EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP - HEAD OF ENGLISH AND LITERACYJob posted: 20/09/2024
Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 31/12/2026
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training
Reference: 1438186
Closes: 03/10/2024
Classification: Leading Teacher Range 3
Location ProfileFrankston High School is a large multi-campus co-educational school situated in South Frankston. We have a strong sense of tradition with excellent parent involvement and strong links with the local community. The school has a student population in excess of 1950 students. The Year 7-10 and Senior campuses occupy nearby sites.
Outstanding facilities include a STEM Centre, 380 seat Performing Arts Theatre, a large indoor sporting complex featuring a 2-court basketball stadium, fully equipped gymnasium, and a heated 25 metre swimming pool. Additionally, students have access to outdoor basketball/netball courts, an athletics track, and a multi-purpose synthetic field. Sporting teams and individual students achieve high levels of excellence at state and national competitions.
A well-established transition program helps students adjust from primary to secondary school, and the Year 7 and 8 tutorial programs engender a sense of security and belonging. As students progress, they are introduced to increased choice, flexibility, and responsibility, culminating in a more adult learning environment in the Senior Campus. The curriculum aims to promote extension and enhancement of learning for all students.
Students achieve outstanding results in the VCE and in tertiary selection. The school places increasing importance on offering VCE programs that maximize tertiary opportunities. There are a large number of accelerated courses on offer, and Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs are well established at the senior level.
The school has a strong focus on teaching and learning, with an emphasis on embedding evidence-based strategies to improve student learning across all classes. Central to this focus is teacher professional learning and collaboration. The school has invested greatly in learning technologies, including a successful one-to-one Hybrid device program running across all Year 7 to 10 classes.
Selection CriteriaSC1: Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum and ability to lead the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
SC2: Demonstrated ability to lead planning and implementation of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs.
SC3: Demonstrated ability to monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort, or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives.
SC4: Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills, leading collaborative relationships focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing, and engagement.
SC5: Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues in adopting these behaviours.
RoleLeading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles. Their role is to improve the skill, knowledge, and performance of the teaching workforce and the curriculum program.
Leading teachers are responsible for coordinating staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning, which may involve professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating, and coaching.
They are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence.
ResponsibilitiesThe key roles of leading teachers may include but are not limited to:
Leading and managing the implementation of whole-school improvement initiatives.Leading and managing the provision of professional development for teaching staff.Leading and managing staff performance and development.Leading the development of curriculum in a major learning area.Contributing to the overall leadership and management of the school.Who May ApplyTeachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach in the specified curriculum areas.
Conditions of EmploymentAll staff have access to a broad range of employment conditions.Appointment of successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment.VIT LANTITETo be eligible for employment, a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching and must have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements.
Contact:To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Schools (Government) job application system.
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