Leading Teacher- Director of Whole School Literacy

Location: Western Region | Melton

Job type: Full time / From 27/01/2025 - 31/12/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1437481

**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**:
**Leading Teacher
- Director of Literacy 7-12**

Leading Teachers at Staughton College are members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) whose role is to develop, implement and review the school strategic plan and subsequent Annual Implementation Plans whilst leading and being part of highly effective teams. A key role for all leadership members is in instructional leadership where individuals and the team proactively work to support all teachers to continually improve their individual and collective practice.

The Director of Literacy (7-12) works collaboratively to build highly effective teams that improve the quality of teaching and learning in their designated cohort. They are champions of the School Strategic Plan (SSP) and work relentlessly to ensure the effective implementation of the Key Improvement Strategies and Targets.

**Leading Teachers**:

- Lead and manage school improvement within the agreed College processes and the School Strategic Plan.
- They champion high quality teaching and learning and literacy strategies across the college.
- They are excellent classroom teachers providing instructional leadership to teachers and Professional Learning Teams, and feedback to support the development of high-quality classroom practice in every classroom.

**Leading Strategic Direction**
- Lead and develop teachers as a learning community consistent with the College Vision and Values
- Develop an annual Key Improvement Strategy Plan (KISP) that aligns leadership with the SSP.
- Work with the Instructional Leadership team to deliver literacy Professional Learning to teachers.

**Leading Staff**
- Lead by modelling, articulating, monitoring and coaching literacy strategies with staff.
- Lead Professional Learning Teams to deliver high quality and effective teaching and learning practices.
- Lead and manage the provision of professional development and developing individual and team development plans for teaching staff within the priorities of the school.
- Demonstrate high-level expertise in teaching and learning p