Student Wellbeing, Disability and Inclusion

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher - Range 3

**Occupation**:Leading teacher

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1487484

**Location Profile**:
**Are you a passionate, positive and proactive teacher or leader looking for an exciting Leading Teacher position in Student Wellbeing, Disability and Inclusion? Then we have the positions for you**

Located on beautiful Wurundjeri Country, Strathtulloh Primary School has been educating with HEART since 2022. We are a brand-new state of the art school, located in the suburb of Strathtulloh. We opened in January 2022 with 710 students already growing to over 1350 students and employing over 160 staff.
- Our students are phenomenal and eager learners who are beautifully behaved and respectful. We are supported by families and a community which really values and supports education and our school.

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) and Respectful Relationships (RR) feature strongly at our school, along with a culture that supports positive, proactive and passionate wellbeing and learning for students and staff. Our students, staff and community demonstrate outstanding positive behaviours and consistently work to demonstrate and build their #StrathtullohHEART.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and progressive school community. Our staff are our most valuable resource and we provide support & recognition accordingly. Our Coaching, Wellbeing and Principal Class teams are visible and working together with staff to support the best outcomes for students.

**Why work at Strathtulloh?**
- 3 meetings times a month allocated to meeting and connecting with parents/families (inside regular work hours);
- No requirements for communication outside 38hr work week;
- Free before & after school program for children of staff;
- A terrific team of staff who engage in a various social events, celebrations and functions;
- Getting here is easy It's a 30 minute drive against traffic from Sunbury, Gisborne, the inner west or north of Melbourne and an hour from the eastern suburbs, Ballarat & Geelong. We're also only a short walk from the train station with plenty of seats heading away from the city.
- On site Cafe with good food and coffee
- The Strathtulloh community are encouraged to be Helpful, Excelling, Accepting, Resilient and Trustworthy people as they demonstrate, support and strive for a #StrathtullohHEART

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities in Disability Inclusion and Wellbeing.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to lead the implementation of evidence-based practices and modelling of High Impact Wellbeing Strategies that respond to student learning and wellbeing needs.

**SC3** Demonstrated high level ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student wellbeing growth and achievement to colleagues, students and parents.

**SC4** Demonstrated exemplary ability to positively engage in collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community to support student wellbeing and engagement.

**SC 5** Demonstrated high-level knowledge, and exemplary skills to promote and facilitate a tiered approach to inclusive education for all students and to lead and facilitate Student Wellbeing and Disability Inclusion for a specific year level cohort.

**SC 6**Demonstrated capacity to Coach colleagues to maintain a positive, safe and orderly learning and teaching environment in a positive, proactive and passionate way.

**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 scho