high level teaching practice together with proven capability to promote the care, development and growth of all aspects of Kismet Park Primary School, engaging the whole school community, promoting student and community wellbeing and providing a happy, stimulating and productive learning environment that projects the school in a positive light.

**Role**:
The role of the principal is to lead and manage the planning, delivery, evaluation and improvement of the education of all students in a community through the deployment of resources provided by the Department and the school community.

At the same time, the principal, as executive officer of the school council, must ensure that adequate and appropriate advice is provided to the council on educational and other matters, that the decisions of the council are implemented and that adequate support and resources are provided for the conduct of council meetings.

**Responsibilities**:
The principal is accountable for the overall management and development of the school within statewide guidelines and Government policies. A clear set of accountabilities, which distinguish their work from other members of the Teaching Service and the education community are set out in detail in the contract of employment.

The core accountabilities of all principals are to:

- ensure the delivery of a comprehensive education program to all students
- be executive officer of the school council.
- establish and manage financial systems in accordance with the Department and school council requirements.
- represent the Department in the school and the local community.
- implement decisions of the school council.
- contribute to system-wide activities, including policy and strategic planning and development.
- manage and integrate the resources available to the school.
- appropriately involve staff, students and the community in the development, implementation and review of school policies, programs and operations.
- report to the Department, school community, parents and students on the achievements of the school and of individual students as appropriate.

**Who May Apply**:
Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
**DET Values**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**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. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.

**VAPA Requirement**:
To be eligible for appointment as a principal a person must either already be a Principal or have met the Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA) requirement as follows:

- For principal positions advertised between 1 August 2021 and 31 December 2021 a person will be required to have registered to undertake the VAPA before being appointed to a principal position.
- For principal positions advertised on or after f