Campus Principal - Range 3

Department of Education Victoria – Sale VIC

4d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Sale, situated in East Gippsland, is a vibrant regional centre nestled between the Ninety-Mile Beach and the Great Dividing Range. With a population of around 15,000, it's a perfect spot for nature enthusiasts who love the mountains, rivers, or the coast, and the diverse lifestyles they offer.

Sale College aims to be known as a compassionate community that includes staff, students, parents, and guardians. Their mission is to provide outstanding programs and services designed to nurture confident students capable of realizing their potential and becoming valued members of the community.

Vision: Sale College envisions being an educational leader that is highly effective, striving to deliver exceptional outcomes in Student Achievement, Personal Attributes, and Qualities as Learners.

Aim: The goal is for every student to learn, achieve, and succeed, making a positive difference.

Values: Sale College is committed to instilling three core values (Respect, Achievement, and Belonging) in students, enabling them to become valued members of the community.

The college has two campuses: the Macalister Campus, centrally located in Sale's business district, hosts all Year 10 and VCE students, while the Guthridge Campus, situated three kilometres east of the town centre on a seven-hectare site, caters to students from Years 7-9.

Sale College offers a high-quality curriculum covering eight areas: English, Maths, Science, Technology, Humanities, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Art, and Physical Education & Health. These are in accordance with the Victorian Curriculum, Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), and VCE Vocational Major (VM).

For students at Year 7 to 9 levels, the college has highly successful Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) Programs, Literacy and Numeracy Intervention Programs, and a structured Year 7 and 8 program allowing more time with fewer teachers. In Year 9, students participate in a Personal Learning program. At the senior level, students access a broad, comprehensive curriculum, providing pathways to employment, further education, and tertiary entrance through the VCE and Applied Learning program. The college also operates a Vocational Education & Training (VET) program in conjunction with Federation Training and other smaller Registered Training Organisations, establishing community partnerships within the Wellington Shire.

Students at Sale College benefit from a 1:1 netbook program and have access to a wide range of extracurricular activities, including a highly regarded Instrumental Music program.

Sale College has a guaranteed and viable curriculum developed around the Learning Architecture, incorporating instructional strategies like the Gradual Release of Responsibility, underpinned by PLC structures and protocols to improve student outcomes through collaboration and data utilization.

The college adopts a team-based approach to student learning and wellbeing from years 7 to 12. Learning Team Leaders collaborate with groups of staff within these teams to build strong relationships with students and gain a deep understanding of student needs.

To ensure a safe, supportive, and secure environment, Sale College employs an effective network of programs and organizational structures. Student management plans focus on positive reinforcement, clearly defined expectations, and consequences that encourage students to take responsibility for their actions. This is achieved through a restorative practice approach and School Wide Positive Support.

For more information about Sale College, please visit their website atwww.salecollege.vic.edu.au.

Wednesday 30th September at 10:00 am - Guthridge Campus

Text: 0427 425 *** for link to book

Selection Criteria

(SC1) 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.

(SC2) Financial, Managerial & Administrative Ability

• Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

(SC3) 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.
• An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.

(SC4) 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.

(SC5) 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.

(SC6) Local criteria

• Outstanding professional and personal attributes, including perseverance, humility, collaboration and an improvement focus. The ability to balance high expectations of all learners with inclusivity and positive education practices.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department.The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces.It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (seeWorkplace adjustment guidelines).

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:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

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 Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees,including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Other Information

• All staff employed by the department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx

Conditions of Employment

• All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx

Qualification Requirements

To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:

• The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
• if the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures'; and
• a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements (this condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian ITE program completed by the person).

Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found atRecruitment in Schools.

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