Mathematics/science Teacher Years 7-12

Location: Western Region | Beaufort Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2026 Organisation: Schools (Government) **Salary**: Salary not specified Occupation: Teacher Reference: 1437840 **Location Profile**: - Social, Community and Demographics: - Location - in the rural township of Beaufort, population approximately 1,500, within the Goldfields Recreation Reserve precinct. - One of three schools with secondary students in the Central Network of the Grampians Region, the only secondary college in the Pyrenees Shire. - Main feeder schools - Beaufort Primary School, Trawalla Primary School, Skipton Primary School, Waubra Primary School, Amphitheatre Primary School, Buangor Primary School - 2024 enrolment of 227 students. Enrolment growth is anticipated over the next few years. SFO is 0.46 - Around one third of students reside in Beaufort, with the remainder travelling to school by Government contract school bus. - The school population displays a huge range of abilities and aspirations. The College aims to provide a broad and excellent education that meets a wide range of needs and abilities and retain all students to Year 12. Educational: - Structure - traditional years levels with three sub-schools (Years 7 & 8, Middle Years 9 & 10, Years 11 & 12) - Strategies such as the use of cross-year level ability groupings, extension groupings, accelerated programs and team teaching are used to cater for the needs of all students. - Low staff-student ratios and excellent relationships between staff and students. - High student, staff and parent survey results over the last few years show a high level of satisfaction on the part of all groups in the school community. Strength areas include student connectedness and leadership, taking parent concerns seriously, staff consultation and community involvement. - Student Engagement and Wellbeing is a high priority, with a strong team that includes the Assistant Principal, Year Level Coordinators, School Nurse and School Chaplain. Survey data indicates that this area is a strength of the school. - Flexibility is emphasised, both in terms of timetable structure and teaching approach. - A program of note is "Advance", which is run by a teacher in partnership with local community groups. - Staff - The school has a good balance of staff in terms of age and background. Due to school size, almost every staff member has additional responsibilities. - Another program of note is Hands On Learning, which is run by a teacher with the intention of incorporating literacy and numeracy into project planning, managing and implementing around the school and community. Community and Networks - Parent and community involvement remains strong and parent bodies work harmoniously with staff. - Membership of the Virtual Schooling Project, Ballarat VET Cluster, and the Pyrenees Network assist the school's ability to provide a diverse curriculum. - External support agencies (particularly welfare agencies) are used regularly. - Strong relationships exist with feeder primary schools, particularly for the purpose of grade 6 to year 7 transition. ICT: - Regarded by the school as fundamental in broadening the curriculum and enhancing teaching and learning. - Video conferencing is currently used to broaden our VCE program and link to other schools to extend high achieving students. - Student to computer ratio 1:1 - Apple TVs added to all classrooms and meeting spaces. - Strong ICT skills on the part of most teachers means that the school is well placed to make use of technology to improve teaching and learning. Beaufort Education Regeneration Project: - K-12 education in Beaufort is located on the Beaufort Secondary College site - The Beaufort Early Learning Centre was officially opened in 2012 - The new Beaufort Primary School building was completed in Term 1 of 2014 - Reconstruction of Beaufort Secondary College was completed in Term 1, 2019 Social, Community and Demographics - Location - in the rural township of Beaufort, population approximately 1,500, within the Goldfields Recreation Reserve precinct. - One of three schools with secondary students in the Central Network of the Grampians Region, the only secondary college in the Pyrenees Shire. - Main feeder schools - Beaufort Primary School, Trawalla Primary School, Skipton Primary School, Waubra Primary School, Amphitheatre Primary School, Buangor Primary School - 2021 enrolment of 210. Enrolment growth is anticipated over the next few years. SFO is 0.56 - Around one third of students reside in Beaufort, with the remainder travelling to school by Government contract school bus. - The school population displays a huge range of abilities and aspirations. The College aims to provide a broad and excellent education that meets a wide range of needs and abilities, and retain all students to Year 12. Educational - Strong school improvement agenda with an emphasis on quality teaching and learning practices - Strategies such as the u