Assistant Principal-Range 1

Location Profile

Bentleigh West Primary School is located in a well-established residential area (15km from the CBD), with the local community attracting young families with high educational aspirations for their children. The school is considered highly within the community, experiencing significant growth with a current population of 788, with an SFOE of approximately 0.12.

The school has undergone an extensive capital works program across all learning spaces, and we are fortunate to have premium communal areas, significant sporting facilities and interactive workspaces. Bentleigh West Primary School has implemented many of the High Impact Teaching Strategies outlined by Victoria¿s Education State initiative. The school subscribes to the Explicit Direct Instruction Model (Hollingsworth, Ybarra) and this role involves coaching teachers in this model and refining of curriculum documents in line with latest research. The gradual release of responsibility model is similar. BWPS is also well regarded for its evidence informed literacy and numeracy approaches.

High level content knowledge and ability to development teacher¿s instruction in the areas of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics (Systematic Synthetic Phonics), Fluency, Vocabulary (including morphology) and Comprehension will be highly advantageous along with Number Sense, Fluency and understanding of the Singapore Bar Model.

Vision:

BWPS is committed to:

¿ fostering knowledgeable, respectful and caring young people who contribute positively and responsibly to their local and global community.
¿ being recognised as a high performing s…