Work Type: Ongoing - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Leading Teacher - Range 3
Occupation: Education and training
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1499262
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 Demonstrated capacity to lead wellbeing initiatives.
Leading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles commensurate with their salary range. The role of leading teachers is to improve the skill, knowledge and performance of the teaching workforce in a school or group of schools and to improve the curriculum program of a school.
Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.
Leading teachers are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program.
Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of the school goals.
Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.
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
Tenured position finishing 08 November 2030.
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.
The Monmia Primary School Vision statement embodies what the school community expects to achieve, 'Loving to Learn, Learning to Live and Being the Best'. All community members embrace the following core values: respect responsibility and safety. These core values shaped the way in which people worked together by creating shared expectations and norms. The community is committed to providing innovative programs that stimulate and challenge each student to become assessment capable learners. Monmia Primary School, located in the Keilor Downs, is a Foundation to Year 6 school with 177 students, 86 females and 91 males.
The School Family Occupation Education band value is medium that indicates that students come from medium socio educational disadvantage. The cultural backgrounds of the school community are diverse with many different languages other than English spoken at home. 37% of students had English as an additional language and NDP percent were aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. The school is Nationally accredited as a 'BE YOU' school promoting mental health and wellbeing. It has a nationally recognised innovative and inspiring school library that has immersed students in a literature rich environment that has fostered a love for reading.
Monmia Primary School provides a safe learning environment where teachers, students and families work together in partnership. The school's core values are reflected by the important relationships established between home and school. As a 'Be You' school and early adopters of the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) Initiative, there is an ongoing commitment to improve mental health and wellbeing and the educational outcomes of all students. There is a strong sense of belonging and a 'family centred culture'.
Students can articulate their learning goals and know where to next in their learning. Students are provided with high quality learning environments, supported through Federal Funding, allowing the Foundation students to move into a newly renovated learning space. Students have been fortunate to have a newly built, architecturally inspiring STEAM Collaborative Learning Space. Students have been provided with a new soccer field that was resurfaced for the use of the school community. A new extensive education playground is currently under construction.