Job Description

Job ID: 1224794

Location: Charles LaTrobe P-12 College [Multiple Location Campus]

Department: Charles LaTrobe P-12 College

Role Type: Primary Teacher/Secondary Teacher

Subjects/Duties: View Subject/Duties

Full/Part Time: Part-Time

Ongoing/Fixed Term: Fixed Term

Classification: Classroom Teacher

Apply By: 05/18/2021

Contact Name: Linda Arthurson

Phone: 9223 1400

School Website: www.charleslatrobecollege.vic.edu.au

Location Profile

Charles La Trobe P-12 College is proud to be a diverse and inclusive learning community.

We build the capacity of all our learners to achieve their personal best. The work of teachers is driven by commitment to our instructional model and Teaching and Learning Charter. Our teachers understand their students and expect that they will achieve to their full potential. We offer education programs that cater for students’ diverse interests to promote engagement in learning this enables each student to achieve to their full potential. In addition to our core curriculum, in which we focus upon developing literacy and numeracy skills, we offer a broad range of enriched I.T. opportunities including STEM Club, Kitchen Garden, Minecraft, Tech. Ninjas, Astronomy Club and a Maker Space. Our STEM programs prepare students for the future world of work, in which creativity and problem solving will be critical skills. Our open learning spaces promote teaching as a public practice and enable us to provide a safe and orderly learning environment.

The P-6 area of the La Trobe Campus currently has 157 enrolments, across eight class grades and an SFOE of 0.4798. The staff structure comprises the Assistant Principal, a leading teacher with responsibility for teaching, learning and curriculum, a learning specialist with responsibility in the wellbeing and engagement area, eight 8 full-time teachers, a social worker, a library technician, an African Community Liaison and a number of teacher and integration aides.

The P-6 area is heavily invested and involved in the Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) partnership with La Trobe University.

Engagement with the community and promotion of diversity are highly valued aspects of College life. We offer a REAL Education curriculum (based on our school values) to enable students to develop strong interpersonal and social capabilities. We pride ourselves on being a community that welcomes all students and families. Our Deaf Facility provides positive education experiences for secondary aged students who are deaf or are hard of hearing. Our International Student Program supports our students to become members of the global community.

Our College is a complex, diverse and vibrant organisation, where we ensure each part of the organisation thrives as a unique setting, while building powerful connections to each other.

Regardless of the setting, we are committed to providing enrichment education experiences for all our students. This goal is supported by our partnerships with La Trobe University and Quantum Victoria. Quantum Victoria is an important part of our College, and is one of six State specialist Mathematics and Science Centres. This partnership provides a breadth of Science and Mathematics extension and enrichment program for our students. Our partnership with La Trobe University includes:

Achieve at La Trobe – access to university subjects for VCE students
Prepare for La Trobe – free preparatory courses that include a non-ATAR entry alternative
Homework Club – free tutoring program for secondary aged students
School Partnership Program – an immersion program designed to promotes university as a post-school pathway for secondary aged students
Nexus – an internship program for pre-service teachers.

We are a family-friendly Prep to Year 12 school offering ‘one stop’ morning drop off/pick up and streamlined school communications/business for busy parents and carers. Our partnership with Leap Kids enables us to provide high-quality out of school hours care and school holiday programs.

The inclusion of The Pavilion School campuses (East Preston and Epping) helps us to remember that everyone has a right to education and that often means we must differentiate and personalise learning to meet the needs of young people and families.

The Pavilion School is a Victorian state secondary school for students who have disengaged from or been excluded by schools or education providers. It is under the auspice of Charles La Trobe College and has two campuses, one in Preston and one in Epping. Pavilion students present at school with a range of behavioural difficulties and every class is supported by wellbeing staff. At The Pavilion School, students work in small groups and participate in the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning through to year 12.

Teaching staff at the Pavilion work in professional learning teams and teach across Literacy, Numeracy, Work Related Skills, and Personal Development subjects. Pavilion staff has a proven ability to work with high-risk youth and experience dealing with students with a complex range of personal issues. It is essential that Pavilion staff members are willing to follow a shared theoretical approach, along with its practical application, so that the successful implementation of the Pavilion model can be maintained and enhanced.

Olympic Village Primary School is a campus of Charles La Trobe College and is located in Heidelberg West. The campus currently has an enrolment of 88 students, and an SFOE of 0.6204. A grant of over $6 million dollars was received in 2018 to re-build the site entirely. This building work was completed in September 2019. The campus is also heavily invested and involved in the Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) partnership with La Trobe University.

At Charles La Trobe P-12 College we believe every student should be supported to learn to their full potential: to achieve their best and to be their best.

Selection Criteria

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.

Role
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-curricular activities.

Responsibilities
The role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:

Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students;
Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of a curriculum area or other curriculum program within the school;
Undertaking other classrooms teaching-related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal;
Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings; staff meetings; camps and excursions;
Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties.

Who May Apply

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.

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