Graduate Teacher

Located on beautiful Wurundjeri Country, Strathtulloh Primary School has been educating with HEART since 2022. We opened with 710 students already growing to over 1350 students and now employing over 160 staff for 2025.

Our students are phenomenal and eager learners who are beautifully behaved and respectful. We are supported by families and a community that really values and supports education and our school.

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) and Respectful Relationships (RR) feature strongly at our school, along with a culture that supports positive, proactive and passionate wellbeing and learning for students and staff. Our students, staff and community demonstrate outstanding positive behaviours and consistently work to demonstrate and build their #StrathtullohHEART.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and progressive school community. Our staff are our most valuable resource and we provide support & recognition accordingly. Our Coaching, Wellbeing and Principal Class teams are visible and work together with staff to support the best outcomes for students.

Why work at Strathtulloh?

• 5hrs non face to face time provided to full time teachers per week. This is usually provided by a full day of release each week;
• 2 additional release sessions each week as a first year or PtT teacher;
• Shared and supported planning of lessons each week;
• ES Staff employed to completing printing and resources for teams;
• No scheduled Yard Duty on the days you have face to face teaching;
• 3 meetings times a month allocated to meeting and connecting with parents/families (inside regular work hours);
• Reports with one short paragraph of written comments, Parent Teacher Interviews held inside the 38hr work week;
• Parents/families do not have direct email/electronic communication access to teachers;
• No requirements for communication outside 38hr work week;
• You have the support, shared planning and camaraderie of a team;
• Flexible teaching spaces, NOT open plan, purpose built for our explicit teaching approach;
• Free before & after school program for children of staff;
• A terrific team of staff who engage in a variety of social events and functions;
• Getting here is easy It's a 30 minute drive against traffic from Sunbury, Gisborne, the inner west or north of Melbourne and an hour from the eastern suburbs, Ballarat & Geelong. We're also only a short walk from the train station with plenty of seats heading away from the city.
• On site Cafe with good food and coffee

The Strathtulloh community are encouraged to be Helpful, Excelling, Accepting, Resilient and Trustworthy people as they demonstrate, support and strive for a #StrathtullohHEART

Overseas, graduate and permission to teach teachers are also welcome to apply for this position.

You are encouraged to tour the school before applying; please email with your contact details.

If you are unable to make a scheduled tour please still submit an application.

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.

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational r