Deputy Principal

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Role Description/Criteria

DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

The Deputy Principal - Learning and Teaching is a member of the College Leadership Team and with the Principal, is particularly responsible for the College’s commitment to being a centre of learning that sets high academic standards, and is responsive to the needs of our students. 

The Deputy Principal - Learning and Teaching  accepts responsibility for the ongoing professional improvement of our teachers and the development of a learning & teaching program that is contemporary and flexible, so that all might flourish.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:

• A record of outstanding leadership in Catholic education. 
• The capacity to exercise leadership grounded in the College’s mission and vision thus making Jesus Christ know and loved through quality Catholic education in the Marist way. 
• Clear educational vision that enables strong learning growth and successful learning outcomes for all students. 
• A commitment to presence, dialogue, and collaboration as key elements of effective leadership. 
• The ability to lead, motivate and manage staff in a way that is highly relational and upholds high expectations for embedding the College vision and strategic improvement plan within a school community. 
• High level of emotional intelligence and self-awareness. 
• Developing a culture of continuous improvement in learning and teaching by placing learning at the centre of strategic and operational planning. 
• Promote excellence and challenges underperformance by promoting effective teacher interventions, corrective action and follow-up. 
• The capacity to implement effective learning and assessment frameworks that use data, benchmarks and observation to monitor student progress. 
• Ability to lead a whole-school review of curriculum.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Is a member of the Leadership Team and leads the Learning and Teaching Team, ensuring that they are impactful in their collective and individual roles.
• Oversees the management and delivery of the Quaere, MyMAP and VCE Curriculums.
• Sets high expectations for students and staff through careful collaborative planning, monitoring and reviewing of the effectiveness of learning occurring within and across classes.
• Ensures all courses are created and recorded in accordance with the various regulatory requirements.
• Ensures that students (and their parents/carers) understand the MyMAP and VCE programs and can access counselling and expert advice to make appropriate choices in and for their learning journey.
• Ensures effective tracking of the students’ academic progress and that this information is visible to staff, students and their parents/carers in a way that is clear and easy to utilise for future decisions.
• Recognises and actively supports the learning of students, families and carers with additional needs, especially those facing complex challenges.
• Ensures communication between Transition stakeholders
• • Provides vision and leadership in the development of best practice pedagogy:
• Promotes and designs programs for the improvement of Collective Efficacy of the teaching staff.
• Enables the Learning Leaders to work with teachers to build programs of learning that promote mastery, autonomy and purposeful learning.
• Promotes understanding and the use of the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) Professional Standards for Teachers

CHILD SAFEGUARDING REQUIREMENT, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

All staff are required to be familiar with the content of our Child Safeguarding Policy and Program including their legal obligations with respect to the reporting of child abuse.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Perform the above duties in line with any safe work practices and processes and conduct oneself at work in a manner that is safe to self and others. 

Application Procedure

To obtain an application pack please email Angie Dalgleish at hr@assumption.vic.edu.au

For more information about this role and working with us please visit the Assumption College website