English/Humanities Teacher

Location: Melbourne | Cranbourne

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

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1456767

**Location Profile**:
Cranbourne West Secondary College abuts rapidly growing residential areas in the suburb of Cranbourne. The school will work in partnership with the community to provide authentic learning opportunities and best academic and personal outcomes for all students. Cranbourne West Secondary College is a new secondary school in the rapidly growing suburb of Cranbourne opening in January 2021 with 198 Year 7 enrolments. Currently the College has 1150 students across Year 7 to Year 10 and is anticipated to grow beyond 1450 students in 2025 as we commence our first year of Senior School, Year 11. Neighbouring schools are relatively large and Cranbourne West Secondary College is expected to grow quickly to meet residents¿ demand for excellence in education, consistent with the vision for the Education State.

Cranbourne West Secondary College will provide students with state of the art facilities in STEM, Visual Arts, Physical Education and Performing Arts spaces to cater for the learning needs of all students.

**Commitment to Excellence and Inclusion**
Cranbourne West Secondary College delivers the highest quality of education for all learners. As a Supported Inclusion School, Cranbourne West Secondary College sets strong culture of inclusion at a whole-of-school level. The innovative and evidence-based schools design is flexible and allows schools to have students with special needs in the classroom with their peers, utilise smaller spaces and/or run stand-alone classes depending on the cohort of students.

Cranbourne West Secondary College staff deliver excellence by responding to the diverse needs of their students. We will provide staff access to a suite of Department educational resources and programs that support exemplary inclusive practice. Our College will demonstrate a strong commitment to outstanding post school outcomes for all students, be that University or other further study, apprenticeships, traineeships or full-time work.

**School Vision and Values**
Cranbourne West Secondary College fosters a love of learning. We respect inclusion, diversity and indigenous heritage. We aspire for continuous improvement in all our students as they grow into adulthood. We live by our motto, diversis viribus - ¿strength through diversity¿, and look forward to our students emerging as resilient, productive and cooperative members of the community.

Cranbourne West Secondary College¿s motto is Diversis Viribus - 'Strength through Diversity¿; our values are intrinsically linked to this motto as we ASPIRE every day:

- Acceptance - to accept someone is to acknowledge them, to recognize how they are different, and to say that it is okay. Acceptance is good
- Sincerity - the quality of being open and truthful
- Perseverance - is not giving up. It is persistence and tenacity, the effort required to do something and keep doing it till the end, even if it's hard.
- Inclusion - a group that's particularly welcoming to all kinds of people. To include someone is to intentionally pursue ways to make them feel welcomed, heard, and valued.
- Respect - respecting myself, others and the school environment.
- Excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree and continually striving to improve.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated experience in responding to student learning needs.

**SC2** Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

**SC3** Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning. Demonstrated experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

**SC4** Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

**SC5** Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

**Role**:
The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to eff