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Sow to Harvest
Nambour Christian College Ltd
ACN 106434211
April /May 2017
Appointment of Head of Primary School
APPLICATION BOOKLET – HEAD OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Table of Contents
1. Application Requirements........................................................................................ ....1
2. Selection Criteria.............................................................................................. ............3
3. Position Description............................................................................................ ..........6
4. Statement of Faith............................................................................................ ............8
5. Staff Lifestyle Requirements.........................................................................................9
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Application Requirements
General information on Nambour Christian College may be accessed through the website at www.ncc.qld.edu.au
Applications for this position should include the following:
A covering letter outlining the applicant’s suitability to lead our Primary School (P-6), based on the distinctive of the school, as outlined in this booklet, and on the College’s website.
Full name, residential address, telephone number(s) and email address.
Address the Selection Criteria.
A career profile, including qualifications, positions held and achievements within these positions.
Cultural and sporting interests and biographical details as deemed relevant to this position.
An outline of the applicant’s philosophy of Christian education.
Details of Church membership and Christian experience.
At least three written references, one from the Minister of the church currently attended and one which testifies to the applicant’s strengths as an educational leader.
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In applying for this position you will be providing Nambour Christian College with personal information.
Please forward your application to:
Head of College Nambour Christian College PO Box 500 NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Or Email: [email protected] Applications Close: Friday 12th May 2017
For further information please contact:
Mrs Helen Potter Executive Secretary to Head of College Ph: (07) 5451 3333 Email: [email protected]
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Privacy Statement:
1. If you provide us with personal information, for example your name and address or information
contained on your resume, we will collect the information in order to assess your application.
2. You agree that we may store this information for up to twelve weeks.
3. You may seek access to your personal information that we hold about you if you are unsuccessful for the position. However, there will be occasions when access is denied. Such occasions would include where access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others.
4. We will not disclose this information to a third party without your consent.
5. If you provide us with the personal information of others, we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to the College and why, that they can access that information if they wish, that the College does not usually disclose the information to third parties and that we may store their information for up to twelve weeks.
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Selection Criteria
College Mission Statement:
“The mission of Nambour Christian College is to provide a secure and supportive Christ-centred learning community, where a commitment to excellence, creativity and service is encouraged and modelled”
College Motto:
“Sow to Harvest”
College Values:
Relationships
NCC will be a community of intentional connection with God.
NCC will be a community of acceptance, forgiveness and love for all people
NCC will be a community of honesty and integrity
Worship
NCC will be a community which promotes Biblical truth and practice
NCC will be a community where prayer is practised NCC will be a community where praise & worship is encouraged
Stewardship
NCC will be a community where the truth and uniqueness of Jesus is modelled as we serve one another
NCC will be a community where pursuit of excellence is encouraged NCC will be a community where generosity is practiced NCC will be a community of commitment to the understanding of, and care for, God’s
creation
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Selection Criteria (cont’d)
The Applicant should address the following Criteria in the application:
Christian Leadership
Demonstrate Christian leadership, vision, drive, energy and integrity
Foster Nambour Christian College’s distinctive integrative model of Christian education, where faith and College values undergird pastoral and curriculum interactions of staff with students.
Encourage growth in Christian understanding of staff and students.
Encourage opportunities for students and parents to explore and embrace a personal Christian faith.
Ensure that a high value is placed on Christ based studies, the worship of God through Jesus Christ and the appropriate integration of a Christian world view within the broader curriculum
Personal views that align with the Christian ethos of the College.
Education Qualifications
A Bachelor of Education or a University Degree in Education.
Post Graduate or higher degree would be an advantage, particularly in a suitable academic or professional related field
State current Queensland Teacher Registration including Registration Number.
Education Leadership
Specify and list past teaching experience
Demonstrate Academic leadership, vision, drive, energy and integrity
Provide effective direction and guidance in all matters of curriculum, assessment and reporting, ensuring that all statutory requirements are met
Keep informed of educational developments and make recommendations to the Head of College on initiatives to ensure appropriate adoption, adaptation and implementation of desirable educational changes.
Encourage the development of best practice in learning and teaching methodologies.
Proven ability to establish, implement and maintain standards of behaviour, presentation and performance by students in a co-educational program.
The ability to inspire enthusiasm and loyalty within the students, staff and parent community
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Selection Criteria (cont’d)
Management of Staff
The capacity to develop structures and processes – educational, human resource, pastoral and communicative – that ensure the effective, efficient and timely realisation of goals, objectives and targets established as part of the planning and accountability framework determined by the Head of College.
Encourage staff to promote the College, particularly through positive communication with students and their parents
Ability to work as a member of a team and effectively communicate with the Senior Management, staff and students.
Personal
Specify that you are a practicing Christian and accept the College’s Statement of Faith and Staff Lifestyle Requirements
Personal presence with good interpersonal and communication skills.
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Position Description
Accountability: Will be directly accountable to the Head of College. Will work in co-operation with the Deputy Principal and the other Heads of Schools. Will work closely with the Deputy Head of Primary to ensure smooth operation of the Primary School.
Qualification: A University degree in Education or a recognised equivalent and experience.
Personal Attributes: The successful applicant will:
Have a personal faith and commitment to Jesus Christ
Demonstrate an ability to translate faith into practice.
Demonstrate an ability to maintain vision and strive for goals.
Exercise leadership by acting with integrity, loyalty, honesty and accepting authority.
