Assistant Principal-range 1

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Assistant Principal - Range 1

**Occupation**:Principal and assistant principal

**Location**:Melbourne - Southern suburbs

**Reference**:1489201

**Location Profile**:

- Mount Waverley North Primary School is the centre of a vibrant, active and supportive school community. We are located in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne and are a school of choice within the local and wider community.
- Our school has a commitment to continuous improvement and academic excellence, with our most recent academic results displaying outstanding levels of high growth exceeding National and State benchmarks in all areas.
- We take pride in preparing our students to thrive in the world of today and tomorrow as effective global citizens. We offer a challenging, meaningful and authentic curriculum in an environment of care, collaboration, enterprise and mutual respect.
- Developing social competence is a priority, with a whole school approach to student learning and wellbeing. The use of High Impact Teaching Strategies across all levels of the school allow us to deliver excellence in teaching and learning.
- Our school motto is 'Aspire, Believe, Achieve', and our prime focus is to enable our students to achieve success, particularly in Literacy and Numeracy, develop a strong feeling of confidence and self-worth and develop skills that enable them to contribute positively to society. Our Multisensory Structured Language learning approach is delivered across all areas of the school by our accredited MSL Teachers. This strong academic focus on Literacy and Numeracy, is supported by a range of engaging and enriching school specialists¿ classes which include Music and Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Physical Education and Sport, Language other than English (German) and STEM.
- Opportunities are provided to excel through our enrichment and high ability programs, as well as Public Speaking and Debating. Extra-curricular activities are offered both within and beyond the classroom, including Coding, Robotics, Chess and numerous Sporting activities and opportunities. We have a strong commitment to embedding Digital Technologies throughout our curricular areas and have invested in state of the art learning devices including Google Suite collaboration tools and technology. Our School values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence and Global Citizenship are central to the culture of our school and provide a strong framework for our Students, Staff and School Community to flourish.

**Selection Criteria**:
1. 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.
- 2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability
- Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
- 3. 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 policies to a high level.
- An understanding of and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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 translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.
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