Science Teacher Across P-6

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Part time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Classroom Teacher Range 2

**Occupation**: Teacher

**Location**: Central Goldfields

**Reference**: 1476988

**Location Profile**:
Newstead Primary School provides a warm, caring and safe learning environment for the children of our country town and community.

Our vision is to **en**able our students to understand and engage in both the local and global community, to be lifelong learners and well informed active community members.**

The School's original 1877 (and refurbished) redbrick building sits proudly in the large school grounds. Large classrooms cater for flexible learning. A modern separate multipurpose building is utilised for the Art program and other school and community activities.

The grounds and gardens feature tended mature trees, flower and plant beds, as well as large sports areas, play and learning spaces for the children including two playgrounds, basketball and netball courts, footy and soccer pitches, a veggie garden, and quieter retreat areas.
- Respect, Responsibility & Resilience are the values that we wish our students and School community to uphold._

Newstead Primary School provides support and stimulation for the students to develop their full potential. Teachers have high expectations that students work to their personal best and respect and care for themselves, others and the environment.

Our safe, secure and attractive environment inspires students, staff and the wider community to value learning and to grow in self-awareness and social responsiveness, with opportunities for the students to develop and succeed socially, physically, academically, creatively and emotionally.

**School values**:
Respect, Responsibility & Resilience are the values that we wish our students and School community to uphold.
- ** Resilience** - being able to manage our emotions in any situation. It means being persistent, bouncing back from adversity and making the right choices.
- ** Respect** - treating ourselves, others and our environment with care and consideration. It means interacting and appreciating the unique qualities of all individuals.
- ** Responsibility** - being accountable for our actions and resolving differences in a constructive way, contributing to our community and ensuring the preservation of our environment.

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

**SC2** Demonstrated high level of ability to plan for and implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

**SC3** Demonstrated high level of ability to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated high level of ability to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

**SC4** Demonstrated high level of interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of ability to establish and maintain 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 high level of ability to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

**Role**:
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 teacher practice.

Range 2 classroom teachers will be expected to:

- Have the content knowledge and pedagogical practice to meet the diverse needs of all students
- Model exemplary classroom practice and mentor/coach other teachers in the school to engage in critical reflection of their practice and to support staff to expand their capacity
- Provide expert advice about the content, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervise and train one or more student teachers
- Assist staff to use student data to inform teaching approaches that enable targets related to improving student learning outcomes to be achieved.

**Responsibilities**:
The role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:

- Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students;
- Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation