About this job
About the School:
Our school is nestled in a natural bushland setting within the local Petrie, Kurwongbah community offering the highest quality education to children from Prep to Year 6. The school motto ‘Individuals Together' captures our philosophy of maximising the potential within each of our students across the breadth of academic, cultural and social aspects of school life. A warm, welcoming school culture is achieved through our school values: Caring, Honesty, Respect, Resilience and Excellence. Our experienced, caring staff sustain a relentless focus on continuous improvement for all children, fostering critical learning partnerships between home and school and growing a collegial learning community which enriches our professional capability to provide the highest quality educational experience for our families. Kurwongbah State School excellence in education since 1986.
About the Role:
You will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:
- Lead the school community to develop, articulate and commit to a shared educational vision focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Uphold the principalship as a values based, ethical and moral activity.
- Embed socially just practices in daily school life.
- Set high standards for student and staff performance.
- Active participants in life long learning and ongoing professional development.
- Form partnerships with parents, other government agencies, community groups, industry and business.
- Futures oriented and strategic.
- Understand the legislation and policies that impact on schooling.
- Manage resources to achieve goals.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history).
- Attach a 2-page response to the "How you will be assessed" section of the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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