Assistant Principal-range 2

Location: Geelong

Job type: Full time / From 22/04/2025 - 15/04/2029

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1463501

**Location Profile**:
North Geelong Secondary College is a single campus, academic Year 7-12 College in the northern suburbs of the City of Greater Geelong. It is a creative, caring and diverse College, where girls and boys grow into autonomous learners, engaging in imaginative and intellectually rigorous programs. Our students develop into mature and independent individuals, fully prepared for a life of meaningful achievement and active participation in our local and global communities.

The current school enrolment is approximately 1000 students. North Geelong Secondary College provides the following programs;
- Select Entry Accelerated Learning program (SEAL)
- Scholarship program
- Yr 7-12 BYOD program
- STAR & ACE Literacy & Numeracy intervention programs
- VCE Tutorials
- Excellence in Sports program
- International Student program
- HPV, Human Powered Vehicle, Advance Program
- Performing Arts program
- English as an Additional Language program
- Resilience program (Middle school)
- Growth engagement program (Junior school)

The College is a base for the Geelong English Language Centre since 2007. Approximately 30% of the students are from a Language Background other than English.

The College has a commitment to personal excellence and the academic achievement for all students. The school values (Respect, Excellence, Achievement and Diversity READ), the cultural diversity of its student population, ensure that all students, regardless of their various abilities, needs and backgrounds, are actively supported in achieving their personal best. Opportunities are provided for students to gain the academic, social and personal skills necessary for the pursuit of personal goals and become productive and contributory members in the local as well, the global community. The college high expectations ethos encourages student creativity, initiative and leadership. It also supports students to develop the knowledge, skills, adaptability and curiosity for the future world of work and provide the foundations for lifelong learning.

The College provides increased opportunities as well as academic rigor for students in the senior years with the greater uptake of the traditional VCE programs, the Vocational Major, Victorian Pathways Certificate, increased access to Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs along with a broad selection of pathways.

Tours of the College are provided upon request. Please phone the College on 52405800 to book in for a tour.

**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.

**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 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 trans