Assistant Principal

Location: Geelong

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2030

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1454124

**Location Profile**:
Armstrong Creek School opened in January 2018 for students in Years Prep to 6. In 2019, the Secondary Special School component opened its doors and is now educating students from Years 7 to 12.

Our school combines both Primary, Prep to Year 6 and Special Education provision from Prep to Year 12 under a single governance model. Our school's inclusive model and flexible approach curriculum provision, allows each learner to access the educational support and experiences they require based on identified need, individual student ability and assessed benefit. It enables a customised approach to education rather than a 'one size fits all'.

Armstrong Creek School has been designed with state-of-the-art learning and community facilities. These includes a range of adaptable and multi-purpose learning spaces as well as conference, therapy and interview rooms.

The school also has a Community Hub which is managed by the YMCA out of school hours to provide before/ after school care, holiday programs and other community programs that can be accessed by local families and residents. The school also features an indoor gymnasium built to Netball Victoria standards, outdoor hardcourts and sporting fields.

**Purpose Statement**
At Armstrong Creek School we embrace challenge and celebrate diversity while pursuing an individual journey to personal excellence. Innovative learning and teaching is placed at the center of all we do. We design opportunities for students to achieve their personal best in a positive environment where they are inspired to learn, grow and thrive while demonstrating our school values of: Care, Collaboration and Commitment.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC 1 Educational Leadership**
- Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school
- Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.

**SC 2 Financial, Managerial and Administrative Ability**
- Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

**SC 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 Department policies to a high level.

**SC 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.

**SC 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.

**SC 6 Community Criteria**
- Demonstrated capacity to manage a secondary campus whilst providing oversight of a special education program from F-12.

**Role**:
The Assistant Principal for this role is responsible for the leadership/oversight and management of the secondary campus with the oversight of the specialist education enrolment across F-12.

The successful applicant needs to demonstrate ability to lead strategic planning, resourcing and confidence building in staff and student development. This role sits as part of an executive leadership team and will work closely with school improvement leaders.

**Responsibilities**:
The responsibilities of this position will be:

- Lead the strategic planning of our whole school Specialist Education setting with a daily focus of 7-12.
- Lead the daily planning, coordination and student participation in learning across 7-12.
- Align whole school resources to the support and learning of students across 7-12 while maintaining oversight of the enrolment and support from F-12
- Build sustained partnerships and linkages to career and workplace pathways for our students
- Provide coaching and support for all staff across the Secondary campus to build high quality practice
- Use data practices to monitor student growth and IEP achievement
- Align existing practice to DE policy and procedures
- Be the face of Secondary Education across the whole school building a profile of excellence across the community

**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