Team Teaching

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 25/01/2026

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1454297

**Location Profile**:
**Proudly Port Melbourne
- Where Excellence in Education Thrives**

Join Port Melbourne Primary School (PMPS), where Excellence, Collaboration, and Community drive everything we do. Our connected, engaged, and positive community of educators, students, and families shapes the foundation for lifelong learning and success. Join us in creating a future where every student is empowered to excel.

**Be Part of an Innovative and Inclusive Community**

With a unique location, nestled between the CBD and the bay, our school offers rich access to cultural resources and green spaces, enhancing the learning experience for both students and staff. Our team enjoys a rich social calendar, taking full advantage of the local dining scene, nearby nightlife, and vibrant community events.

**A Focus on Science-Informed Teaching**

Our commitment to excellence extends to our instructional methods, with a shift towards science-informed, evidence-based teaching. At PMPS, we prioritise explicit direct instruction and structured literacy, ensuring that our teaching practices are grounded in proven science of learning methodologies. This approach builds a solid foundation in literacy and numeracy, helping each student achieve mastery and confidence in their learning.

**Nurture Your Professional Journey**

We believe in cultivating the potential of each staff member. At PMPS, professional growth is a priority, supported through diverse development opportunities, both internal and external. Our culture of continuous learning ensures that every team member feels valued, included, and well-equipped to succeed. Collaboration and mutual respect are at the heart of our community, empowering our staff to lead and learn effectively.

**Teach in World-Class Facilities**

When you join PMPS, you gain access to state-of-the-art facilities that foster innovative, high-quality education. With 80% of our campus newly constructed over the past decade, PMPS offers an inspiring environment, including an indoor basketball court, dedicated STEM and French teaching spaces, and a welcoming, modern staffroom. Here, you¿ll find everything needed to bring our Proudly Port Melbourne vision to life, building a community where achievement and belonging thrive.

**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.

**SC6 **Proven ability and/or willingness to work effectively in a co-teaching environment, implementing a structured, explicit instruction model that ensures all students' learning needs are met.

**Role**:
The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.

As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training and experience of the teacher.

Classroom teacher Range 2
Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.

A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge