Department of Education Victoria – Yackandandah VIC

5d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Osbornes Flat Primary (established in 1874) is a small rural school of 31 students across three classrooms, set in the beautiful Yackandandah valley, about 20 minutes from Wodonga. We provide all students from Yackandandah, Osbornes Flat, Allans Flat, Wodonga and beyond with an inspirational and responsive educational program, to promote thinking and encourage curiosity. We nurture the individual talents and needs of our students, embedding high expectations, quality opportunities and caring personalised attention, for our students to reach their full academic and social potential.

We pride ourselves on the rapport we build with our students and their families, bringing a great sense of proactiveness, care, compassion and understanding to the learning partnership. Learning at OFPS is a partnership between parents, the students and our school, all working together for positive outcomes.

At Osbornes Flat Primary School, our values consist of:

RESPECT: We honour people and place - listening first, speaking kindly and caring for ourselves, each other and the environment every day.

BELONGING: Growing as one - welcoming each person¿s story and supporting each other.

CURIOSITY: Learning through wonder - we spark questions, chase ideas and keep exploring to understand the world around us.

INTEGRITY: Doing what¿s right, we act honestly, take responsibility for our choices, and stay true to our values, even when it¿s hard.

MATESHIP: Standing together, we support each other, show kindness,



and step up when someone needs a hand.

These values underpin our safe and caring school community and provide a welcoming atmosphere characterised by well-managed systems and processes focused on student achievement and wellbeing.

Small classes allow us to focus on the explicit instruction of literacy and numeracy, as well as developing diverse skills through the exploration of rich tasks across Years F-6. We implement the elements of the science of learning and place importance on staff understanding the development of a child¿s brain when learning. Our curriculum program includes Art and Library (fortnightly), weekly sessions of Auslan, Discovery which covers Geography and History, Sport and Physical Education, Performing Arts and STEM sessions. At our school, we constantly strive for students to become emotionally intelligent, teaching aspects of wellbeing and mental health practices. The staff provide excellent teaching and learning experiences across the Victorian Curriculum 2.0. Our school is part of the Osbornes Flat, Wooragee, Middle Indigo Cluster and the wider Wodonga, Indigo Network.

Selection Criteria

- (a) Vision and values Demonstrated capacity to create a shared vision,



define and gain acceptance of school goals and set and communicate expectations for effective performance.
- (b) Teaching and Learning Demonstrated ability to manage the quality of teaching and create a positive culture of challenge, support and collaboration.
- (c) Improvement, Innovation and Change Demonstrated capacity to produce and implement explicit, evidence-based improvement plans and policies and lead innovation and change.
- (d) Management Demonstrated capacity to ensure that the school's human, physical and financial resources are efficiently allocated and managed.
- (e) Development 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.
- (f)Engagement Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with students, parents/families and the local community and participate in and contribute to system-level activities.

Role

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 r

📌 Principal-Range 2 (Yackandandah)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Yackandandah