Teacher Aide

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Part time / From 18/03/2024

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1404225

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**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:
**DE Values**:
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:
**Location Profile**:
Inglewood is forty-five kilometres north-west of Bendigo and the Inglewood Primary School is situated within the historic township area. The original school was built in 1870 and was both a primary and secondary school until 1982, when it reverted to being a primary school.
Our School Values are 'Achievement, Respect & Community'. These values frame the expectations of students, staff and the parent community at Inglewood Primary School.

Inglewood Primary School provides a range of structured learning opportunities for a student population with a range of abilities. The school is in the Loddon Shire and reflects a medium/low socio-economic profile. School fees are mínimal and through Equity Funding and funds raised by Parents & Friends, the school subsidises the cost of camps, excursions and extra-curricular activities so they are affordable for all families. Parents enthusiastically support school programs and fund-raising activities.

We continue to implement our 2020-2023 School Strategic Plan, with a focus on literacy, numeracy, student well-being, voice & agency. The school is organized into three home group classes; a Prep/1, a Grade 2/3 and a Grade 5/6. School staff included a Principal, three classroom teachers, two ES staff and a part-time office manager (0.4 EFT). The school is visited fortnightly by the MARC Van we have a student wellbeing worker two days/week, funded through the National Schools Chaplaincy Program.

The school has an active garden to kitchen program, which gives the children the opportunity to cultivate, harvest, prepare and enjoy eating healthy produce on a regular basis.