Home Economics Teacher

Methodist Ladies’ College
Position Description

Position: Teacher - Home Economics Teacher
Reports to: Head of Department and Head of School
Department: Home Economics
Date: October 2021

At MLC, we are committed to providing a challenging, enriching and supportive learning
environment, which develops confident and articulate young women who have the skills,
knowledge, values and attitudes needed to shape their future and contribute meaningfully to
the international community.

MLC is committed to remain at the forefront of education and maintain our Christian heritage
while respecting the spirituality and other faiths of our community.

MLC is committed to providing an environment where diversity is valued and differences are
recognised and respected.

Primary Purpose
MLC teachers are responsible for creating and maintaining effective learning environments
which supports the learning needs of the students.

MLC teachers are organised, structured, enthusiastic and passionate about the potential of
their students. They are life-long learners themselves who model excellent learning and who
develop positive professional relationships with their students and colleagues and skilfully
develop relevant, structured, learning opportunities with clear time-frames and deadlines,
where process as well as content is made explicit and where students are encouraged to
demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings.

‘Excellent teachers have the capacity to transform the lives of students and to inspire and
nurture their development as learners, individuals and citizens’ (Melbourne Declaration of
Educational Goals for Young Australians).
- Position in Context
- MLC is one of Australia’s most respected and innovative schools, with over 2,200 students from
- our Early Learning Centre (MLC Kindle) to Year 12, including international students and
- boarders. MLC is a technology rich environment, teaching staff and students from year 5 have
- a notebook computer.
- MLC is comprised of four relatively autonomous schools: Junior School (MLC Kindle - Year 6),
- Junior Secondary School (Years 7 and 8), Middle School (Years 9 and 10) and Senior School
- (Years 11 and 12). Years 7 to 12 teachers are expected to teach across at least two schools. The
- Senior School program offers a comprehensive curriculum including the Victorian Certificate of
- Education (VCE), International Baccalaureate (IB) and Vocational Education and Training (VCE
VET). Teachers may be expected to teach across these programs.
- MLC teachers work in a learning community and are expected to establish and maintain
- positive relationships with staff and students. They are expected to be life-long learners and to
- participate in action research within collaborative practice groups.
- MLC teachers work in a technology rich environment and are expected to integrate a range of
- technologies in their practice to support student learning.
- Student wellbeing and student learning are intricately linked and rely on teachers having
- knowledge and understanding of the physical, social and intellectual development and
- characteristics of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic
- backgrounds. All teachers are responsible for the wellbeing of students in their classrooms. In
- addition to classroom teachers every student has a designated teacher directly responsible for
- her wellbeing. MLC teachers are expected to be responsible for a home group or tutor group
- role in the Student Wellbeing program if required.
- Teachers at MLC are allocated duties and are expected to attend camps, meetings,
- professional development and other events as determined by the College.Key Contacts
- Internal- Head/s of Department
- Head/s of School
- Year Level or House Coordinators
- Learning Support staff
- Teachers
- Students
- Parents / Guardians

External- Subject Associations: HEV, HEIA and IFHE
- Victorian Institute of Teaching

Professional Practice
MLC teachers demonstrate their breadth and influence in four settings: their own professional
learning, their work with the students they teach, their work with colleagues and their work with
the wider school community. All of these settings relate to their impact on student learning.

Through their practice and professional experiences, MLC teachers will:
1. Expand their understanding of content and how students learn using research and workplace

knowledge.
2. Develop and select effective teaching strategies to suit the physical, social and intellectual

need development and characteristics, address the learning strengths and needs of students
from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious or socio-economic backgrounds and address the
needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) student and support the participation and
learning of students with disabilities.

3. Support, work and model with colleagues the review, development and implementation of
effective le