Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Leading Teacher - Range 3
Occupation: Leading teacher
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1537944
Keilor Downs College is a large single campus secondary school of approximately 1250 students, situated on the north-western edge of suburban Melbourne. Students and staff reflect the many different cultural backgrounds present within the local community.
Keilor Downs College has a strong record of achievement in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and provides a broad range of VCE subjects. The numbers of students achieving ATAR scores over 90 has increased strongly in recent years, along with the percentage of students accessing University. There is also a strong VCE ¿ Vocational Major program, with excellent outcomes.
The college also strongly participates in the Brimbank VET cluster which further enhances the choices available to students by offering over 30 VET classes, with Cert II Hospitality, Cert II Sport & Recreation, and Cert II Building & Construction run on site.
Year 10 acts as an introductory year to VCE for many students, with the timetable aligned with Years 11 and 12 and with many of the processes and terminology of VCE introduced in this year. There is also opportunity for students in Year 10 to access Year 11 VCE subjects. There are also a strong applied learning pathways for students who are working towards VCE ¿ VM in Year 11.
A notable aspect of the college is its strong student support structures, with each individual student being known and supported academically and personally. This is achieved by both a House and a Home Group structure. Student engagement and management is based on four vertically structured Houses of Year 7-12 students. Each House has a unique identity and each is resourced with a Principal Class member, House Leader (Leading Teacher), three Student Coordinators and a Secondary Teacher Assistant. Home Group teachers are assigned to each new Year 7 Home Group and follow them through to Year 12. We also have very strong Wellbeing, Pathways and Inclusion Teams who offer a wide range of supports and programs to students.
We have an extremely active student leadership program, consisting of House Captains, Year Level Leaders, KLA and Co-curricular Program Ambassadors and Peer Leaders. We also have a very active extra-curricular program and achieve great participation and success in areas such as sport, music, debating and chess.
The college is an original DET accredited provider of the Select Entry & Accelerated Learning Program (SEAL), with a highly successful program for gifted students. The College operates an International Students Program (ISP) and our students have enjoyed considerable success at VCE. Our Soccer School is extremely successful and involves over 10% of students in a well structured and highly regarded program.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Keilor Downs College actively promotes 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 the Child Safe Standards. The school¿s Child Safety Code of Conduct is available on the school¿s website.
For further information please refer to the College website at www.kdc.vic.edu.au
School Vision: To provide a learning community which creates a wide range of opportunities for student growth and development by:
Building positive relationships of mutual respect based on fair learning and fair treatment within a safe and secure environment
Embracing individuality, diversity and developing independent, self-regulating learners
Establishing a challenging and engaging learning environment which encourages the development of all students to their full potential
College Values: In our college we value:
Inclusion: To embrace and celebrate diversity and ensure equal access and opportunities for all.
Resilience: To actively develop attitudes and skills to effectively meet challenge and adapt to change.
Respect: To value everyone in our community and ensure all our actions have a fair and positive impact on
others.
Growth: To provide a learning environment that encourages effort and promotes improvement in all areas.
Connection: To maintain a caring and collaborative community that prioritizes wellbeing.
SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
SC2 Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
SC3 Demonstrated exemplary ability to monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole-school practice and contribute to the provision of whole-school professional learning.
SC6 Expert knowledge of student wellbeing programs and demonstrated ability to lead student wellbeing across Years 7 ¿ 12 including building the capacity of teachers.
Role Statement
The Student Wellbeing and Engagement ¿ House Leader will be responsible for leading the students and staff of one of four houses, Years 7-12, in the development of a positive learning culture which maximises the potential of all students. The House Leader will be required to lead a team of staff and empower them to ensure the positive and engaging management of students and develop a culture that supports the development of personal responsibility, learning confidence and engagement in students.
In addition to the roles required of Leading Teachers at the college, the accountabilities of this role include:
Pursuing the development of a culture of high expectations of student learning outcomes and respond pro-actively to student academic progress needs
Leading a student wellbeing and management team in matters pertaining to transition, student leadership, and student engagement and wellbeing
Lead the development of a strong House identity, including the leadership of House events and activities
Leading the development, implementation and evaluation of programs which will have a demonstrable positive impact on the college Student Attitudes to School data in the Wellbeing, Teaching and Learning, and Student Relationships variables
Together with other Student Wellbeing & Engagement ¿ House Leaders, and led by the responsible Assistant Principal, ensure consistent implementation and evaluation of procedures and processes for student welfare and management
Together with other Student Wellbeing & Engagement ¿ House Leaders, lead the development and implementation of the Keilor Downs College Student Wellbeing & Engagement Policy and Framework and the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support Program
Supervise and manage the work of the allocated House, Student Coordinators and the House STAs and manage all aspects of the House budget requirements
Assist the Principal Team in meeting accountabilities requirements, such as contributing to the development of the College Annual Implementation Plan, the Annual Report and the Strategic Plan
Complete additional tasks as required by the Principal
In recognition of the importance of leadership and management combined with exemplary teaching practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the leading teachers may include but are 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.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, 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 safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
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.
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:
Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.