Leading Teacher Range 3

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher - Range 3

**Occupation**:Leading teacher

**Location**:Melbourne - Eastern suburbs

**Reference**:1492163

**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**:

- The position provides leadership at various levels of 'connection' including:
Connection to others
- The leading teacher will:

- in conjunction with the Year Level Coordinators, House Connection Coordinator and Whole School Transition coordinator, support the running of student focus groups and other feedback activities to identify strategies to enhance student connection through agency,
- support the development of cross age mentoring programs to support students to seek and receive help from each other,
- support the wider leadership team to implement Restorative Practice across the school to build student empathy and understanding and enhance relationships between all members of the Heathmont College Community,
- Develop and manage a school Alumni program to support the ongoing connection of students to the Heathmont College community
- whilst work in this area has started in an ad hoc way, this will be a new piece of work for the immediate future of the college. The incumbent of this position will have the opportunity to develop a strategy to achieve this goal (no strategy currently exists).

Connection to Culture
- The leading teacher will:

- act as the school's Marrung Lead and lead programs to support the learning of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and perspectives and the support of all community members who identify as First Nations peoples. This role involves:

- Working with students who identify as First Nations peoples and their families to connect them to each other, the school and their culture as driven by the student and their family. This work involves ensuring that all such students have an IEP that is strengths based and developed in collaboration with them and their families, most often in SSGs,
- identify opportunities for students to engage in cultural learning programs and activities,
- engage with regional supports and workforce (KESO primarily) and attend Marrung professional learning events,
- oversee and support the organisation of celebrations for key dates in the calendar including NIADOC week, National Sorry Day, National Reconciliation Week and others.

Connection to community
- The leading teacher will:

- Support students to connect to the wider community in several ways including:

- overseeing the development of the Heathmont Gazette and using this as a device for connection with the broader community
- working with other members of the leadership team to identify and run activities and events to enhance community connections and opportunities in the areas of careers and interests
- organise and manage community events at the college
- develop links with local business and community groups to enhance opportunities for Heathmont students. This may include the oversight of philanthropic arrangements to support various programs (including the FLO program). It will also involve supporting the careers team with the organisation and implementation of work experience opportunities and other such programs for students in the middle school years.
- Support the development and implementation of strategies to enhance parent engagement with the college and develop stronger links between families, the staff and the wider community.

Accountability
- Who you report to
- This position reports directly to the Assistant Principal overseeing pr