Assistant Principal-range 2

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Assistant Principal - Range 2

**Occupation**:Principal and assistant principal

**Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs

**Reference**:1492574

**Selection Criteria**:
**Assistant Principal Range 2
- Selection Criteria**

**1. Educational leadership**
Demonstrated capacity to lead the development, implementation and evaluation of whole school approaches that enhance student wellbeing, engagement, and learning outcomes. Proven ability to model and promote high expectations, inclusion, and equity within a diverse school community.

**2. Curriculum knowledge and innovation**
Expertise in curriculum design, development and implementation across multiple learning areas, with a strong knowledge of the Victorian Curriculum AND VTLM 2.0. Demonstrated ability to lead teams in planning, assessment and differentiated teaching practices to maximise student learning growth.

**3. Leading Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)**
Demonstrated capacity to build and sustain effective PLCs that use evidence-informed practice and collaborative inquiry to improve teaching quality and student achievement. Proven ability to coach, mentor and support staff in analysing data to inform curriculum planning and instructional practice.

**4. Student wellbeing and inclusion**
Deep knowledge and understanding of student wellbeing frameworks, including trauma-informed practice and strategies to support vulnerable learners. Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives that strengthen positive school culture, engagement, and whole-school approaches to social-emotional learning.

**5. School improvement and data literacy**
Capacity to contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of the School Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan. Demonstrated expertise in the use of data to evaluate programs, measure impact and inform school improvement priorities.

**6. Community and system leadership**
Demonstrated ability to foster strong partnerships with parents, carers, external agencies and the wider community to support student wellbeing and learning. Proven capacity to contribute to network, system-level initiatives and to work collaboratively with colleagues to strengthen practice across schools.

**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.

**Responsibilities**:

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

- supervision and coordination of the work of senior curriculum or level coordinators;
- allocation of budgets, positions of responsibility and other resources within the area of responsibility;
- supervision of the delivery of teaching programs;
- management of programs to improve the knowledge and experience of staff;
- responsibility for general discipline matters beyond the management of classroom teachers and year level coordinators;
- contribute to the overall management of the school;
**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**:

- Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:

- The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Va