Location Profile

For over 30 years, Bellarine Secondary College (formerly Queenscliff High School) has served the community of the Bellarine Peninsula and the past record of our students in academic, cultural and sporting fields is noted with pride.

Bellarine Secondary College is the only State Secondary College on the Bellarine Peninsula. The College is situated on two campuses: Years 7and 8 are located at Ocean Grove Campus in Shell Rd, Ocean Grove (500 students) and Years 9-12 are based at the Drysdale Campus, Peninsula Drive, Drysdale (850 students) with a total enrolment of 1350 students. The College draws enrolments from all towns on the Bellarine Peninsula including Drysdale, Clifton Springs, Portarlington, St Leonards, Indented Head, Queenscliff, Pt Lonsdale, Ocean Grove, Barwon Heads and the outskirts of neighboring Leopold.

The College offers a rich and broad curriculum across all year levels. This curriculum includes VCE, VET and VCAL in the later years of schooling. The intent of schooling at Bellarine Secondary College is to make available for students a wide range of opportunities, providing them with the necessary preparation for the transition from school to broader society. The College has established connections with tertiary providers within Geelong and continues to develop partnerships with other Registered Training Organisations. Applied learning is an important aspect of College curriculum and is built into student learning programs from Years 9 to 12. Bellarine Secondary College was one of the first schools across the State to offer a VCAL program which is now embedded in the school and recognized as best practice across the State. The College offers 23 VCE studies at both Units 1 and 3 levels. The Accelerated Learning Program provides a fabulous opportunity for students to accelerate and deepen their learning in Years 7-9 with students from this program typically accessing VCE subjects in Year 10, allowing them to remain challenged and stimulated in their learning. The College is proud of the breadth of the program offered and of the excellent outcomes achieved by students over its history of serving its community.

The Year 7 & 8 campus at Ocean Grove presents a unique opportunity for students to transition from primary to secondary education smoothly. Parents speak passionately about the benefits of this structure.

Student wellbeing is given a very high priority within the College and students and parents are encouraged to make maximum use of the support available. The College has a Student Engagement Policy which incorporates Restorative Behaviour practices College wide. Bellarine Secondary College is a partner school in the Respectful Relationships Program and embedding School Wide Positive Behaviour supports is a priority.

Student leadership and voice is highly valued within the College community and students have a structured and strategically developed program available to them from Years 7 to 12.

Bellarine Secondary College teachers utilise high impact teaching strategies in every classroom through the implementation of the Bellarine Classroom instructional model. This model has been informed by the research of Robert Marzano in The New Art and Science of Teaching.

The College improvement agenda is guided by both the DET Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO) and Marzano’s High Reliability Schools model.

In working towards achieving its goals, Bellarine Secondary College encourages a high level of participation by parents, staff and students. The College Council is the main policy and decision-making body of the school, however all parents and staff can be involved in a number of committees and forums and provide support in other ways.

Selection Criteria

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 the continued development of the College’s preferred instructional model and the ‘Bellarine Classroom’ based on the work of Robert Marzano in ‘The New Art and Science of Teaching’.

Role

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.

Responsibilities

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:

- Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement initiatives related to the school strategic plan and school priorities

- Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery;

- Leading and managing the provision of professional development and developing individual and team development plans for teaching staff within the priorities of the school;

- Leading and managing staff performance and development (review of staff);

- Teaching demonstration lessons;

- Leading and managing the development of the school's assessment and reporting policies and practices;

- Leading and managing the implementation of the school operations and policies related to student welfare and discipline;

- Leading the development of curriculum in a major learning area and participating in curriculum development in other areas;

- Responsibility for general discipline matters beyond the management of classroom teachers;

- Contributing to the overall leadership and management of the school;

- Contributing to the development of proposals for school council consideration;

- Developing and managing the school code of conduct.

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.

EEO AND OHS Commitment

The Department values diversity and is committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunity in schools and all education workplaces. 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.

Child Safe Standards

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 http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx

DET Values

The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’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 DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx

Other Information

A tour of both campuses will be conducted for all of our advertised Leading Teacher and Learning Specialist Positions on Thursday 2nd July at 1.00pm.

The tour will commence from the Drysdale Campus, Peninsula Drive Drysdale. If you would like to attend the tour can you please RSVP to Principal, Wayne Johannesen via email - wayne.johannesen@education.vic.gov.au by 4.00pm Wednesday 1st July.

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