Educational Leadership_Leading Teacher

Overview

Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time

Salary: Salary not specified

Grade: Leading Teacher - Range 3

Occupation: Leading teacher

Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs

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Location Profile

Bemin Secondary College

Two Campuses ¿ Countless Opportunities

Respect, Excellence, Innovation, Community

Bemin Secondary College requires multiple leaders, teachers and education support staff to join our team at Victoria¿s fastest-growing secondary school. The College will grow to over 1300 students in it¿s third year. The ideal applicant is innovative, flexible, and confident in their ability to contribute to the school community for the students to achieve their individual best learning and wellbeing outcomes. They will work as both a leader and community member in establishing a strong school culture requires strong critical, creative, and ethical thinking coupled with interpersonal skills that reflect an understanding of equity, inclusion and cultural sensitivities.

Situated across two campuses, Bemin Secondary College is Truganina¿s first secondary school, presenting a unique experience to be a part of creating a culture of educational excellence at the heart of the Truganina community. Separated by only 1.6km, our Junior (7-9) and Senior campuses are located:

• 35 minutes¿ drive from the Melbourne CBD
• 15 minutes¿ drive from Point Cook
• 15 minutes¿ drive from Caroline Springs
• 21 minutes¿ drive from Yarraville
• 26 minutes¿ drive from Essendon

The College will introduce Years 9 and 12 for the first time in 2026, completing our year levels (Years 7-12), with our student population continuing to grow in the coming years.

Vision

At Bemin Secondary College,all students will be empowered to achieve their individual best learning and wellbeing outcomes. The learning, growth and achievement of all young people will be underpinned by creativity, innovation and a commitment to respectfully work together to create a sustainable future for themselves and their families.

Mission

Bemin Secondary College¿s mission is to foster a learning community identified by high expectations, a commitment to evidenced based practices and a deep pride in the school values. The school promotes a strong sense of community by building strong home/school partnerships and welcoming all students from across the local neighbourhood. All students are supported to develop their identity by differentiated pathways while acknowledging that their individual cultures and personal identities are sources of strength.

School Expectations

At Bemin Secondary College, all teachers are expected to commit to collaborating in a multidisciplinary way while working in a professional learning community. All teachers have the opportunity to work across both campuses, based on qualification and experience.

All teachers are expected to develop and/or demonstrate a deep understanding of the School¿s pedagogy and the ability to co-create and action the delivery of a guaranteed and viable Victorian Curriculum and/or Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) senior school program. Along with the expectation that all students will achieve their best individual outcomes, the School is committed to ongoing adult learning and skill improvement. It is an expectation and requirement that all teachers embrace the School Wide Positive Behaviour framework that focuses on the teaching and re-teaching of all students' behaviour expectations and routines. All staff work in partnership with parents and families to provide ongoing feedback about student learning growth and wellbeing.

Bemin Secondary College is committed to building the literacy and numeracy skills of all students across both campuses.

Teaching and Learning

Bemin Secondary College has established a strong Professional Learning Community (PLC) culture supported by an inquiry model of investigation. Collaborative planning is central to the delivery of an engaging curriculum. An emphasis on understanding the evidence-based practices and importance of differentiating learning tasks, providing students and parents with effective feedback and structured lesson planning are core expectations.

Positive Climate for Learning

The School Wide Positive Behaviour framework is the key pedagogy in setting high learning and behaviour expectations along with promoting inclusion. The School strongly advocates and teaches young people the importance of learning and behaviour routines in order to achieve maximum success at school.

If you are ready for the next challenge in your career in education and excel in working creatively and collaboratively to enable student success and excellence, then please contact Principal Joanne Camozzato either via phone or email to discuss the role further.

School Tours

Further information about the school or this position are encouraged to visit the Bemin Secondary College website:

Selection Criteria

SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.

SC2 Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

SC3 Demonstrated exemplary ability to monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4 Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole-school practice and contribute to the provision of whole-school professional learning.

SC6 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the English 2.0 Victorian Curriculum and VCE English. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative planning and build teacher capacity to deliver engaging, high-impact English/Literacy lessons using evidence-based practices to improve student learning outcomes.

Role

Leading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles commensurate with their salary range. The role of leading teachers is to improve the skill, knowledge and performance of the teaching workforce in a school or group of schools and to improve the curriculum program of a school.

Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.

Leading teachers are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program.

Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of the school goals.

Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.

Responsibilities

Leading Teacher English/Literacy

Leading Teacher English/Literacy will be responsible and accountable to the College Principal Team in particular to the Assistant Principal - English/Literacy and Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning. This role will be part of a team of leaders responsible for English/Literacy across both the Junior and Senior campus.

It is expected that the person appointed to a leadership position will work with the College Executive Team on the emphases as required by the College Strategic Plan, Annual Implementation Plan and in accordance with all College policies.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Demonstrate a high-level expertise in teaching and learning practice specifically in English.
• Model exemplary classroom practice including through teaching demonstration lessons.
• Work with the school leadership team in particular the Assistant Principal - English/Literacy and to develop a shared view of highly effective teacher practice that reflects the VTLM 2.0 and the College's instructional model.
• Lead and model the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery.
• Ensure all Curriculum Area members are actively collaboratively involved in curriculum development.
• Ensure that the units of study are documented, continually evaluated, and placed on the school drive.
• Lead the team of staff in the Curriculum Area to work together to review their practice and their teaching program in Professional Learning Communities and teams throughout the year.
• Plan for and facilitate PLC meetings with a focus on curriculum documentation, sharing of pedagogy, use of data for differentiation and monitoring of student progress.
• Guide and monitor teacher teams in the creation of effective high-quality formative and summative assessments, their moderation of student learning evidence and the learning programs in response.
• Ensure evidence-based intervention and support programs are implemented and their impact reviewed.
• Play a key role in the provision of professional learning, including through developing processes and protocols for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration.
• Provide evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development of their practice.
• Collaborate with the leadership team in the collation and analysis of test results/data re student achievement and student engagement.
• Provide regular reports on college curriculum issues to staff, students and parents, College Council and the wider community.
• Develop a high level of expertise in literacy teaching strategies across the whole school and work within the PLC framework to support individual teachers to develop strategies to embed literacy teaching.
• Be a positive and regular presence in classes within the English classroom to encourage reflective conversations.
• Take responsibility for the promotion of the Curriculum Area at events such as Awards Night, and Information Nights.
• Other duties as allocated by the Principal

Proactive Expert Contribution:

• Active participant and member of teaching and learning teams making positive contributions during and beyond meetings
• Engaged members of relevant subject organisations, ensuring professional development opportunities are communicated to teams.
• Informed of VCAA (VCE and Victorian Curriculum) updates
• Leading and managing the development of the school's assessment and reporting policies and practices within the subject area

Whole School leadership

• Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement initiatives related to the school strategic plan and school priorities
• Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery
• Contributing to the overall leadership and management of the school
• Contributing to the development of proposals for school council consideration
• Other duties as allocated by the Principal

Who May Apply

Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.

EEO AND OHS Commitment

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 requirements of the school.

The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

Other Information

• All staff employed by the department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at

Please ensure that your application includes:

• A resume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers, business and home)
• A section addressing the selection criteria and the requirements for application under the Who May Apply section
• Names and contact numbers (telephone and email if possible) of two referees who are able to attest to the claims made in your application.

Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.

Conditions of Employment

• All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at

VIT LANTITE

To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.

Applications close Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

21 August 2025

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