Act with tolerance and compassion
Demonstrate an ability to forgive and accept forgiveness
Demonstrate an acceptance of other people
Exhibit self-discipline
Demonstrate a willingness to learn
Have a vision of the practice and development of teaching and learning in the Primary years
Exhibit a positive outlook on life
Skills: The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate:
An understanding of the philosophy of Christian Education and to translate it into practice in the classroom, playground, office and staffroom
Effective communication with adults and students
The ability to work as a team member and leader
Evidence of developing and maintaining sound relationships with students
Confidentiality
Non-judgemental and careful listening skills
An understanding of current educational trends
An understanding of the College’s behaviour management procedures
Ability to translate theoretical knowledge into effective practice
Honest and persistent self-evaluation of all aspects of the role
Competence in the use of all computer technologies for SAS, NCC Website, Interactive Whiteboards.
Duties and
Responsibilities: A. Leadership
Provide clear leadership to the staff, students and parents in the areas of Vision, Values and Primary Strategic Plan and annual Goals.
Strengthen partnerships between home and school.
Provide clear direction to staff and students regarding the spiritual life of the College and in particular the Primary School
Maintain open communication systems with staff, students and parents.
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B. Management
Ensure implementation of a regular, ongoing monitoring and appraisal program for Primary Teachers. Annual Reports sent to the Head of College and Term reports on all new staff in their first year.
Monitor and maintain appropriate documentation of staff and student records.
Organise and run weekly staff meetings
Organise Teachers and class groupings for the new year in co-operation with Class Teachers, Learning Enrichment Department and Primary Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator and Deputy Head of Primary
Organise relief staff as required for the Primary School
Have oversight of the Behaviour Management structures and deal with students referred by Teachers
Prepare the Primary Timetable annually
Prepare and manage Primary Budget accordingly
Facilitate all enrolment interview P to Yr 6.
Ensure that primary uniform policy is implemented by staff
Manage the Primary Student Leaders and Leadership Program
Manage the Primary calendar, newsletters and notices.
Referenced
Documents: Pastoral Care Policy and Procedures
Staff Guidelines
Workplace Health and Safety Manual
NCC Workplace Agreement
Remuneration: As negotiated
Appraisal and
Review: Annually
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Statement of Faith
As members of Nambour Christian College staff, we accept the following Statement of Faith –
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are God’s infallible and inerrant revelation to man. It is thus the supreme standard by which all things are to be judged, and the authoritative guide for all life and conduct.
Romans 15:4; 2 Tim 3:16:17; 2 Peter 3:16; 2 Tim 2:15; Rev 22:18-19.
We believe in the Unity of the True and Living God Who is the Eternal, Self-existent One, Who has revealed Himself as One Being in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and Who is the Creator and Preserver of things visible and invisible.
Deut 6:4-5; Mark 12:29; Matt 28:19; Gen 1:1; Psalm 86:9-10; Isaiah 43:10-11; Col 1:16.
We believe that Jesus Christ is from eternity God’s only begotten Son; He was born of a virgin and is therefore truly God and man. Through Him God created and sustains the world. Jesus suffered and died for our sins and rose again for our salvation. He ascended into heaven where He now sits at the right hand of the Father.
Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-3, 14; John 3:16; 1 Cor 15:3-4; Hebrews 1:1-3; 1 Timothy 3:16.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Third person of the Triune Godhead. He is ever active in convicting man of sin, leads them to repentance, creates faith within them and regenerates and fills those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord. It is the indwelling Spirit who bestows the Gifts of the Spirit and leads the believer into all Truth.
John 14:26; John 16:7-8, 13-15; Luke 11:13; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor 12:4-11.
We believe in the actual existence of Satan who is the father of all evil and opposed to God although ultimately subject to the purposes of God and destined to be confined forever to Hell.
John 8:43-45; Luke 10:18; Mark 4:15; Eph 6:12; Romans 8:38-39; Matt 25:41; Rev 20:10.
We believe in the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ who will return as Lord, King and Judge.
John 3:16-17; 2 Peter 3:9-11; John 14:1-3, 6; 1 Thess 4:16-17; Jude 14-15; Rev 20:12-15.
I hereby affirm my belief in, and acceptance of, the Statement of Faith as stated above. In signing this Statement of Faith I desire to declare my personal faith in Jesus Christ as my Saviour, my Lord and my God.
Signature ______________________________ Date _________________
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Staff Lifestyle Requirements
1. Nambour Christian College bases its teachings and beliefs on the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, which the College regards as the inspired and inerrant Word of God. These teachings are expounded in many of Nambour Christian College’s public and internal documents, both printed and on the schools’ website and viewable by staff as part of their appointment process. These documents inform our understanding of the lifestyle values which staff who work in this school are required to respect and maintain.
2. All staff of Nambour Christian College, regardless of their role, are required to be seen to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with these principles and beliefs and in accordance with the Christian ethics of the College, as contained and interpreted in these documents, thus providing a specifically Christian role model and example to all the families associated with the College.
3. Staff are required to refrain from acting in the course of their work or in doing something connected with their work in a way that they know or ought reasonably to know is contrary to the religious beliefs of Nambour Christian College.
4. It is a genuine occupational requirement of Nambour Christian College that all staff members, in the course of, or in connection with their work, act in a way that is consistent with the religious beliefs of Nambour Christian College. Whether directly in school hours of duty or not, nothing in their deliberate conduct should be incompatible with the intrinsic character of their position. In the expression of human sexuality for example, this includes deliberate choices for heterosexual, monogamous relationships, expressed intimately through marriage.
5. Staff are required to regularly and frequently attend a Christian church and to regularly and frequently support staff devotions and staff worship services.
6. Where any staff members acts contrary to the requirements of this clause, and it becomes publicly damaging to the College, the principal may call the staff member to account. Such contrary action would be regarded to have occurred if a staff member were to act in a way that to openly embarrass the College and/or where such action was incompatible with the responsibilities they have towards their work colleagues and / or the students and families of the College. The College may initiate due process, including an attempt at restoration, and may also include disciplinary measures including termination of employment if there continues to be
Signature:________________________________________ Date: __________________