Classroom Teacher

Overview

Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time

Salary: Salary not specified

Grade: Classroom Teacher

Occupation: Classroom teacher

Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs

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Location Profile

Yarrabah School is located in the bayside suburb of Aspendale. Yarrabah School caters for students from 2.8 to 18 years of age. Yarrabah School believes that all students can learn and experience success. A comprehensive and integrated curriculum is offered with flexibility to meet the needs of each student with disabilities.

School Purpose

Our purpose is to provide a nurturing, educational environment that maximises each students potential. To maximise student potential by providing an individualised and safe learning environment that promotes active learning, encouraging adventure, independence and self-esteem.

Yarrabah provides all students with access to curriculum and therapeutic support in preparation for life as a valued member of the community.

Our values

Yarrabah School is a place where all members of the community have the right to feel safe, valued and secure. Our school values are tolerance, respect, integrity and care & support.

As a result of our schools¿ values, our staff are motivated, dedicated and constantly involved in developing their own professional knowledge and skills. They are extremely caring towards the students and there is a very close working relationship between staff, students and parents. This promotes stability and harmony within the school, and consequently, the students are engaged.

Selection Criteria

Please address the Key Selection Criteria in no more than 5 pages

KSC1: Demonstrate high-level knowledge within a specialist program and the ability to apply this knowledge with enthusiasm in consultation with Service Team (Allied Health) members and the Specialist team

KSC2: Demonstrate a high level of communication skills, exemplary values and attitudes to engage with students, families, and colleagues

KSC3: Demonstrate the ability to manage a specialist program, supporting students to generalise understanding and help students excel.

KSC4: Demonstrate a strong capacity to work effectively within a team, while being adaptable to teach in a variety of learning environments.

KSC5: Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth

KSC6: Preparedness to be qualified to deliver VET in schools

Role

At Yarrabah School, we offer an innovative and uniquely supportive environment for teachers and students. This position is seeking suitably qualified leaders in one or more program areas: Garden, Horticulture, Hospitality, Home Economics, and other specialist programs. This role is a platform for new and innovative ideas. As a specialist teacher, you will have the time, resources, and collegial support to design, trial, and develop programs that excite students. If you are a specialist teacher who thrives on creativity and teamwork, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

The role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:

• Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students;
• Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of a curriculum area or other curriculum program within the school;
• Undertaking other classroom teaching related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal;
• Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings; staff meetings; camps and excursions;
• Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties.

Who May Apply

Teachers who do not have an approved special education qualification but do have current provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching may apply. Preference will be given to applicants who have an approved special education qualification. Graduate Teachers are welcome to apply.

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

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 Sunday 21 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

8 September 2025

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