Teacher Aide

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Part time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Ed Support Level 1-Range 2

**Occupation**: Teacher

**Location**: Traralgon

**Reference**: 1477302

**Location Profile**:
Gormandale is a small town located 22km south-east of Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley and is approximately 2.5hrs east of Melbourne. The town is nestled in the picturesque Merrimans Creek Valley just beyond Loy Yang Power Station. The Hyland Highway runs through Gormandale and leads onto attractions and towns including: Tarra Bulga National Park, Ninety Mile Beach, Yarram, Port Albert and Woodside.

Gormandale is a proud community that is supportive of our local school. There are sporting facilities within the town which cater for football, netball and tennis. There is a very active Community House who maintain a community garden and BBQ area for the town. The historical Gormandale Mechanics Institute (hall) hosts many activities including Karate for all ages. The hall is utilised by the school for many events throughout the year.

Gormandale & District Primary School is a small rural school. Our school vision is: Gormandale and District Primary School fosters a community learning environment in which each and every member is nurtured to become a confident lifelong learner. Our school values 'Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner¿ underpin everything we do. We currently operate three classes, Prep/1, 2/3 and 4/5/6. School staff includes classroom teachers, business manager, education support staff and a student wellbeing officer. Families are able to enrol their children in Outside Hours School Care (OHSC) for before and after school care.

Gormandale & District Primary School¿s main building was built in 1996 and consists of three classrooms and a specialist room. The OHSC and Kinder are located in a BER building across the courtyard from the main building. Gormandale & District PS are extremely lucky to have up to date technology, with 1:1 devices in each classroom. Each classroom is also fitted with interactive touch screens, air conditioning units and gas heaters. The school has an expansive yard with a full size oval, two tennis courts, two playgrounds and a mud kitchen. We have a focus on sustainability with solar panels, a compost bin and a vegetable garden. Many of our students are transported to and from school by bus.

All staff members have a shared responsibility for the overall development of students and believe in a collective approach towards supporting students' academic and wellbeing growth. Teachers work collaboratively in Professional Learning Communities to work through inquiry and improvement cycles. As a team, we work together to consider the individual learning needs of each child and to assess and monitor their progress and evaluate our teaching and learning strategies. Staff, parents and students work together to foster students¿ overall development, engagement in learning, and academic achievements.

We have curriculum, assessment and wellbeing handbooks to document our whole school approaches teaching and learning. Our school uses explicit instruction as our instructional approach to teach new content. Explicit instruction is characterised by carefully planned and sequenced lessons; clear and detailed instructions and modelling; and frequent and systematic monitoring of student progress and feedback to students. We use spaced, interleaved, retrieval practise to transfer new learning to long term memory through daily reviews. Our 2023 teaching and learning focus is to review our approaches to reading and align them with evidence-based practices following the 'big 6¿.

All staff have completed the Berry Street Education Model training and key elements have been implemented across the school. We are a school-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) school with a strong focus on using a proactive, multi-tiered system approach to support students. The Respectful Relationships, Rights and Resilience and Zones of Regulation resources are used to support the implementation of our wellbeing curriculum.

Gormandale & District PS is closely aligned with the onsite Kinder which is operated by Uniting. A transition program throughout Term 4 ensures a seamless start to school for new Prep students. The Yarram Secondary College and Traralgon College are the public feeder schools for our Grade 6 students. Transition is also a strong focus for the senior students.

Gormandale & District Primary School has a passionate School Council and Parents Club. Parental involvement in the school is encouraged and welcomed.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks, including coordinating and supporting others in respect to specific work functions relevant to the role.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.

**SC3** Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a te