Deputy Principal

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

About the School
Established in 2018, Queensland Pathways State College (QPSC) is a specific purpose state high school supporting students who want to have a successful senior year but unable to in our mainstream high schools. We focus on literacy and numeracy and challenge every student to complete their QCE. Our success is reflective of a culture that is respectful, trusting and calm. We focus on student wellbeing and support a young person with their personal challenges so they too can be successful. All our staff enjoy working at QPSC, with 100% job satisfaction and 100% of students and parents agreeing this is a good school. Queensland Pathways State College (QPSC) believes that every student has the right to an education and that every student can succeed. Sometimes however, young people face significant barriers that prevent them from engaging in schooling such as childhood trauma, a mental health diagnosis or homelessness. QPSC is dedicated to supporting these young people through our values of BELIEF, RESPECT and UNITY to achieve STUDENT SUCCESS. Our 12-month senior transitions program is delivered across all 6 campuses to students in their senior years. Each campus has approximately 30 to 40 enrolments providing an individualised approach for students through their learning and pathways journey.
About the Role
As Deputy Principal you will be responsible for supporting all 5 southeast campuses, located between Brisbane and Ipswich. You will also have responsibility for (but not limited to) the following:

- Leading a team of staff across campuses to support the engagement of students by:

- Developing a positive culture built on strong relationships with students, parents, and community organisations
- Supporting Heads of Department and developing their leadership
- RTO Manager (6 qualifications for literacy, numeracy, and workplace skills)
- Leading, contributing to, participating in, and assisting with:

- Curriculum leadership and management of a whole school approach to curriculum development, implementation, assessment, and reporting
- The maintenance and monitoring of school-based programs
- The facilitation of enrolments, reporting and timetabling
- Facilitating restorative practices
- Liaising with other key personnel to assist campus leaders in ensuring the learning needs of all students are addressed

For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.

**Interested? To apply**:

- Attach a maximum 3 page resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
- Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities identified in the attached role description.

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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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