▷ 3 Days Left 2026 Leading Teacher Range 3

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.

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. Leading teachers are responsible for coordinating staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning, providing professional support through modelling, collaboration and coaching, and using processes that develop knowledge and practice. They 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, and to contribute to policy development relating to teaching and learning.

Responsibilities

- 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

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

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

- Leading and managing the implementation of 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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. 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.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. All school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with child safe standards.

Qualification Requirements

- The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

- If the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority.

- A person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements.

Applications close

Wednesday 5 November 2025 at 11:59 pm

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