Teacher Aide

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 2

**Occupation**:Education and training

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1492696

**Location Profile**:

- Are you agile in your thinking, have a high work ethic, great sense of humour, love to work as part of a team and willing to learn? Then we are looking for you. Are you driven by creating something new, leveraging the expertise you already have?
- Welcome to Garrang Wilam Primary School, an exciting new school that opened in 2021, located in Truganina. Garrang Wilam (pronounced: gar-rang wil-um) is taken from the Woi-wurrung language, as spoken by the Wurundjeri people, and means 'eucalyptus home¿. Our logo means elders and students focused together, and encourages us to 'dream big¿.

**Vision**
- Our students excel in the vibrant, positive and connected community we create together.

**Mission**
- We invite all students to come and learn, to belong and work collaboratively in their pursuit of learning. Our people are invested in deliberate practice to create a community that truly makes a difference. Our community will develop over time through shared experiences and an aligned focus on what matters; learning.

**Values**
- A respect of all cultures and beliefs is an essential characteristic of global citizens, thus we live by a set of values that underpin this. We want our students, staff, parents and community members to show;
- Together
- Focus
- Strength
- Lead
- The success of our outcomes is due to our collective approach to
- Positive education
- High expectations
- Clear instructional framework for teaching and learning
- Using evidence and research to make decisions
- Partnerships

**Our goals**
- Building practice excellence
- Setting expectations and promoting inclusion
- Connecting schools

**Our imperatives are**
- Safety, people, culture
- Organisational capacity and capability
- Consistent teaching and learning framework

**Our Metrics**
- Student achievement, student voice, goal development and wellbeing outcomes
- Parent opinion and contribution
- Staff development and wellbeing

**Teaching and Learning**
- The instructional framework at**Garrang Wilam Primary School**is informed by the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model.

The Pedagogical Model is
- aligned with the Victorian teaching and learning model 2.0
- focused on teacher practice as the main contributor to improved student learning outcomes
- improvement-focused to assist teachers with their professional learning, including designing their PD goals
- implemented together with the practice principles, the pedagogical model enables teachers to maintain a line of sight between their own professional development and school-wide improvement based on FISO.

A focus on Digital Learning, The Arts (Visual and Performing), Digital Technology and Physical Education will be integral to the additional learning provided for our students. Students have access to the latest technologies; including iPads.

Teams of teachers are given time to work and learn together focused on student data and high impact teaching strategies during weekly Professional Learning Community cycles of inquiry. The focus on professional knowledge and practice through feedback and goal setting during the performance and development process ensures all members of staff are continually growing and learning. We are seeking a combination of expert, accomplished and graduate teachers who will deliver a challenging and stimulating curriculum.

A positive nurturing environment which cares for each student and adult, matters. It impacts on our behaviour, our academic success and future mental and physical health. All community members of our school behave in ways that build a positive and vibrant school culture that focuses on wellness and learning. We will use the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support framework to drive our approach to positive education.

**Learning Spaces**
- The school includes an administration building, two learning neighbourhoods (19 classrooms), a gymnasium complex, outdoor courts and sports fields. Inside the administration building houses a large library, first aid facilities, visual arts space, space for science/ technology and food technology space,titled the 'Culinary Haven¿.
- There is enough room to accommodate between 480- 520 students in these buildings. The site has also been planned to accommodate a peak enrolment larger than 525 and have allowed for portables to be onsite without compromising any dedicated play spaces.
- The gymnasium complex includes a stadium quality basketball/ netball sized gymnasium with tiered seating, an outstanding music facility which doubles as a stage for the gymnasium. There is also a canteen and change room facilities and an extensive foyer. It is anticipated that these facilities will be utilised for community usage including a shared arrangemen