Auslan Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2026

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1455746

**Location Profile**:
Eastwood Primary School and Deaf Facility, in partnership with its community, seeks to optimise the potential of each individual and promote a friendly, safe and healthy school environment. We aim to extend knowledge, challenge thinking, provide choice and ignite passions. The Facility for Deaf/Hearing Impaired students, services the surrounding districts. Deaf students are integrated with additional support provided by Teachers of the Deaf.

The School was opened in 1953 in quiet surroundings in Ringwood East in the City of Maroondah. The 597 students are mostly from the local area with the Facility for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students servicing the surrounding districts. A new rebuild has delivered state of the art, contemporary, open learning spaces in three interconnected learning pods.

The school's motto 'Enthusiasm Precedes Success' empowers individuals and teams to develop a sense of connectedness, purpose and zest for learning. We seek to build self-confidence, self-esteem and resilience in order for our students to approach life experiences, opportunities and challenges with self-assurance and energy.

At Eastwood Primary, teaching practice and curriculum planning begin with the understanding that all students can learn and succeed.

Teaching and learning at Eastwood Primary includes:

- multi-age groups across the school
- students building on existing knowledge and skills
- staff articulating learning intentions for lessons and developing learning programs to achieve this
- differentiation of content, process and products to enable all students to achieve their potential
- the pursuit of excellence
- the acquisition of thinking, problem solving and decision making skills
- celebration of improvement, achievement and success
- developing self-esteem, self-discipline and an understanding of the rights of others
- developing self-confidence, and a preparedness to persist, respond to change and take up

opportunities
- developing pride and respect for the environment
- using teaching approaches, strategies and assessments that are comprehensively planned by

teams using Victorian Curriculum to maximise student learning
- providing Individual Learning Plans for students with additional needs
- integrating deaf and hard of hearing students into classes with hearing peers and supported

by Teachers of the Deaf
- providing specialist programs in Performing Arts, Physical Education, Visual Arts and LOTE - Auslan
- communicating student learning to parents using three-way conferences, portfolios, two written

reports and student support meetings
- integrating ICT across the curriculum using a variety of interactive devices

At Eastwood we have a clearly articulated Student Wellbeing practice which is documented in the Eastwood Primary School Engagement and Wellbeing Policy. Our approach is based on researched best practice and focuses on the whole school, small groups of children and individual students.

**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.

**SC6 **Demonstrated ability and previous experience to teach Auslan. A recognised qualification in Auslan will be well regarded.

**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