Leading Teacher Range 3

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher Range 3

**Occupation**: Education and Training

**Location**: Whittlesea

**Reference**: 1466851

**Location Profile**:
Whittlesea Secondary College is located in the semi-rural suburb of Whittlesea in Melbourne's north. With an enrolment of 750 students and set on 30 acres, the campus enjoys an open country style atmosphere and prides itself on being a well-established center within the local community.

With spacious surroundings and excellent modern facilities WSC delivers exciting, diverse and innovative curriculum to meet our student¿s needs. Our purpose is to empower students so that they can 'take control¿ of their learning and their lives. We work together to help young people find their voice and discover their passions. We foster the growth and development of the whole person so each student can thrive and contribute positively in the rapidly changing modern world.

The College has 83 staff members including three Principal Class. The Principal and 3 Assistant Principals lead a team of 5 Leading Teachers, 4 Learning Specialist and 54 teaching staff, with 17 EFT Education Support Officers

Whittlesea Secondary College has always taken pride in delivering exciting, diverse and innovative curriculum and has established a strong identity and tradition in fulfilling lifelong learning. Our curriculum offers a broad partnership of learning programs. Senior students have opportunities to pursue diverse pathways in VCE/VET/VM and School Based Apprenticeships, leading to further education in University/TAFE and vocational pathways. An operational Trade Training Centre offers VET courses in Automotive, Engineering and Building and Construction.

The College is always striving to improve student learning in literacy and numeracy at all levels and utilises the monitoring of student assessment to address individual needs. We have a strong focus on supporting student motivation and engagement, encouraging curiosity and creativity to enhance student results. Improved outcomes across the school are driven by innovative curriculum and inquiry-based student learning supported by extensive computing technologies. The development and use of the COMPASS School Management System is being used to link students, teachers and parents and act as a communication tool for all. Students in Years 7-12 are informed and maximize career opportunities through the career program in line with the Victorian Careers Curriculum Framework.

School community involvement is nurtured at WSC with many groups of parents and community members being actively involved in curriculum and extracurricular programs. These programs include Performing Arts/Music performances, sporting events including state level, scholarship programs, College sponsorship, Community Health activities, and development of the Whittlesea Community Gardens.

At Whittlesea Secondary College we value student centered learning and facilitate and foster strong student leadership across the whole school. Students are empowered to use their knowledge to build individual pathways for their futures and embrace a collective understanding of the global world we live in.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.

**SC2** Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

**SC3** Demonstrated exemplary ability to monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

**SC4** Demonstrated 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.

**SC5** Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole-school practice and contribute to the provision of whole-school professional learning.

**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 cur