AddressElevation Secondary College is a new 7 ¿ 12 Secondary College in Melbourne¿s north. The school opened its doors to its first cohort of Year 7 students in 2020 to a purpose built, state of the art educational facility. At present, the school has over 900 Year 7 ¿ 11 students and will add an additional year 7 cohort each year until 2025 when it will become a 7 ¿ 12 school.
In 2022, Elevation Secondary College was named #1 best place to work in Australia/New Zealand in the Government, Education and Non for Profit sector by the Australian Financial Review and Inventium!
There has been great excitement in the community about the new school, which has been built with a Science, Technology and Arts Building, as well as a general-purpose learning community, Administration Centre and Library. Now that our second stage is complete, our students are benefiting from our new gymnasium, preforming arts and music facility, food technology and sporting grounds.
This year, we added year 11 to our program, as well as a new cohort of year 7 students. To cater for this growth, we are recruiting a wide range of leadership and classroom teacher positions.
The school is situated in Melbourne¿s booming northern growth corridor approximately 23 kilometres from Melbourne and services the rapidly growing and aspirational communities of the Aston and Highlands Estates in Craigieburn, Greenvale and further north to Mickleham. The school has had significant demand for enrolments since opening- well beyond current capacity.
School Vision
Elevation Secondary College is an outward facing school that values improving student learning, social emotional outcomes and educational attainment for all students. The school is known for its academic excellence, orderly learning environments, inclusiveness and the outstanding opportunities it provides its students.
Elevation Secondary College teaches a broad and rigorous academic program that allows students to build skills in the context of a knowledge rich curriculum. Teachers engage students in lessons that challenge their thinking and promote academic effort and rigour. All students are supported in their wellbeing and engagement through a complementary system of high expectations, school wide positive behaviours and trauma informed classroom practices utilising the Berry Street Education Model. The school provides students with a range of extra-curricular programs that enhance learning in the classroom and the ability to engage the wider community, academic and corporate world.
Professional Learning Culture
Elevation Secondary College has a powerful professional learning culture, based on the idea that: ¿if we create a culture where every teacher believes they need to improve, not because they are not good enough but because they can be even better, there is no limit to what we can achieve¿ Dylan Wiliam University of London. Staff at the school maintain a professional approach to teaching and learning. The school has developed a culture of professional learning where observations, walkthroughs, coaching, data and academic research are commonly used to improve practice. Consistent with the schools behavioural expectations of Aim High, Work Hard, Be Good, staff will be expected to be aspirational, improvement focused and maintain positive and professional relationships with all members of the community at all times.
Staff will be expected to balance the need for high expectations of all learners with a positive educational and trauma informed approach to engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.
(a) 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.
(b) Financial, managerial and administrative ability
- Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) 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.
Assistant Principal - Positive Climate For Learning - Middle School
2024 OR 2025 START DATE NEGOTIABLE
The preferred start date for the position is Term 3 2024, however this is negotiable and depending on the current role of the preferred candidate, may be extended to Term 1 2025.
The focus of the role will be maintaining and developing a Positive Climate for Learning with a focus on Year 9 and 10. The Assistant Principal, Positive Climate for Learning will work collaboratively with two other Assistant Principals (Junior and Senior) and the Executive Team to maintain an orderly learning environment and improve student learning outcomes.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Maintaining and leading the development of an orderly classroom environment within the school
- Leading an effective team of Year level leaders and Year level Coordinators within Years 9 and 10
- Monitoring and improving attendance at Years 9 and 10 and generally maximising school participation in those year levels
- Leading and Managing groups of teachers including classroom teachers and Mentor Group Teachers
- Liaising with external agencies, networks and providers to support student learning
- Working with the careers team and year level teams to build an effective pathways program in the Middle Years
- Supporting IEP development and the SSG process for students with additional needs and significant behavioural needs.
- Support the implementation of subject selection at Years 9 and 10
- Contributing to the overall leadership and management of the whole school as part of the Executive Team
This responsibility list is not exhaustive. Once the preferred candidate has been appointed the exact role description will be finalised taking into account the successful candidate's skills, experience and expertise, as well as existing portfolios of other substantive Assistant Principals.
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.
The Department of Education and Training 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.
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 http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx
The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’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 DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx
Please ensure that your application includes:
- Name, contact number and email address of at three referees.
- A resume including relevant experience as well as personal details, (name, address, contact number)
- A section addressing the selection criteria and the requirement for application under the Who May Apply Section.
Interested parties are welcome to attend our Principal Tour evening on Thursday 30 May or Thursday 6 June at 4:15pm.
You will have the chance to meet the executive team of the school, learn about our professional learning culture, the school values, policy and curriculum.
Candidates who are unable to attend this event or wish to find out more about the position, can contact Principal Colin Burke on 0409 405 ***.
To find out more about Elevation Secondary College, applicants can view our website at https://www.elevationsc.vic.edu.au, view our Careers page at https://www.elevationsc.vic.edu.au/our-school/careers/ or meet or leadership team at https://www.elevationsc.vic.edu.au/our-school/meet-the-team/.
General Enquiries can be directed to 8339 8000 or ************@education.vic.gov.au.
- 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.
