Secondary Food Technology Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 27/01/2025 - 26/01/2026

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1439080

**Location Profile**:

- Charles La Trobe P-12 College is a diverse and inclusive learning community. We build the capacity of all our learners to achieve their personal best. The work of teachers is driven by commitment to our instructional model and Teaching and Learning Charter. Our teachers understand their students and expect that they will achieve to their full potential. We offer education programs that cater for students¿ diverse interests to promote engagement in learning this enables each student to achieve to their full potential. The _**_Berry Street Education Model (BSEM)_**_ is the foundation for our approach to wellbeing and engagement, and _**_Ramon Lewis' Developmental Approach to Classroom Management_**_ guides our work with classroom and behaviour management._
- Our College is a complex, diverse and vibrant organisation, where we ensure each part of the organisation thrives as a unique setting, while building powerful connections to each other._
- The _**_La Trobe Campus_**_ currently has 427 enrolments, across P-12, and an SFOE of 0.4704. The staff structure comprises a College Principal, three Assistant Principals
- two of whom lead P-6 and 7-12 respectfully
- four leading teachers with responsibility for wellbeing, engagement, attendance, behaviour, teaching, learning and curriculum, a learning specialist with responsibility in the wellbeing and engagement area, 44 teachers, two social workers, a library technician, a social cohesion officer, a speech pathologist, mental health practitioner, two African Community Liaison officers and a number of teacher and integration aides._
- In addition to our core curriculum, in which we focus upon developing literacy and numeracy skills and VCE and VCE VM, we offer a broad range of enriched I.T. opportunities including STEM Club, Minecraft, Animation Club, Astronomy Club and Media Club. Our STEM programs prepare students for the future world of work, in which creativity and problem solving will be critical skills. Our Primary School operates a Kitchen Garden Program. While we have some open learning spaces, most teaching is conducted in rooms which promote a safe and orderly learning environment._

**_ Olympic Village Primary School_**_ is a campus of Charles La Trobe College, and is located in Heidelberg West. The campus currently has an enrolment of 128 students, and a SFOE of 0.6014. A grant of over $6 million dollars was received in 2018 to re-build the site entirely. This building work was completed in September 2019._
- Both campuses is are heavily invested and involved in the _**_Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR)_**_ partnership with La Trobe University. Staff across the college work in Professional Learning Communities, additionally at the La Trobe Campus small teams of teachers work in Professional Engagement Teams (PETs) where they drive an Action Research Cycle to focus on improving student outcomes in frequent and regular rotations._
- While a relatively small secondary setting, we have a full VCE program
- offering 22 studies. We also offer the VCE VM at Year 11 and Year 12_
- We pride ourselves on being a community that welcomes all students and families; our Deaf Facility provides positive education experiences for secondary aged students who are deaf or have hearing impairments and the International Student Program supports our students to become members of the global community._
- Engagement with the community and promotion of diversity are highly valued aspects of College life. We offer a REAL Education curriculum (based on our school values) to enable students to develop strong interpersonal and social capabilities. We pride ourselves on being a community that welcomes all students and families. Our Deaf Facility provides positive education experiences for secondary aged students who are deaf or are hard of hearing. Our International Student Program supports our students to become members of the global community._
- The inclusion of _**_The Pavilion School_**_ campuses (East Preston and Epping) helps us to remember that everyone has a right to education, and that often that means we must differentiate and personalise learning to meet the needs of young people and families._
- The Pavilion School is a Victorian state secondary school for students who have disengaged from or been excluded by schools or education providers. It is supported by the leadership and governance of Charles La Trobe College and has two campuses, one in Preston and one in Epping. Pavilion students present at school with a range of behavioural difficulties and risk factors, and every class is supported by wellbeing staff. At The Pavilion School, students work in small groups and participate in the VCE Vocational Major through to year 12._
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