Instrumental Music Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1451840

**Selection Criteria**:
SC1: Demonstrated qualifications and experience/ability to instruct and support the learning of woodwind instruments in a school setting

SC2: Demonstrated high level of competence and experience as an instrumental teacher. Possess a deep knowledge of a variety of different styles of music

SC3: Demonstrated high level of oral and written communication skills including the capacity to develop constructive relationships with students, parents and other staff members

SC4: Previous experience supporting and promoting Instrumental Music programs in schools

SC5: Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to a broad range of school activities and commitment to ongoing professional learning and growth

**Role**:
Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.

Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

**Responsibilities**:

- Be fully qualified to teach elected instrument/s from beginner level to VCE
- Be able to teach both individuals and groups of students
- Be able to work individually and in a team environment and assist with the development of the instrumental music programs planning and projects
- Ability to promote the instrumental music program and assist with the recruitment of students into the program
- To be available for planning, performance and rehearsals and assist in the organising of school music events
- Conduct a school ensemble
- Reporting - monitoring student progress, maintaining records including attendance, behaviour and academics within school guidelines for reporting
- Timetable students on Compass Management System and producing up to date timetables
- Check and maintain instruments
- Collecting students from their class, if they do not arrive in 5 minutes

**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**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:
**Other Information**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**Location Profile**:
The curriculum is innovative and designed to ensure literacy, numeracy and curiosity are at the centre of Years 7-10 learning in order to maximize success in VCE and VCAL. The college begins four days of the week with 35 minutes of Effective Reading to ensure literacy improvement. The Years 7-9 Inquiry program is designed to teach the research, problem-solving and collaborative skills required for Years 10-12 VCE and VCAL success. Teachers work with an action research approach and utilize multiple data sets to inform differentiation of and for learning in each student. Teachers are coached, mentored, observed by peers and reflect on practice. Every Tuesday during curriculum focused meetings and every Wednesday in Professional Learning and Engagement focused meetings, staff deepen their knowledge of our learning framework and the William Ruthven Secondary College Explicit Instructional Model to best support the individual learning needs of our diverse student population.

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