Occupation: Principal and assistant principal

Location: Gippsland - Wellington

Reference: 1552597

Location Profile

Guthridge Primary School is located in Sale, Gippsland, and is approximately 220 km east of Melbourne.

Enrolments for 2027 will be approximately 280 with a Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index of 0.5070.

Our school has high expectations of all its students and aims to provide an chance for each of them to develop as learners, now and in the future.

Guthridge has a Foundation-support class specifically designed to support the transition from kindergarten to school for children who need a settling year of school, after a year at kindergarten.

Play allows children to develop their oral and functional language skills as well as expand their imagination and creativity.

Play helps children develop social skills, including conflict resolution skills and self-advocacy skills

Play also helps children develop patience, a sense of belonging and essential communication skills.

Guthridge Primary School has a well-established Program for Students with Disabilities. We use our Equity funding to provide additional supports and intervention to identified students with a philosophy of full inclusion in the classroom. Further to this, we have a well-established wellbeing team consisting of a Student Wellbeing Officer providing additional support to students and families five days a week, as well as highly experienced Education Support Staff providing Integration Aiding to identified students.

Additionally, the Department of Defence provides our school with funding to employ a Defence School Mentor to provide assistance and support to the children of Australian Defence Force members at our school.

Guthridge Primary School is committed to promoting the safety, participation and empowerment of all children, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds,



vulnerable children and children with a disability.

Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria

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, including proven leadership of Professional Learning Communities.
- 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.

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 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 respo

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