Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 3
Occupation: Other
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1486845
Koo Wee Rup Secondary College (KWRSC) is a medium-sized co-educational public school situated in the high-growth corridor of the Southeastern suburbs. It has easy access to Phillip Island, Mornington Peninsula, and the Melbourne CBD.
Koo Wee Rup Secondary College is experiencing an exciting transformation. A new Principal was appointed in Term 4 of 2023, and a high-performing and supportive Leadership Team has been confirmed for 2025.
Current enrolment sits at around 940 students. Many students travel by bus to attend the college. Our current staffing profile comprises the Principal, 4.6 Assistant Principals, 7 Leading Teachers and 11.2 Learning Specialists. In total there are 86 Teachers and 40 Education Support Staff. Koo Wee Rup is a progressive community with a focus on community engagement and support. The school is active in the Cardinia Network developing partnerships with other network primary and secondary schools.
The College is situated around attractive spacious grounds. Previous rebuilds have enabled the update of three learning community centres with plans to upgrade the other centres when the opportunity arises through the Department.
Our vision is to cultivate a respectful, connected community where every individual learns and grows to their fullest potential. Koo Wee Rup Secondary College's values of Connection, Respect and Growth underpin the decisions we make in designing an effective learning community.
Our value of Connection refers to the connection we support students to build with each other, their teachers, and the wider community. As a school, we also strive to build connections with our parent/carer community to build a strong learning partnership with each student's family. We also seek to help students build learning connections, and to find links between what they learn at school with the world outside of school. Our value of Respect celebrates the importance of positive social and learning interactions. We set high expectations of our school community to consider others, learning resources and education with respect. Our value of Growth underpins the opportunities we provide to our students to expand their potential, resilience, and independence. We believe that with a growth mindset, students can achieve positive change, in themselves and their community.
Curriculum offerings in Years 7, 8 and 9 consist of core components covering the key Learning Areas. In Years 9 and 10, elective offerings complement the core subjects. Students are also able to study VCE subjects as part of their Year 10 studies. In Years 11 and 12, we offer a comprehensive program that allows students to engage in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM) and Vocational Education and Training (VET).
The College has strong connections to the Head Start initiative and we currently have and will continue to have students undertake an array of SBAT options. We also offer Certificate II VETDSS on campus to support the priority VET pathways as surfaced by the Firth review and the exciting new VCE VM senior certificate option.
KWRSC has a wide range of extracurricular activities, including Instrumental Music, Musical Productions, and Festivals, as well as excursions, competitions, sports programs, and camps, as approved by the School Council.
SC 1 - Demonstrated qualifications and experience/ability to instruct and support the learning of drums.
SC 2 - Demonstrated high level of competence and experience as an instrumental instructor and posses a sound knowledge of a variety of different styles of music relevant to your instrument
SC 3 - Demonstrated high level of oral and written communication skills including the capacity to develop constructive relationships with students, parents and other staff members
SC 4 - Demonstrated technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the Instrumental Music Instructor position
SC 5 - Previous experience supporting and promoting Instrumental Music programs in schools
SC 6 - Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to a broad range of school activities and commitment to ongoing professional learning and growth
The role is designed for an instrumental specialist who can instruct and deliver learning on specialist musical instruments including: technical knowledge and skills, assistance reading and using notation, learning ensemble repertoire, learning VCE repertoire, developing personal practice habits and taking care of equipment. The role also operates with some autonomy on the scheduling and organization of groups and lessons of students up to 4 students, working on a moving timetable within allotted days. High level technical knowledge is a must but also skill in engaging and maintaining excitement for instrumental learning during the early years of an instrument is also essential.
Performs and/or supervises tasks that are carried out in accordance with guidelines, accepted practice and school policy. This may include the supervision and coordination of other education support class staff within the work area or educational program. Supervision and coordination would be limited to ensuring routine tasks are performed to required standards. Input into identifying training needs and development of education support class staff within the work area or educational program becomes an important feature at range 2.
Specialised support to achieve specific outcomes is a feature of range 2. Typically this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the operation of a work area (e.g. managing the day to day operation of a school office) under the direction of the principal or another senior manager.
Provides support to teachers and students that is beyond the routine support provided at education support class Level 1, range 1. Within an educational program assists teachers with the coordination of the support function, such as directing/organising the work of other support staff or providing a specialist support role.
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of 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