Graduate Teacher Program

Location: North West Region | Echuca

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1453341

**Location Profile**:
Rochester Primary School exists to provide a high quality education that builds well rounded students in a school that is a part of the local community. It is located on a shared site with the Rochester Secondary College and serves a rural community 186 kilometres north of Melbourne and 27 kilometres south of Echuca. The school enrolment is currently 156 students.

The school is student and curriculum focused and strives for, and encourages maximum achievement in all areas of teaching and learning and student wellbeing. Specialist programs include Science/Technology, Indonesian [LOTE], Physical Education and The Arts. The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities. These include: camps program from grade 2 ¿grade 6, intra and inter school sporting activities, and Inter school public speaking. The school encourages community involvement and has a number of resident ¿grandparents¿ who volunteer their time on a regular basis to work with our children. We have a strong emphasis on student voice with a student action team and class captains providing ideas and feedback for improvement.

The school aims for its students to be members of the towns community and to develop as positive citizens. This year has seen the introduction of our weekly Community Clubs sessions to form and strengthen links with community members and encourage the use of community facilities. Carefully planned and targeted programs are designed and implemented to meet the needs of the students, and these are reviewed on an annual basis.

In 2024, the school will continue to foster a safe and nurturing learning environment to develop students that are confident and emotionally resilient. After the recent floods Staff are being trained to implement strategies that continue to support the mental health and wellbeing of our students and wider community. The school has a wellbeing strategy in place which includes a wellbeing room and extra support staff in this area. This year we are part of the new 'Mental Health in Primary Schools' pilot. Which will provided extra training and knowledge for staff around mental health and wellbeing.

A breakfast club operates on Monday and Thursdays and all students are welcome to join in. We operate a small canteen service at lunchtimes and provide lunch orders daily through the neighbouring secondary college.

**Selection Criteria - Graduates**:
**SC1** Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

**SC3** Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

**SC4** Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.

**SC5** Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

**Program Benefits - Graduates**:
**Role - Graduates**:
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 policies and programs and assist in the implementation of school priorities.

Teachers at range 1 are responsible for teaching their own classes and may also assist and participate in policy development, project teams and the organisation of co-curricula activities.

**Responsibilities - Graduates**:
Core responsibilities include:

- Planning and implementing a range of teaching programs or courses of study
- Teaching an area of the curriculum or a general curriculum to