Ongoing Italian Classroom Teacher Yr. 7 -12

Location Profile Italian Immersion In 2021 Gladstone Park was the first Government Secondary School in Victoria to offer CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in Italian. For more than ten years, hundreds of families of Year 7, 8 and 9 students have witnessed the benefits of this pedagogy. Gladstone Park is a single campus, co-educational Year 7 to 12 College of almost 1540 students that serves a large residential community in the North-western suburbs of Melbourne. We have a culturally diverse enrolment. The school operates using a Sub-School model with Junior School years 7 - 8; Middle School years 9 - 10 and Senior School years 11 - 12. Currently more than 30 primary schools provide students for entry at Year 7. The school provides a core program in the Years 7-9. The Year 10 blocks are aligned with the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) blocks. Vocational Education and Training (VET) is also offered to all VCE students, including Vocational Major students. A considerable proportion of Year 10 students undertake a VCE subject or pursue additional pathway options within the conventional curriculum program. The school has a Select Entry Acceleration (SEAL) Program. Our school is part of The Academy of Accredited SEAL Schools. Gladstone Park offers a unique Language Immersion program using the CLIL (Content Learning in Language methodology), where students are taught Mathematics, History and Geography in Italian by CLIL trained teachers. The school provides a significant extra-curricular and enrichment program including a large instrumental program and school bands; debating; drama and musical productions and a large House competition program. Facilities include: a 300 seat Performing Arts Centre with a dance studio, dedicated VCE student study centre, community library, modern administration block, one full size and one three quarter size gym, an outdoor soccer/hockey court, outdoor table-tennis tables, separate year 7 area and extensive gardens.