Leadership @ Glenroy

2024 Agreed-upon Leadership Purpose
"Challenging our current practice to build staff agency over the school vision and goals, to create structure and capacity to enable student centred growth."
Leadership Profile
This leadership profile is designed to enhance our leadership of learning at Glenroy College. This profile is based on:
- The Glenroy College Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Implementation Plans (AIP)
- The Victorian Curriculum F-10 and VCE
- School Performance Data
- FISO 2.0
- High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS)
- The FISO Improvement Cycle
The Leadership team demonstrate their commitment to excellence at Glenroy College through an:
Ability to lead Teams of Teachers:
- Leading teams related to their portfolio strategically and with purpose.
- Leading a Professional Learning Team and coaching a Performance Development Plan Team with responsibility for approving the process.
- The coaching of colleagues using the GROWTH coaching model, pedagogical models, Visible Thinking, evidence and goals. The coaching will be at an individual level over the various positions related to how to best improve practice in the classroom.
- Leading the debate on school improvement initiatives.
Ability to build personal and team capacity
- Attending Leadership Meetings to build a shared understanding of the strategic direction for learning, teaching, engagement, wellbeing and student outcomes.
- The “living” of the values, vision, purpose and direction of the College with high expectations for leadership and excellence.
- Action research to solve issues raised by learning or opinion data in their area of responsibility.
Ability to drive school priorities
- The Strategic and Annual Implementation Plans as ‘living’ documents for school improvement linked to each Leader’s individual Performance and Development Plan as a tool for contributions to these documents.
- Regular attendance at Leadership Team meetings where improvement of Strategic Plan outcomes will be at the centre of the work.
- Attend all Open and Information Nights.
Ability to lead improvement
- Using FISO 2.0, HITS and the Glenroy College Instructional Model for example for reflection, collegiate visits, professional reflection and discussion.
- Using data and evidence to drive each improvement initiative, evaluating initiatives during their course
- Building a Wellbeing and Growth mindset approach to learning in every classroom every day.
The work of staff with Positions of Responsibility @ Glenroy will support the school’s achievement against the 2023-2026 strategic plan:
- To improve the learning outcomes of all Students
- To improve Student engagement in learning
- To strengthen the Wellbeing of all Students
These roles will continue to be refined to meet the needs of the Students, the College, and the Leader.
Child Safety
The Glenroy College community promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children. We are a child safe employer who is committed to the welfare of children and young people in our protection. All potential employees and volunteers will be required to comply with DET policies. This includes:
- Ensure adherence to all child safety standards and mandatory reporting requirements
- Attend training to maintain compliance with all child safety legislation, standards and regulations
- Complete all mandatory reporting in a timely manner.
- Escalate and report all matters related to student safety immediately
- Understand and work diligently to deliver student duty of care accountabilities.