Assistant Principal-school Leadership

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 02/12/2024 - 01/12/2029

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1442328

**Location Profile**:
Newlands Primary School's motto is 'Through relationships we build success'. The school provides a caring and challenging learning environment for all students. The school values of Care, Curiosity, Creativity & Responsibility are central to our whole school learning culture. Our students are drawn from a wide catchment within the Preston and Moreland areas. The Student Family Occupation (SFO) index for 2024 was classified as 'High¿. This index reflects the general parent educational level and their occupational status. Newlands Primary School is in the residential area of Preston West in the City of Darebin and is directly opposite the new housing development 'Coburg Hill'. The school is located on a large allotment comprising two open grassed areas and landscaped garden areas for passive student activities, reading or games.

After the completion of our brand-new build the school has 2 learning worlds containing 6 new classrooms to support our bilingual approach as well as our main school building which contains 10 hexagonal-shaped classrooms. The school also has two DET portables on site to support our growing numbers. There are additional buildings to house the Music, Visual Art, STEAM, library and Inquiry specialist rooms.

The re-development of Newlands has allowed the school to have a brand-new gymnasium, an administration complex and an upgraded staff room. The school total enrolments for 2024 is expected is 392 students.

In 2020, the school became officially recognised by the Department of Education and Training as a Spanish bilingual school. Our current grade structure are 4 x Foundation grades [2 x Spanish & 2 x English], 6 x 1/2 grades [3 x Spanish & 3 x English] and 6 x 3/4 grades [3 x Spanish & 3 x English] and 2 x 5/6 grades [1 x English & 1 x Spanish].

Our Specialist Programs include: 1 x Music (Spanish), 1 x Visual Arts (Spanish), 1 x Physical Education (Spanish), 1 x P.E (Spanish) and 1 x STEAM (English).

Our administration team comprises a 1 x full time Business Manager, 1 x full time Senior Office Manager and 1 x full-time office administration.

Our dedicated and diverse teaching staff, plan and teach collaboratively in teams, sharing strategies, resources and expertise. While the school does have limited access to resources staff are fully committed to providing the best possible programs for their students. The school enjoys the support of its community; parents regularly assist in the classrooms as helpers supporting the learning of all children. As well as assisting in the classroom, our parent community share their talents and skills to support the creative aspects of learning, music, visual arts, gardening and cooking. Parents are encouraged to participate in the school's School Council, Parents and Friends Association (PFA) or join any of our sub-committees of school council.

Newlands Primary School has seen its enrolments steadily increase over the past five years. We believe this reflects the continued regeneration of the area and the positive attitudes the community has for their local neighbourhood primary school.

**Selection Criteria**:
KSC 1 - Educational leadership
- Outstanding capacity to lead college-wide improvement of student learning outcomes.

KSC 2 - Financial, managerial and administrative ability
- Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

KSC 3 - Planning, policy and program development and review
- Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver and evaluate strategies for school improvement.

KSC 4 - Leadership of staff and students
- Demonstrated ability to motivate staff, develop their capacity and build an effective team.

KSC 5 - Interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated capacity to build and maintain partnerships with external organisations.
- Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.

KSC 6
- Bilingual Education
- Demonstrates a high-level knowledge and understanding required to effectively lead and enhance the bilingual model at Newlands Primary School.

**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 th