Associate Lecturer

Job no: 540675

Work type:
Part-time

Location:
Geelong - Waurn Ponds

Categories:
Education, Teaching Innovation Support

• Based at our Geelong, Waurn Ponds Campus
• Parttime (0.5FTE), Fixed term to 30 June 202
• Level A $74,024 $99, % Superannuation (pro rata part time)

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus.

We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.

The Site Director is employed as a liaison, who facilitates teaching and learning across the university and school contexts of the Deakin Alliances.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining appropriate discipline knowledge
• Developing effective learning materials and activities as part of design team or with guidance from Unit Chair
• Integrate industry, clinical and/or research practice to teaching
• Constructively reviews and refines own teaching practice to help maintain teaching quality standards
• Providing clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes
• Support and assist with teaching scholarship and pedagogical research activity
• Providing an excellent contribution to the school's teaching programs in the context of Initial Teacher Education Work Integrated Learning and professional practice.
• Oversee theoretical, practical and interpersonal dimensions of professional experience placements.
• Support professional development relating to Initial Teacher Education.
• Coordinating the alignment of preservice teams with localised school improvement initiatives.
• Facilitating evidencebased formative assessment of the preservice teachers' performance against the Australian Professional Standards for teachers.
• Leading the integration of professional practice and wellbeing practices across the Alliance partners
• Scholarship activities aimed at consolidating and extending systematised knowledge of the incumbent's discipline area in education.

Key selection criteria for this role:

• Qualifications and experience_

- (Desirable) PhD in a relevant discipline and/or other relevant qualifications and experience
- (Desirable) One year's academic employment experience in an Australian university (excluding a continuing academic appointment)

Required

• Capacity to contribute to teaching and administration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design
• Ability to make a contribution to community engagement for teaching
• Excellent communication skills and capacity to support learners across multiple contexts
• Knowledge of the Australian Professional Standards for teachers and a teachers' professional learning
• A registered teacher with experience teaching in Australian schools or International Contexts
• Capacity to meet all child safe and immunisation requirements necessary for entry into Victorian schools

Applications for this position close on Sunday 9 July 2023.

• Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend thirdparty sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the thirdparty location._

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent travel will be required within Victoria
• Drivers Licence
• Working with Children Check (refer to Recruitment Procedure)

Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

Are You Ready?
Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact.

We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

Advertised: 23 Jun 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 09 Jul 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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