Leading Teacher

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher - Range 3

**Occupation**:Leading teacher

**Location**:Gippsland - Baw Baw

**Reference**:1489307

**Location Profile**:

- Lowanna is a vibrant and well-resourced Victorian Government 7-12 Secondary College with a student population of just less than one thousand. It is situated in a large, attractive setting adjacent to bushland in the township of Newborough. Lowanna College is the only secondary school in the Moe-Newborough community drawing enrolments from the local area and outlying rural townships.
- Newborough is approximately 130 kilometres east of central Melbourne located in picturesque central Gippsland. The area is surrounded by rolling hills and is only an hour¿s drive to the snowfields of Mt Baw Baw and the beaches of South Gippsland. The region offers a wide variety of sporting activities and facilities such as golf, basketball, soccer, mountain bike riding and water skiing.
- The College staffing profile consists of:

- Principal
- Assistant Principals (3)
- Leading Teachers (5)
- Learning Specialists (9)
- Business Manager
- Finance & Operations Manager
- 70.03 EFT teaching staff
- 58.19 EFT Education Support staff
- The College is divided into three mini schools of between 300-400 students, Junior School
- Years 7 & 8, Middle School -Years 9 &10 and Senior School
- Years 11 & 12. Each is managed by a team consisting of a Leading Teacher, a Student Advocate, a Student Support Officer and an administrative assistant who, in conjunction with all staff, are focused on the education and wellbeing of every student.
- The College boasts modern facilities set in a pleasant learning and teaching environment. The College has a large Auditorium, a 2-court Gymnasium, a Language Centre, a purpose built Year 12 Centre and an onsite Wellbeing Centre for reengaging students at risk and for those who have a range of personal issues.
- The College offers two languages, Italian and Indonesian, and we have strong ongoing partnerships with Monash University, Federation University and Federation Training. Students participate in a variety of programs from Year 7 to 12 that enable them to gain insights into numerous pathways.
- The College has close links with the other secondary schools in the Latrobe Valley. In 2014, this group collectively established the Latrobe Valley Flexible Learning Option (LVFLO). The campus is designed to reengage students in their schooling and move back into the secondary school environment.
- The entire Lowanna staff team work diligently to continue to improve outcomes for students and to maintain a strong sense of community within the College.

**Selection Criteria**:

- SC1 Demonstrated high level understanding of Lowanna Sports Academy initiatives and program promotion to create a dynamic and challenging curriculum tailored to student¿s athletic growth and educational development.
- SC2 Developed consistent and strong connections with external organisations and community groups to enhance the Lowanna Sports Academy Program¿s reach, Impact and Wellness element.
- SC3 Demonstrated outstanding ability to promote the Lowanna Sports Academy Program and student achievements at a whole school level and to use attendance and behavioural data to monitor student engagement and learning.
- SC4 Demonstrated outstanding written and verbal communication skills and high-level interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with parents, other employees, Lowanna Sports Academy Partnerships and the broader community, focused on student/athlete learning, wellbeing and engagement.
- SC5 Demonstrated a high level of leadership in the overall technical and promotional components of Lowanna Sports Academy. This includes all areas of coaching, strength and conditioning, nutrition, rehabilitation, marketing, behaviour management and monitoring of staff to produce a high-performance environment for continuous improvement.

**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