Year 7 & 8 Subschool Leader

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2028

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1439329

**Location Profile**:
Melba Secondary College is a single campus school of approximately 680 students located
in Croydon that provides a comprehensive education for students from Years 7 to 12. The
goals set out in the Strategic Plan focus on improving the learning growth of all students
with a particular focus on literacy and numeracy, improving student engagement in their
learning and improving student resilience and connectedness to school.

The third and final stage of the school rebuild was secured in 2023 with works to be
completed in 2024/25 which includes a new college oval, Performing Arts building upgrade, car
parking and landscaping.

Melba Secondary College offers a safe, positive, learning environment, which strives to
develop a sense of pride and community that is underpinned by the College values
(STRIVE) of Success, Teamwork, Resilience, Integrity, Valuing Excellence and
Engagement.

The College has a ¿whole child¿ focus which ensures we cater for the academic, physical,
emotional and social welfare of all students. Our College is committed to a strong and
authentic Student Voice and these students are actively involved in the decision making
processes of the College.

Melba Secondary College offers a broad and engaging curriculum across all Domain Areas
Education (VCE) and the VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM).

The College offers a comprehensive range of elective choices in the middle school, with a
rich and vibrant co-curricular program inclusive of performing and visual arts, sport, outdoor
education and camps program.

**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 curriculum program of a school.

Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.

Leading teachers are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program.

Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of the school goals.

Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.

**Responsibilities**:
In recognition of the importance of leadership and management combined with exemplary teaching practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the leading teachers may include but are not limited to:

- Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement initiatives related to the school strategic plan and school priorities
- Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and de