Mixed Specialist Teacher

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 25/01/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1457693

**Selection Criteria**:
Please consider the nature of our educational setting when responding to these criteria, namely, our philosophy of practice, emphasis on Professional Learning Teams and our focus on data for excellence in student outcomes.

Each applicant must address the below 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.

**Additional Notes**:

- Please provide (a) Cover Letter, (b) CV and (c) KSC in a single PDF Document.
- Process may involve (a) teaching demonstration in front of actual class, (b) team group exercise and (c) individual interview.
- Both LANTITE and VIT status may be requested prior to interview.

**Role**:
**SPECIFIC CLASSROOM ROLE**:
¿ Teamwork is at the heart of everything we do at South Melbourne Primary School

¿ A positive disposition is necessary at all times as the base behaviour of all professionals

¿ The school has a large multi-cultural population so skills in English as an Additional Language pedagogy would be an advantage.

¿ Due to the nature of the school design, practice will continually be ¿on display¿ so cycles of feedback and support for peers will be inherent in the role

**Responsibilities**:
**GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES**

The core role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:
¿ Monitoring, evaluating and reporting student progress in key learning areas

¿ Implementing strategies to achieve targets related to student learning outcomes

¿ Maintaining records of class attendance and recording student progress

¿ Implementing effective student management consistent with School policies

¿ Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students

¿ Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of a curriculum area or other curriculum program within the school

¿ Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings; staff meetings; camps and excursions;
¿ Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties

¿ Supervising a range of student activities including support and welfare programs

¿ Contributing to a range of co-curricular programs

¿ Undertaking other classroom teaching related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal

**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:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**VIT LANTITE**:
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that