Concert Band Specialist and Instrumental Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1447717

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated experience in responding to student learning needs.

**SC2** Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

**SC3** Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning. Demonstrated experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

**SC4** Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

**SC5** Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

**Role**:

- As a team member, the Concert Band specialist will be involved in developing excellent musicians that are musically literate and understand the requirements of playing in an ensemble. Their purpose is to inspire students and to take up music and help them reach their potential as a musician, improving and extending the role of Instrumental Music at McKinnon Secondary College.
- The applicant will be responsible for the development of the core band ensembles within the College.
- In consultation with the Head of the Performing Arts and Instrumental Managers, source repertoire that is appropriate for the standard of the ensemble and introduce pieces of increasing difficulty that extends students over the course of the year, whilst maintaining an enthusiasm amongst the students.
- Be an advocate for the ensemble music program in the College
- Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of the Music curriculum area within the school.
- The College requires all instrumental music teachers to demonstrate a high level of competency in teaching instruments in groups.
- Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students.

**Responsibilities**:
The responsibilities of an Instrumental Music teacher may include but is not limited to:

- Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students.
- Contributing to the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Music curriculum area within the school.
- Undertaking other related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal and/or the Managers of Instrumental Music.
- Participating in such activities as parent meetings, staff meetings, concerts, camps and excursions.
- Complying with the timetable and professional ethos of the school.
- Creating a positive environment conducive to learning for the students of whom he or she is in charge in line with the school's well-being and pastoral care policies;
**Who May Apply**:
Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**VIT LANTITE**:
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Educa