Teacher Aide

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

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

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1460939

**Location Profile**:
Swinburne Senior Secondary College is a co-educational government secondary college which caters for Years 11 and 12 students. The College offers Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Vocational Major (VM) in a setting that enables students to focus their learning on the values, attitudes and needs of young adults.

The College¿s purpose is:

- to provide innovative and relevant VCE, VET and VM senior secondary programs in response to identified needs
- to consider the spectrum of individual differences that exists among students and help each student achieve growth, both academically and on a personal level
- to redress disadvantage and discrimination so that all students, irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexuality, presentation, ethnic origins, or socio-economic background, are provided with a curriculum that is challenging, comprehensive and purposeful
- to provide post-secondary pathways, advice, and support.
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Commitment

These values are supported by the behaviours that we believe are crucial to ensuring that our purpose is achieved:

- Positive relationships including acceptance of diversity and inclusivity.
- High expectations
- A relevant and inclusive curriculum
- Engaged and responsible students
- Quality facilities
- Genuine participation
- A supportive and stimulating environment

Students are attracted from all parts of Melbourne and beyond, and from all education sectors, to our strong Visual and Performing Arts, Design and Technology and Humanities programs, and wide curriculum offerings in Science, Mathematics and Commerce. Students choose Swinburne because they are seeking an adult-like learning environment where they can be accepted as individuals. Accordingly, the College considers individual student difference and strives to provide all students with a curriculum that is relevant, challenging, and comprehensive.

Students may commence their enrolment at the College in Year 11 or Year 12. They have access to a broad range of some 38 VCE Studies, VM at Intermediate and Senior Levels and VET programs. The College hosts 17 VET programs on each evening throughout the week (excluding Friday) and all day on Wednesday. Students may also choose from 16 other programs through the Inner Melbourne VET Cluster (IMVC) and travel off site to study these.

Over the past ten years, the College enrolment has averaged 420 students. Currently, the College enrolment is 405 students comprising 227 females, 137 males and 41 self-described. There is an expectation that the enrolment will grow towards the mid to high 400¿s in coming years. Most students were born in Australia (98%). Students come from a wide range of localities in the greater metropolitan area and beyond with some 150 postcodes being represented. Historically, just over half or our students transfer to Swinburne from other state government schools and the other half were previously enrolled in schools in the independent and Catholic sectors. The overall socio-economic profile, based on the College¿s Student Family Occupation Index is high.

The combination of the diversity of students¿ backgrounds and experiences at former schools, and the fact that they might attend the College for only one or two years, tends to complicate the task of building a strong College ethos. This factor is ameliorated as all students at the College are senior students who are provided with an adult-like environment and are expected to function as 'independent, creative, and thoughtful young adults.

The College is led by the Principal and two Assistant Principals. The College has 32 teaching staff (including three Leading Teachers and two Learning Specialists), of whom 10 are part time. The College also has six sessional VET teachers and eight full-time and three part-time Education Support Staff.

The College advises that many VCE teachers are involved with the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) as curriculum consultants and writers, taking positions of responsibility in VCE policy, assessment, and professional development. The College encourages this involvement believing Swinburne students are advantaged by such expertise.

Over the past ten or so years, the College facilities have either been rebuilt or refurbished. Consequently, students and staff enjoy first class facilities that provide an exceptional young adult learning environment. In particular, the exemplary learning spaces in the visual and performing arts and design and technology are powerful inducements to prospective students looking for studies in these studies.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines a