AddressPakenham North West Primary School (interim name) is seeking a dynamic and accomplished Assistant Principal to join our team for our new school opening in 2025. We are looking for a passionate person who can help shape the future of education and drive excellence from day one. If you're ready to make a significant impact, and be part of something truly special, this is the opportunity for you.
Pakenham North West Primary School (interim name) is in the Eastern suburbs within the vibrant Pakenham community. It is being built as part of the Victorian Government's commitment to deliver 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026. This school is set to welcome students on the first day of term 1, 2025. It is situated at 15 Kennedy Road, Pakenham, with a capacity to accommodate 525 students.
Pakenham North West Primary School features landscaped grounds and recreational spaces, including a sports field, and hard courts, alongside a community hub. We will prioritise equipping our students with the vital skills needed to cultivate positive social interactions, teamwork, and effective learning. Within our structured, supportive, and inspiring educational setting, we will strive to nurture holistic development.
In partnership with our supportive community, we will develop a culture that reflects our five values: REACH - Respect, Excellence, Adaptability, Courage, and Harmony. These values are the cornerstone of what we do; they support our approach to learning and are key to the way in which we develop respectful relationships across the school.
A kindergarten next door to the school, facilitates a seamless transition for local pre schoolers, easing drop-off logistics for parents with both kindergarten and school-aged children.
Our Vision and Values
Reaching for success.
Vision
Our vision is to develop an engaging learning environment where student's value education and are at the centre of everything we do. We aim to provide quality teaching and learning programs promoting high expectations which empower everyone to reach their full potential. We strive to create positive and sustained connections between home, school, and our community, fostering a harmonious and supportive environment for all.
Mission
Pakenham North West Primary School's mission is to create a welcoming environment which inspires a respectful, connected learning community. Our high-quality education caters for diverse learning experiences which provide every student with the opportunity to thrive and be nurtured as lifelong learners.
Values
Pakenham North West Primary School (Interim Name)¿s values are under the banner of REACH.
R - Respect
E - Excellence
A - Adaptable
C - Courage
H - Harmony
Pakenham North West Primary School (Interim Name)¿s values stand for:
Respect - Respect is listening to others and their ideas, valuing that we are all unique and belong. To respect someone is to recognise their differences and value their individual talents, fostering an environment where every voice is heard, every contribution is appreciated, and every person is treated with dignity and kindness.
Excellence - Working together to nurture our full potential and achieve the highest standard of performance by challenging ourselves and each other to succeed.
Adaptable - Responding to change, challenges, and uncertainties with resilience and flexibility. Being adaptable promotes the acceptance of new knowledge, challenges the exploration of new ideas and inspires us to strive to be the best we can.
Courage - Believing in ourselves and others we welcome new experiences and take risks in our learning journey, embracing challenges and uncertainties together to grow and thrive.
Harmony - Flourishing together without discrimination or judgement, recognising and celebrating our uniqueness and diversity. Together we create a positive learning community through respectful relationships which support and nurture each other.
SC1 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.
SC2 Financial, managerial, and 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 Community Criterion
- Demonstrated capacity to lead, monitor and evaluate the school-wide implementation of practices related to student learning, support, wellbeing, and inclusion.
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.
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;
Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
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 *******@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
The Foundation Assistant Principal role:
We seek an inspired person to integrate into our growing team. This person must have strong leadership qualities, be motivated, and dedicated to assist the Principal with the setting up of a new school. The chosen candidate will join the Foundation Leadership Team, implementing protocols and frameworks throughout the school, playing a pivotal role in shaping the processes and procedures of our new school.
The role of the Foundation Assistant Principal will include:
- Collaborating closely with the Principal to engage with the community as needed to make pivotal decisions for the establishment of the new school.
- Cultivating a school-wide ethos of excellence and inclusivity, integral to the educational philosophy of our emerging school.
- Crafting a vision for learning and formulating a pedagogical framework that optimises the opportunities.
- Designing a comprehensive school curriculum and organisational structures that align with the school¿s vision and values, emphasising excellence and inclusion.
- Recruiting and appointing personnel possessing the expertise, competencies, and mindset necessary to realise the school¿s vision of excellence.
- Offering appropriate support to staff members.
- Actively engaging with the local community to help develop procedures and systems that lay the groundwork for the new school to serve as a community-centered hub. This fosters connections among families, providing learning opportunities, and nurtures a vibrant, supportive community.
- Developing a strategic approach to staff professional development.
- Collaborating with the Principal to select furniture, ICT resources that align with the school¿s learning vision and ensure that the design principles of the learning spaces cater to the needs of all students.
- Collaborating with the Principal to establish financial and IT systems in accordance with Department and school council requirements.
- Undertaking additional responsibilities as necessary.
Please note: The successful candidate may be required to work for short periods during school holidays (including January, 2025).
- 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
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.
