Principal Recruitment

To challenge the status quo, so that everyone is empowered to learn
— TC Our Purpose

Brief about the role

Following on from 16 years of service in various roles throughout the school, our Principal Peter Ellis is taking on the new role of Head of Secondary School at the Australian International School in Singapore.

This has created the opportunity of Principal here @ TC, which is intended to commence at the beginning of term 3, 2025.

The information on this page has been collated to help prospective candidates find all of the school documents in one place, in addition to the official information on Recruitment Online.

Application Process

Applications for the roles should be made through Recruitment Online. Google DET VIC Recruitment Online to find this.
This process follows the Ministerial Order 1006.

The button below has all of the selection criteria, role description, location profile etc.

Tours of TC

There will be a tour of TC available. This will run on Monday 26th May starting at 4:30pm. Please register your interest (confidentially) here so that we can make sure we have enough staff available to run the tour.

Key Documents of Interest

Our Philosophy

Our philosophy is based on the concept that students have far greater skills and abilities than they are generally given credit for and with the support and guidance of parents and staff, they have the ability to manage their own education.

Our philosophy is a set of ideals, standards and beliefs used to guide our school.

Below are some of the key attributes of TC.

@ TC we have a school culture built around relationships

@TC we have high expectations of students and ourselves

@TC Student agency is everywhere. We are focused on co-creation in which students and staff work together to design the learning taking place. This is beyond student voice.

@TC we are highly agile and understand that improvement is key. We are continually reflecting on our practice and then looking to improve.

@TC we are highly IT literate. We understand that digital literacy is a key skill that students need, and we model this.

@TC we understand the importance of effective communication at all levels.

@TC we are committed to developing leaders at all levels. This includes staff and students.

@TC we work extremely hard; we support each other and we celebrate our successes and milestones

Leadership Structure

Child Safe Statement

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx