Assistant Principal-range 1 Well-being Engagement

Location: Western Region | Melton

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 28/01/2030

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1449075

**Selection Criteria**:
**1. Educational leadership**

(i) Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school or college.

(ii) Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.

**2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability**

**(i) Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.**

**3. Planning, policy and program development and review**

(i) Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.

(ii) Demonstrated ability to implement Department of Education and Training policies to a high level.

(iii) An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.

**4. Leadership of staff and students**

(i) A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.

(ii) 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.

**5. Interpersonal and communication skills**

(i) Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group and community contexts.

(ii) Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.

(iii) An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment.

**6. School specific criteria.**

Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively lead whole school improvement initiatives in the area of Engagement and Wellbeing.

**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 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.

Assistant Principal - Engagement and Student Wellbeing Role includes:
a) Ensuring the school¿s vision and values are enacted in all areas of our work.

b) Leading wellbeing and student engagement priorities across the school including:

- Overseeing the SWPBS team: The SWPBS team will review and monitor the action plan, in collaboration with parents, students and the community, as well as implementing school-wide systems that acknowledge expected behaviour and promote commitment from all members of the school community
- Overseeing the Wellbeing Team, including Inclusion & Engagement ES staff, MHiPS staff, attendance and engagement staff, allied health team
- Ensuring the clearly defined set of expected behaviors, including attendance, is reviewed, and monitored regularly
- Leading the development and evaluation of relevant wellbeing policies and practices
- Monitoring procedures for record-keeping, decision making and ongoing tracking in relation to student behaviours and attendance
- Ensuring support is provided to staff to use positive classroom management strategies - establish systems to support staff to adopt evidence-based instructional practices associated with reductions in inappropriate behaviour
- Ensuring there is a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) established which support positive behaviour intervention and support including:

- o primary prevention (tier 1): supports for all students, staff and settings
- o secondary prevention (tier 2): additional specialised group systems for students with at-risk behaviour
- o tertiary prevention (tier 3): specialised, individualised systems for students with high-risk behaviour, provided in addition to primary and secondary prevention

**Responsibilities**:
Typically, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:

- supervision and coordination of the wo