Head of Humanities

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Classroom Teacher

**Occupation**:Classroom teacher

**Location**:Gippsland - Baw Baw

**Reference**:1491604

**Location Profile**:

- The Drouin Secondary College vision is: "To ensure every student develops the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to positively contribute as responsible and caring citizens of a changing, global community." The College¿s daily life is linked closely to our core values: ACHIEVEMENT, RESPECT, COMMITMENT AND COMMUNITY.
- Drouin Secondary College is a steadily growing rural year 7 to 12 school with 1149 students in 2025. Students attending the College come from a large geographical area. The nature of the community is changing with steady growth in the major centres of population
- Drouin, Bunyip, Garfield and Longwarry.
- The geography of our feeder area means that an extensive bus network is coordinated by the College. The college designated boundary can be identified by the Find My school platform.
- The College has 94 teaching staff including 5 Principal Class, 4 paraprofessionals, and a further 57 support staff.
- Drouin has a 1 to 1 learning program with all students having personal use of a Netbook. Students also have online 24/7 access to support their learning on Microsoft office and COMPASS for curriculum content and management system.
- The Blackwood Centre for Adolescent Development (BCAD) is located on a separate campus at Hallora. It provides a yearlong early intervention program for students at risk of dis-engaging in their education. Students from across West and Inner Gippsland can access BCAD.
- Our goals for the 2022 to 2026 Strategic Plan are:

- Optimize the achievement and learning growth of all students.
- Maximise the wellbeing and engagement of all students.
- DSC is an inclusive community connected school. We believe all students can learn and we offer students a high level of support and have equally high expectations. We develop a culture of respect with students being active agents of their own learning.
- Our strong learning culture and wellbeing processes support a curriculum that enables students to develop individual pathways, progressing according to ability and readiness rather than age level. The college offers a wide curriculum including VCE, VM, VETis, applied and accelerated pathways.
- DSC staff are lifelong learners who work collaboratively with an unwavering focus on positive personal and educational outcomes for our students.

**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**:

- The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.
- As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training and experience of the teacher.

Classroom teacher Range 2
Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.
- A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define quality teache