Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Classroom Teacher
Occupation: Classroom teacher
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1491444
About You
We are seeking someone dynamic, committed, and caring to join our wonderful staff at Footscray West Primary School.
This position is genuinely seeking the best person to join our team. For us, it is about the best fit with our staff and a commitment to building strong relationships with students that positively impact their school experience.
Our learning community is committed to celebrating diversity and ensuring the emotional safety of all. The right person will value inclusive practices and strong relationships with students and their families.
About Us
Footscray West Primary School is located in a residential area in Melbourne's inner western suburbs (9 km from the CBD). The changing demographic and housing factors have increased the number of residences within our local neighbourhood area, and we are proud to be a diverse and inclusive school.
Our school serves a student population of approximately 675 students, who come from a wide range of social, cultural, and economic backgrounds. The school's current SFOE is 0.1762, which is considered a low level of disadvantage.
Students have weekly access to specialist programs in Italian language, Visual Art, Music, Physical Education, Library, and Social & Emotional Learning. Exciting new facilities are due to open at the start of 2026, including a competition-grade gymnasium, music room, kitchen/multipurpose classroom, and canteen.
Our curriculum is based upon the principles of explicit and developmental learning and offers a comprehensive education across all areas. We commenced our Science of Reading / Science of Learning journey over three years ago, and we are excited by the strong academic results of our current Year Three students, who are the first cohort to commence this journey with us from Prep. We have invested significant financial resources into the success of the Little Learners Love Literacy program in our junior years. Our approach aligns with the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 (VTLM 2.0) and sits alongside our commitment to a positive school culture for learning and social development.
We are currently in the second year of implementing the Berry Street Education Model, with strong support from our staff and families. We have well-defined processes for positive behaviour and support, and we utilise the Respectful Relationships curriculum and other effective wellbeing approaches to encourage the healthy development of every child.
We are committed to collective professional learning in teaching, learning, and wellbeing, which is grounded in research and supported in practice.
Purpose/Vision
At Footscray West Primary School, our vision is "Working together to create a better world." We engage the school community to work and learn together in a supportive and inclusive environment. We facilitate the development of knowledge, skills, and resilience in our students to assist them to achieve their personal best.
Our values are Belonging, Respect, Responsibility, and Resilience. We explicitly teach these values, and apply them in our interactions with students, colleagues, and families. We have high expectations that these values are lived every day by all community members.
We aim to develop the knowledge, skills, and resiliency of our students to be successful in a rapidly changing world. All teachers, leaders, support staff, students, and community members work together as a learning community that is dedicated to care and support, active participation, and positive expectations for all.
SC1 Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated experience in responding to student learning needs.
SC2 Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
SC3 Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning. Demonstrated experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.
The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges- range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.
As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training and experience of the teacher.
Classroom teacher Range 2
Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.
A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define quality teacher practice.
Range 2 classroom teachers will be expected to:
- Have the content knowledge and pedagogical practice to meet the diverse needs of all students
- Model exemplary classroom practice and mentor/coach other teachers in the school to engage in critical reflection of their practice and to support staff to expand their capacity
- Provide expert advice about the content, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervise and train one or more student teachers
- Assist staff to use student data to inform teaching approaches that enable targets related to improving student learning outcomes to be achieved.
Classroom teacher Range 1
The primary focus of the range 1 classroom teacher is on further developing skills and competencies to become an effective classroom practitioner with structured support and guidance from teachers at higher levels and the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. These teachers teach a range of students/classes and are accountable for the effective delivery of their programs. Range 1 classroom teachers are skilled teachers who operate under general direction within clear guidelines following established work practices and documented priorities and may have responsibility for the supervision and training of one or more student teachers.
At range 1, teachers participate in the development of school policies and programs and assist in the implementation of school priorities.
The focus of a range 1 classroom teacher is on classroom management, subject content and teaching practice. New entrants to the teaching profession in their initial teaching years receive structured support, mentoring and guidance from teachers at higher levels.
Under guidance, new entrants to the teaching profession will plan and teach student groups in one or more subjects and are expected to participate in induction programs and other professional learning activities that are designed to ensure the integration of curriculum, assessment and pedagogy across the school.
Teachers at range 1 are responsible for teaching their own classes and may also assist and participate in policy development, project teams and the organisation of co-curricula activities.
The role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:
Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
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:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.