Flip Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 07/10/2024

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1432750

**Location Profile**:
**About Us**:
FLIP stands for **F**lexible** L**earning** I**ntervention** P**athways - an interim educational program where secondary school students are supported to reconnect with their lifelong learning journey. At FLIP we work with young people within the Wyndham & Hobsons Bay municipalities who face challenges in connecting with mainstream education. As teachers we support these young people to develop their learning confidence, to build trusted relationships and to explore suitable education, vocation and/or employment options. Manor Lakes P-12 College is the lead school which oversees FLIP and all teachers are employed by the College.

**Hybrid work schedule**: Flexibility of a hybrid work schedule where teachers can work both from home or onsite. The following onsite, face to face requirements are mandatory:

- Weekly tutoring sessions held at an identified Wyndham community location;
- Weekly Mentoring sessions held in Wyndham or other locations as required;
- Staff meetings in Wyndham or other locations as required;
- Student inductions and review meetings at various locations as required;
- Where the Program Manager requests attendance at an ¿out of schedule¿ meeting or event.
- **Please note: various locations = enrolled schools, community centres and shared meeting spaces within Wyndham & Hobsons Bay._

**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**:
**Main duties of a FLIP teacher includes**:

- Building positive professional relationships with students and their families to gain an understanding of their needs and challenges in order to best support them with their education journey.
- Establishing a safe and nurturing environment to support student engagement, to build trust and to enhance opportunities for learning confidence to develop.
- Creating, managing and assessing weekly individualised learning programs for students in line with their IEP goals and identified transition and pathway goals.
- Develop, implement and review each students Individual Education Plan (IEP) in collaboration with the student and families on a regular bases and formally at termly Student Support Groups (SSG) meetings.
- Monitoring weekly student attendance and engagement data and providing regular updates on student progress as requested by FLIP staff and external stakeholders.
- Collaboratively planning and delivering weekly tutoring and mentoring sessions inline with the unit focus.
- Engage in ongoing professional learning to support student learning and engagement inline with VIT requirements and the APST standards.

**Skills & Qualifications**:

- Bachelor¿s degree in Education or a relevant tertiary qualification.
- Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
- Experience working with disengaged, vulnerable, at risk youth.
- Strong understanding of differentiated instruction and individualised education plans.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to fostering in including and equitable learning environment.

**Responsibilities**:
**Key Responsibilities**

FLIP teachers are required to hold a current VIT registration and all teachers of the FLIP team are employed by Manor Lakes P-12 College. FLIP staff demonstrate outstanding skills in working in an online learning environment, using Google Apps for Education and additional ICT programs, to reconnect and engage young people who have been out of education for some time and for whom other alternative programs are unsuitable. FLIP teachers are required to adapt Individualised Education Programs for students to cater for a