Classroom & Auslan Teacher (Do Not Need to Be Auslan Trained)

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

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Classroom Teacher

**Occupation**: Teacher

**Location**: Cranbourne

**Reference**: 1465471

**Location Profile**:
Quarters Primary School is located at 10 Morningside Boulevard, in Cranbourne West. It opened on the first day of Term 1, 2023. The school has space for 715 local students, including approximately 65 places for young people with specialist needs. The school opened for enrolments for students in Prep to Grade 6.

The school includes:

- an administration building with a library, staff offices and amenities as well as specialist teaching areas for science and food technology, 3 learning neighbourhood buildings with general purpose classrooms, and flexible and collaborative teaching spaces, a community hub building with a competition-grade gymnasium, canteen, music and drama space, 2 outdoor hard courts and a sports field.

Quarters Primary School is a supported inclusion school. Supported inclusion schools are mainstream schools designed to support a higher number of students with a disability than typical mainstream schools.

Supported inclusion schools offer additional amenities to support and enhance learning such as:

- acoustics and lighting designed for the needs of students with particular disabilities, wider corridors where wheelchairs can pass, fitness rooms for physical education and therapy, enhanced accessible toilets fitted with hoists, smaller multipurpose spaces suitable for consultations, 1:1, or small group learning, additional provisions for student pick-up/drop-off, covered walkways and kitchen facilities for students with special dietary or medication requirements.

VISION:
Quarters Primary School¿s vision is to develop curious and resilient life-long learners through positive learning pathways. We aim to provide an inclusive and safe environment, where high expectations encourage independence, excellence, responsibility and respect for others.

MISSION:
Quarters Primary School¿s mission is to foster a welcoming atmosphere which creates a sense of belonging amongst our students and their families. Our inclusive environment acknowledges and respects children from diverse family and cultural backgrounds. We value and celebrate the differing academic and social needs of our students and work to respond, accept and meet these needs.

ACHIEVE

The Quarters Primary School learners, families and staff will live by the values under the banner of ACHIEVE

A Acceptance

C Creativity

H High expectations

I Inclusion

E Empathy

V Valued

E Excellence

At Quarters Primary School, staff are committed to creating learning experiences that engage everyone to explore through their own curiosity and to prepare our students to actively engage in the challenging world around us. Their teaching and learning will have a high emphasis on wellbeing, literacy, numeracy as well as inquiry. The environment is required to be orderly, safe and stimulating, celebrating diversity and inclusion. Staff work collaboratively and learn together to improve practice. They build relationships with all stakeholders to support connectedness and a sense of belonging.

There is a high expectation of all staff to commit to the positive and inclusive culture of Quarters Primary School where all decisions are learner centred. Staff are motivated and dedicated to being valued foundational staff members of a new school. This includes investing time and participating in building connections with community through a variety of events and programs. Quarters Primary School is seeking positive, enthusiastic, innovative staff to support the dedicated work of a mainstream/SIS school.

**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**:
The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2. The pri