Job DescriptionLocation: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2028
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1439819
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.
Key Selection Criteria (KSC) 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 from 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 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.
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.
DE ValuesThe department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights.
Other InformationAll staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.Conditions of EmploymentAll staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.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.
Melton Secondary College is a place of growth for our staff in both teaching and leadership.
We have a whole-school approach to curriculum, where strong practitioners invest in writing strong curriculum.
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.
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