Leading Teacher Range 3

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher Range 3

**Occupation**: Education and Training

**Location**: Koo Wee Rup

**Reference**: 1476152

**Location Profile**:
Koo Wee Rup Primary School¿s motto of 'Together We Learn¿ symbolizes the school¿s focus on learning being not in isolation, but involving a community commitment from students, teachers, parents and our wider school community.

We value a collaborative teaching and learning culture where student needs are the focus. Individually and collectively, our staff contribute to the creation of a school culture that strives for excellence and makes positive and constructive differences to the lives of our students. Our teams plan quality teaching and learning programs, based on student need and researched evidence.

The school has a student enrolment of approximately 310. It is set in the township of Koo Wee Rup in the Shire of Cardinia, just 20 minutes from Pakenham and Cranbourne, 75km south east of Melbourne. Our buildings are modern and flexible and our outside space is extensive.

Our school provides a nurturing environment where the well being and education of our students are our priorities. We ensure our learning environments are safe, orderly and where positive relationships and behaviours are valued and celebrated.

We have four values that guide our 'Together We Learn¿ focus;
Learning - forever questioning and curious, learning together

Respect - valuing the rights of others, a sense of belonging and commitment

Responsibility - high expectations of self and others, shared vision to achieve success

Resilience - building personal wellbeing and strength

**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.

**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**:
In recognition of the importance of leadership and management combined with exemplary teaching practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the leading teachers may include but are not limited to:

- 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;
- Leading and managing the provision of professional development and developin