Leading Teacher Range 3

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

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher Range 3

**Occupation**: Education and Training

**Location**: Melton

**Reference**: 1473262

**Location Profile**:
Exford Primary School is situated in a semi-rural setting, which provides a safe, happy and friendly learning environment, which promotes pride, warmth and a sense of belonging. Our enrolment at Census is 331 students 2025 school year.

2025 sees the completion of our long-anticipated School Upgrade: we have already moved into our new Administration building, Junior Learning Building and Senior Learning Building, which includes classrooms, an Art and a Music Room. The renovation of our BER building is also complete, creating a new Library, Science classroom and a Food preparation space. Our new Gymnasium, landscaping, new playground spaces and sports field have been in use from the start of the 2025 school year.

Our staff are a dedicated team, with all teachers and ES staff sharing in the pastoral care of all children. The results of our Staff Opinion survey is consistently high across all indicators, with a strong sense of culture, team work and support for each other.

Our Learning Specialist teachers work closely with our teaching staff in our continuing focus on professional learning and supporting our Professional Learning Teams. Our teachers plan together in PLTs, with a dedicated two hours devoted to this work (protected through our timetable using non-teaching time based on our local agreement). The PLT Leader (remunerated position) and the Learning Specialist work together to support the team¿s curriculum planning and professional learning. Our Leadership team provides feedback and coaching to all our classroom teachers. This is an important element of our school¿s professional development and growth opportunities for our teaching team and links with our Performance and Development culture.

Comprehensive classroom programs are implemented by highly trained and dedicated staff who focus on the individual learning needs of each child on an individual basis, particularly in Literacy and Numeracy. A dedicated Specialist Program involving all staff, helps ensure the breadth of quality curriculum in accordance with the Victorian Curriculum. Our focus on an integrated teaching and learning environment is supported by the use of ICT resources. Our Strategic Plan (2020
- 2023) focuses on providing strong programs in Literacy, Numeracy, Student Voice and engagement. Our 2020-21 School Review has informed our current School Strategic Plan. We prepared our Pre-Review School Evaluation in Term 4 2024, in readiness for our School Review in Term 2 2025.

We implement a successful Inclusion Program catering for students with a range of learning needs and disabilities and have moved from the Program for Students with Disabilities to the Disability Inclusion Program in 2024 and have begun its implementation.

We offer OSH Club, providing Before and After School Care at our school. We have a real focus on environmental sustainability at our school, in which the children play a leading role.

At Exford Primary School we actively foster an environment where the partnership between staff, parents and students is highly valued, with children at the centre of our thinking and our actions.

We have been part of the School Wide Positive Behaviour Program for some years and have a school incentive program which acknowledges the children demonstrating our school values of Respect, Kindness and Personal Best. Our school values are an intrinsic part of our school community and we instil high expectations for all of our community members, children and adults.

Exford Primary School is committed to educational excellence and the development of a caring and stimulating environment:
1. Students are encouraged to share the responsibility for their own learning, enabling them to reach their full potential.

2. We value and actively promote partnership between parents and the school community.

3. Learning experiences are structure to meet students¿ individual differences with achievements being recognised, promoted and celebrated.

4. Each child is encouraged to develop social skills, independence, self confidence, consideration and respect for others. The school promotes an awareness of consequences for actions.

5. Curriculum and teaching responds to the ever-changing needs of the world in which we live.

Exford Primary School provides a comprehensive and rewarding curriculum that strives to meet the needs and interests of individual students. It provides a friendly and secure environment for its students, staff and parents.

**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