Specialist Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Other

Reference: 1450019

**Location Profile**:
Seville Primary School is situated on the Warburton Highway, on the eastern approach to the Seville Township, in a semi-rural area of the picturesque Yarra Valley region of Victoria. We have a long and proud history, being established in 1887. Our 2025 enrolment is 161 students in eight classes.

Our close and caring community emphasises supporting every child, every day at their point of need. Our school values are Aspire, Respect and Community. Our Vision is to empower and support students to become community-minded life-long learners.

Our Mission consists of three parts:

- To deliver curriculum programs that engage, challenge, inspire and allow every student to experience success and grow.
- To foster positive relationships with all school community members based on honesty and trust.
- To openly communicate with our school and local community about our programs, students, successes and challenges.

Our program follows the Victorian Curriculum and includes specialist teaching for Science, Visual Arts, LOTE (AUSLAN), Physical Education, Sustainability, and now introducing Music and Drama

**Selection Criteria**:
**This position is for a Performing Arts, Sustainability and General Classroom Teacher position. The split would be.4 as specialist classrooms and then.2 in a generalist classroom covering release for a Learning Specialist or Leading Teacher scheduled release.

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 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**:
The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.

As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training and experience of the teacher.

Classroom teacher Range 2
Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.

A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define quality teacher practice.
- Range 2 classroom teachers will be expected to:

- Have the content knowledge and pedagogical practice to meet the diverse needs of all students
- Model exemplary classroom practice and mentor/coach other teachers in the school to engage in critical reflection of their practice and to support staff to expand their capacity
- Provide expert advice about the content, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervise and train one or more student teachers
- Assist staff to use student data to inform teaching approaches that enable targets related to improving student learning outcomes to be achieved.

Classroom teacher Range 1
The primary focus of the range 1 classroom teacher is on further developing skills and competencies to become an effective classroom practitioner with structured support and guidance from teachers at higher levels and the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. These teachers teach a range of students/classes and are accountable for the effective delivery of their programs. Range 1 classroom teachers are skilled teachers who operate under general direction within clear guidelines following established work practices and documented priorities and may have responsibility for the supervision and training of one or more student teachers.

At range 1, teachers participate in the development of school