Leading Teacher

Location: Geelong

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 28/01/2030

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1456835

**Selection Criteria**:
SC1. Demonstrated high level understanding of initiatives in student relationships and wellbeing, curriculum, assessment, educational technology and pedagogy, and the capacity to provide leadership in the alignment of these areas.

SC2. Demonstrated outstanding classroom teaching skills and the capacity to support colleagues to continually improve teaching and learning.

SC3. Demonstrated high level ability to monitor and assess student learning data at the individual, cohort and whole school level and to use this data to inform teaching for improved student learning.

SC4. Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and high-level interpersonal skills including a capacity to develop constructive relationships with students, parents and other staff and contribute to the leadership and management of the school.

SC5. Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to and lead whole school improvement initiatives, manage major curriculum or student activities and a commitment to ongoing 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.

Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.

Leading teachers 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.

Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of the school goals.

Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead VM/VPC Learning Community/Leader VM/VPC LCL Support students in completing VPC/VM
- Identify and complete EAW referrals for students in VM/VPC
- Manage student discipline at VM/VPC and work with 11-12 AP on high level incidents
- Work with pathways team to support students in VM/VPC
- Lead the VM/VPC Team to develop documented curriculum for Units 1 to 4 of VM/VPC
- Lead staff in effective documentation of VM/VPC curriculum and development of high quality assessment tasks that reflect the Study Designs
- Effective Implementation of SWPBS and SWPBS Matrix
- Senior Secondary Reforms and applied learning across 7-12
- Lead Administration of VCAA requirements of VM/VPC
- Maintenance of VCE Handbook around college VCAA Processes and Protocols (VM/VPC Components)
- Lead Continuous Online Reporting in VCE for staff
- Lead Continuous Online Reporting in VM/VPC for staff
- Work alongside the VCE Sub-School Leader, the Year 11 and 12 LCL¿s, VM LCL to lead and create senior school events and activities such as camps, revision lectures, celebration days, graduation etc.
- Other duties as directed by the Principal

**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.

**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:
**Conditions of Employment**:

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