Job posted: 29/09/2024
Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2028
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1439819
Closes: 26/10/2024
Selection CriteriaSELECTION PROCESS To be successfully appointed, candidates must meet benchmarks against the Lead Teacher AITSL standards.
Three stages assess each standard multiple times across five selection activities. Candidates who show potential in one stage are progressed to the next stage. It generally takes 6-8 weeks to complete all selection stages. The process is designed to have minimal impact on your teaching commitments.
Our selection process is a rolling process, and can be commenced at any time of year. This allows candidates to apply when they feel ready. Successful applicants external to the College generally take up positions at the commencement of a school year. Successful applicants internal to the College may be appointed immediately.
KSC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of at least one discipline area up to a senior secondary standard.
KSC2 Demonstrated expert knowledge of how students learn.
KSC3 Demonstrated ability to plan for learning with high efficiency and efficacy.
KSC4 Demonstrated ability to engage all students in a high level of learning.
KSC5 Ability to use evidence to provide feedback to students with high levels of clarity and accuracy.
KSC6 Demonstrated sustained improvement and high achievement of students, including high growth of students experiencing complexity.
KSC7 Demonstrated high-level awareness of best practice at a local, state, national and international level.
The selection process for Expert Teachers is different to many other roles. Prior to applying, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that candidates contact the College to ensure they understand the process. Express interest in selection by emailing ****** with the subject line 'Expert Teacher.' RoleHighly talented teachers should be remunerated for getting outcomes for students' learning and wellbeing. At our College, Expert Teachers are recognised for their talent, and are paid to keep teaching with excellence. Classification is a Learning Specialist with a salary from $121,500 - $129,500. The role comes with no strings attached. No leadership position. No extra portfolio. No extra meetings. Just teach and deliver results.
Successful Expert Teacher candidates must demonstrate very high levels of competence against the AISTL standards. An Expert Teacher position is awarded to any teacher who meets the benchmarks in our selection process. Becoming an Expert Teacher is a non-competitive process. ResponsibilitiesMaintain exemplary knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy, teaching practice and planning practices.Model exemplary knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy, teaching practice and planning practices in teaching teams.Actively seek opportunities to share practices to develop other professionals towards excellence.Other duties as determined by the College Principal.Who May ApplyTeachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.
EEO AND OHS CommitmentApplicants 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.
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 StandardsVictorian 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:
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.
VIT LANTITETo 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.
Location ProfileWe believe that our students flourish when we create an environment of high support and high expectations. We focus on learning, wellbeing, and their interconnectedness above all else.
Our staff are united by moral purpose. We come to work each day in service of our community. We are deeply connected to our work because of, not in spite of, the challenges that young people face.
Our school serves 1400 students with a team of more than 170 staff. Each one of them are known and noticed. We see partnership with families as critical to our students' success. We believe that together, our community has everything that our young people need to thrive in life.
We pride ourselves on a strong staff culture that fosters psychological safety with strong relationships, agreed trademark behaviours and genuine conversations about what matters most. Our trademark is not just a statement, it is enacted. We model and reward trademark behaviours in each other and we challenge when we let them slip.
Melton Secondary College is a place of growth for our staff in both teaching and leadership. At our school, teachers learn to be excellent practitioners developed by a pipeline of leaders. We have an exceptionally strong induction program for staff joining the College that serves both experienced and beginning practitioners.
We have a whole-school approach to curriculum, where strong practitioners invest in writing strong curriculum which allows teams and individual teachers to spend less time working out 'what' to teach and more time focusing on 'how' to teach the content in a way that is highly effective for their specific students.
We believe that if we invest in every staff member to support them to be their best, our students will be best-placed to thrive. In 2024 we are introducing a 9-day face-to-face fortnight option for our staff. This will allow them to benefit from a non-student contact day in their fortnight, creating opportunities for flexible work and regular opportunities for recharging and for deep thinking and reflection.
We use best-practice models to ensure deep learning. Our instructional model LEARN is based on the Marzano/Pollock GANAG model and is used with fidelity in our classrooms. Our resource management systems are supported by partnerships with Office365, Compass and Apple through our Year 7-9 iPad program. A BYOD program is offered to our Year 10-12 students.
Students begin the day connecting in with themselves and each other in a 6-minute morning circle as part of our Social Emotional Learning program.
We have opportunities for staff who are passionate about being highly impactful teachers who lead learning. Currently we are deepening our work with a focus on writing and social emotional learning assessment. We are also actively supporting opportunities for new and existing staff to promote extracurricular programs in the Performing Arts, Sport and Rugby Academy, the VCE Vocational Major, and Student Leadership.
Job classification:Learning Specialist Range 3
Contact:To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Schools (Government) job application system.
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