Leading Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 27/01/2025 - 26/01/2028

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1434059

**Location Profile**:
Creekside K-9 College opened in 2006, as a campus of Caroline Springs College. The college now caters for 1,320 students from Prep to Year 9 and also incorporates a Kindergarten and a Maternal Health Unit to support the community and each family on their learning journey. This is a commitment to the community of Caroline Springs to provide a holistic approach to childhood development, growth and education.

The priority at Creekside College is to meet the individual learning needs of all students, to enhance their learning opportunities and achievement, and to do this in conjunction with the families and the community. The underlying philosophy is to facilitate lifelong development and the growth of students so that they can achieve their full potential as individuals and as members of a healthy and productive community. Parent, students and staff are strongly encouraged to work together in partnerships to support this improvement.

Parents are encouraged to become involved in the school as partners in the educative journey of students. Parents can become involved in the school through various avenues. This parent/school partnership makes a difference. The College and the community are proud of the success to date and remain committed to focussing on developments and initiatives which put the success of each student at the centre of all efforts.

**College Value and Vision**

Values - Responsibility, Honesty, Respect and Acceptance

Vision - Creekside K-9 College will instil the values and develop the skills and knowledge that students need to live effective and purposeful lives in the global community.

**Selection Criteria**:
**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.

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**:
In recognition of the importance of leadership and management combined with exemplary teaching practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the leading teachers may include but are not limited to:

- Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement initiatives related to the school strategic plan and school priorities
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