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Location: Geelong
Job type: Full time / From 15/07/2024 - 14/07/2029
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1411487
Demonstrated capacity to create a shared vision, define and gain acceptance of school goals and set and communicate expectations for effective performance.
Demonstrated ability to manage the quality of teaching and create a positive culture of challenge, support and collaboration.
Demonstrated capacity to produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies and lead innovation and change.
Demonstrated capacity to ensure that the school¿s human, physical and financial resources are efficiently allocated and managed.
Demonstrated capacity to create a professional learning community that is focused on the continuous improvement of teaching and learning, supporting all staff to achieve high standards and commitment to their own learning and wellbeing.
Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with students, parents/families and the local community and participate in and contribute to system-level activities.
Demonstrated capacity to foster a highly supportive learning environment in the Armstrong Creek School community, promoting a culture that values challenge, celebrates diversity, and nurtures individual excellence for each student.
The role of the principal is to lead and manage the planning, delivery, evaluation and improvement of the education of all students in a community through the deployment of resources provided by the Department and the school community.
At the same time, the principal, as executive officer of the school council, must ensure that adequate and appropriate advice is provided to the council on educational and other matters, that the decisions of the council are implemented and that adequate support and resources are provided for the conduct of council meetings.
The principal is accountable for the overall management and development of the school within statewide guidelines and Government policies. A clear set of accountabilities, which distinguish their work from other members of the Teaching Service and the education community are set out in detail in the contract of employment.
The core accountabilities of all principals are to:
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, 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 family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via marrung@education.vic.gov.au
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
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
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must 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 Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.
To be eligible for appointment as a principal a person must either already be a Principal or have met the Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA) requirement as follows:
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 inclusive model and flexible approach to 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'.
In 2024 we will commence the year with 815 students. This comprises of 743 primary aged students and a further 72 secondary students. At a primary level our 35 homegroups are divided up to operate as single year level professional learning communities and at a secondary level we operate with 7 homegroups, including a stand-alone Year 9 program which commences in 2024. PLCs are led by a PLC leader at each year level and apply a data-based problem solving structure to weekly meetings to help inform the provision of multi-tiered systems of support for all students. Our education support team members, both administrative and classroom based, are an integral part of our daily operations. Our specialist subject offering is diverse and allows for students to participate in PE, Performing Arts, Auslan, and Visual Art.
Our overall staffing profile includes the Principal, 3.0 (EFT) Assistant Principals, 5 Leading Teachers. 52 (FTE) teachers, 30 (FTE) Education Support Staff - Classroom and 6.0 (FTE) Education Support Staff - Administration, a Social Worker and a Speech Pathologist and an IT manager. As a Public Private Partnership school we work in collaboration with Downer and their staff to manage building, grounds and maintenance.
Armstrong Creek School serves the local community as its neighbourhood primary school. It also operates as a specialist setting (P - 12) for students with a mild intellectual disability. All students learn together in the primary years with our secondary school serving as a specialist education facility. In 2024 there are approximately 115 students enrolled under the specialist provision and a further 700 local primary school students also enrolled. The SFOE index in 2024 is 0.3603 (Low-Medium) 13% of students have English as an additional language and 3% are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
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 centre 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.
Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
Full time / From 15/07/2024 - 14/07/2029
Principal-Range 5
Kate Lachmund | (03) 5218 5100