Student Mental Health

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Part time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Classroom Teacher Range 2

**Occupation**: Teacher

**Location**: Broadford

**Reference**: 1480469

**Location Profile**:
Flowerdale Primary School is a small, rural school situated 80 kms, NE of Melbourne. The school is an integral part of this community with strong liaisons with other local groups including the Community House, CFA, Sports Club and Community Gardens. Our students have a love of their environment.

The teachers and support staff at this school are committed to providing a nurturing and caring environment; encouraging students to achieve academic excellence whilst caring for each other. Our school values Safe, Respectful, Responsible, Learners. These values are deemed essential to create active learners and participants in our school and wider community.

Flowerdale Primary School currently has an enrolment of 27 students. The staff at Flowerdale is a mix of experienced class teachers, each bringing a unique dynamic to our small team. Flowerdale currently employs 1.0 Principal Class, 2.2 Teachers, 2 Education Support staff and 2 Administrative Education Support staff. We currently have 3 small sized classes F-1, 2-3 and 4-6.

We also have a Health and Wellbeing Leader who does not take on teaching load during their day, rather focussing on the development and implementation of our whole school approach to health and wellbeing. The PFG and School Council actively contribute to our school in varying levels.

Flowerdale is unique in its design, and it serves to ensure that the children of this community are well catered for and can access a quality educational program without having to leave their local area. The school is part of the Education Hub, which also includes the local Kindergarten and Maternal and Child Health Centre. Together, with our wider community connections we aim to develop connected, well-adjusted and considerate citizens of the future.

Strong family/school partnerships are imperative at this school. We encourage parent and community volunteers and the contributions they can provide to our students and programs.

**Selection Criteria**:

- SC1 'Content of teaching and learning'. Demonstrated ability to inform and influence the work of others involved in the engagement, mental health, wellbeing or learning of children and young people.
- SC2 'Teaching practice'. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to mental health, wellbeing or learning.
- SC3 'Assessment and reporting of student learning'. Demonstrated ability to support a student's mental health, wellbeing or learning by developing and maintaining connection with external services.
- SC4 'Interaction with the school community'. Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of capability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, other employees and the broader school community to focus on student learning, wellbeing and engagement.
- SC5 'Professional requirements'. Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate by gaining buy-in and ownership for ideas, gaining agreement to proposals, or involving experts or other third parties to strengthen a case.

**Role**:
Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.

A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define quality teacher practice.

Range 2 classroom teachers will be expected to:

- Have the content knowledge and pedagogical practice to meet the diverse needs of all students
- Model exemplary classroom practice and mentor/coach other teachers in the school to engage in critical reflection of their practice and to support staff to expand their capacity
- Provide expert advice about the content, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervise and train one or more student teachers
- Assist staff to use student data to inform teaching approaches that enable targets related to improving student learning outcomes to be achieved.

**Responsibilities**:
Operating in collaboration with their school, leadership and wellbeing team where relevant, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader will:

- Promote a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing to students, staff and families
- Support teachers and school staff to expand their capacity to embed evidence-based mental health strategies, interventions and programs and build mental health literacy to identify and support primary school students with menta