Assistant Principal - Educational Leadership

Selection Criteria

1. 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.

2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability

   • Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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 effect…