Leading Teacher: Engagement, Resilience, Rights and

Location: Western Region | Ballarat

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 31/12/2026

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1442755

**Selection Criteria**:
1. Proven Leadership in Wellbeing and Engagement.

Demonstrated success in leading whole-school wellbeing programs that foster a positive, inclusive culture and enhance student engagement through innovative strategies.

2. Experience in Respectful Relationships (RRRR):
Experience with the RRRR framework, embedding gender equality, respect, and inclusivity in school culture and curriculum. Skilled in leading professional development for staff on RRRR integration.

3. Experience in Student Voice and Leadership:
Proven ability to empower students in decision-making and lead student-led initiatives. Success in supporting student leadership teams and incorporating student voice in policies and practices.

4. Attendance Improvement and Data-Driven Practice:
Experience in developing strategies to improve attendance, using data analysis to drive targeted interventions and collaborating with staff to implement strategies.

5. Demonstrate exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

**Role**:
The Leading Teacher for Engagement, Whole School Wellbeing, Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR), Student Voice and Attendance is responsible for shaping and leading whole-school strategies that enhance student wellbeing, foster a positive, inclusive culture, and ensure that all students feel respected, engaged, and supported. This role integrates student voice into school decision-making processes, works to improve attendance, promotes respectful relationships, and oversees the whole school wellbeing program to support every students personal and academic growth.

**Responsibilities**:

- Oversee and continuously improve the whole school wellbeing program, ensuring it addresses students personal, social, and emotional development.
- Collaborate with year-level coordinators, wellbeing leaders, and Assistant Principals to ensure the program meets the holistic needs of all students.
- Lead professional learning sessions on whole school wellbeing principles and RRRR strategies to support students¿ emotional and social wellbeing.
- Student Engagement - Lead the innovation and development of strategies to enhance student engagement
- Oversee the school¿s implementation of the RRRR initiative, embedding principles of gender equality, inclusivity, and respect within the school culture and curriculum.
- Drive initiatives that empower students to actively shape their educational experiences and contribute to the school community.
- Support student leadership teams, ensuring their voices are reflected in school policies, programs, and cultural practices.
- Encourage student-led projects to foster ownership, responsibility, and leadership skills.
- Develop and manage strategies to improve attendance
- Regularly review and analyse attendance data to implement targeted interventions that increase attendance rates.
- Collaborate with external organisations and community providers to strengthen the whole school wellbeing program.
- Use data on student attendance, engagement, and wellbeing to inform decisions and drive improvements.

**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:
**Other Information**:
Enquiries regarding the position can be directed to the Principal, Jenny Bromley, 0408 652 304.. Applications must include:
1. A specific response to all the key selection criteria
3. Applications must be submitted, **AS ONE DOCUMENT**, via Recruitment Online.

**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department an