Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / From 10/02/2025 - 26/01/2026
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training
Reference: 1459313
Job posted: 14/01/2025
Closes: 27/01/2025
Classification: Classroom Teacher
Job duration: From 10/02/2025 - 26/01/2026
Location Profile Hume Valley School is a special school with a current enrolment of 372 students from 5 to 18 years of age. The school population represents a broad range of socio-economic and multicultural backgrounds.
The main school campus in Koroit Avenue accommodates students from Prep to Year 2 and Year 7 to Year 10. Our newly established Narrun Campus, co-located with Dallas Brooks Community Primary School, accommodates our students from Year 3 to Year 6, inclusive, and our Tanderrum Way campus, co-located within Hume Central Senior Secondary College, caters for our Years 11 and 12 students.
School facilities include: a large gymnasium, stage and performing arts centre fully productive school and kitchen gardens in which students work and learn horticultural and environmental sustainability skills a well-equipped food technology centre a school cafe a visual arts room and project room traffic safety education course and teaching facilities eLearning Centre First Aid and change room facilities Fully accessible and inclusive learning spaces Our Vision is to create an inclusive, safe, respectful and engaged learning community where all students are motivated and enabled to maximise their social, personal, educational and post school potential.
Values The school values, Respect, Responsibility and Resilience are embedded in all school policies and practices.
Teaching and Learning The school community is committed to creating a vibrant educational environment where students and their learning are highly valued.
The Prep to Year 9 curriculum is based on the Victorian Curriculum, Year 10 students participate in a Pathways pre-vocational course, while Year 11 and 12 students undertake Foundation Level VPC, a range of VET in Schools subjects and School Based Apprenticeships.
The school offers individual educational planning for each student. The comprehensive curriculum is designed to enable inclusive and flexible approaches to learning to accommodate the various learning styles and special needs of all students.
Specialist programs are provided in the areas of Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Instrumental Music, Physical Education and Inter School Sport, Traffic Safety Education, Outdoor Education, Food Technology, Gardening and environmental sustainability (Prep to Year 9) and Horticulture (Years 10 to 12), Media & Design, Independent Living Skills, Health & Safety, Careers Education and Vocational Training.
All programs focus on the development of literacy and numeracy skills, behaviour and social skills, creative and recreation skills and for older students, independence and work/industry skills.
School Community The Hume Valley School Community, parents, staff and students, work cooperatively to ensure a safe, professional approach to providing a quality education.
A well-resourced therapy team and a student wellbeing team provide support to students and their families across the school.
Selection Criteria SC1 Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills.
SC2 Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies.
SC3 Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning.
SC4 Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.
SC5 Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values.
Role The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges: range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes.
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 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. Range 1 classroom teachers are skilled teachers who operate under general direction within clear guidelines following established work practices.
Responsibilities The role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:
Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students; Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of a curriculum area or other curriculum program within the school; Undertaking other classroom teaching related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal; Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings; staff meetings; camps and excursions; Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties. Who May Apply Teachers 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 Commitment Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all.
Child Safe Standards Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students.
Job classification: Classroom Teacher
Contact: To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Schools (Government) job application system.
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