Location Profile
Garfield Primary School is a semi-rural primary school located on the fringe of the South Eastern growth corridor. The school has a current enrolment of 154 students. The school is composed of three Learning Centres, a multipurpose facility and an Art / STEM facility. Each learning centre is facilitated by a team of teachers and is based on providing students with an engaging curriculum at their specific level of learning. The school has seven full-time and five part-time teaching staff, a Business Manager and 3 part-time Education Support Staff.
Students at Garfield PS are mostly from the local township in alignment with school zoning regulations, with some students travelling from surrounding areas, including Bunyip, Tynong, Nar Nar Goon and Pakenham.
The school is under the management of a positive, co-operative, and supportive School Council and is ably supported by an active Parents' and Friends' Club and will continue to extend the links between the school, parents, and the wider community.
Garfield Primary School serves a community of diverse socio-economic backgrounds. Currently Garfield PS has a Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index of 0.3987.
Mission Statement
Garfield Primary School will strive to ensure all students learn the necessary academic, social and emotional skills to become positive members of our community and society.
School wide Expectations
· I am SAFE
· I am RESPECTFUL
· I am a LEARNER
Teaching and Learning
At Garfield Primary School, we are working towards becoming a Professional Learning Community (PLC). Our school is focused on ensuring all students are provided with targeted and supported learning programs that directly meet their individual needs throughout the curriculum. Teachers work in collaborative teams to regularly analyse learning data and reflect on their own teaching practice to ensure students experience a high-quality education, every day.
Facilities
Garfield Primary School has undergone major physical changes over the past twelve years with the demolition of the original school building and the addition of a new school that includes three learning studios, shared spaces, and a new administration area. Our school boasts expansive grounds for our students to enjoy, with a rural feel due to beautiful natural surrounds. Our Visual Arts/STEM facility and basketball court has also recently undergone an upgrade to their facilities.
Curriculum
Garfield Primary School offers programs from Foundation to Year 6 in covering the Victorian Curriculum. Specialist programs currently consist of Physical Education, STEM, LOTE (Japanese) and Visual Arts. Other school programs include sport, a school camp program and swimming. The individual needs of all students are met through the development of differentiated teaching and learning programs, Individual Education Plans (IEP¿S) for identified students where required and through targeted Intervention programs.
Program Benefits
This position attracts an incentive payment of $5,650 (pre-tax) for the successful candidate who meets the eligibility criteria set out under conditions of employment.
Conditions of Employment
All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
The appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
Eligibility for incentive payments:
The successful candidate is committing to a minimum of 1 year employment at this school.
The successful candidate will not be a Graduate Teacher Incentive recipient from a previous vacancy.
The successful candidate must not be employed as a teacher by the Department at the time the advertised position is to commence.
EEO AND OHS Commitment
Applicants 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 (see Workplace adjustment guidelines ).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via[email protected]
