Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2026
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1458831
Job posted: 13/12/2024
Closes: 09/01/2025
Classification: Classroom Teacher
Job duration: From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2026
Mentone Primary School aspires to foster a vibrant community where every student thrives academically, socially and emotionally. By nurturing meaningful connections that embrace the rich diversity of our students' cultural backgrounds, individual needs and unique abilities, we aim to empower them with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to shape the world around them.
Our school's agreed values include being Respectful, Honest, a Team Player, Friendly, and Caring.
At Mentone PS, we provide students with a broad range of excellent learning programs designed, developed, and evaluated consistently by leadership and the staff professional learning teams within the school. All staff work collectively and collaboratively in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to design, develop, and refine exciting and flexible learning experiences. These experiences are created to meet individual needs and challenge all students.
We have a diverse range of Literacy and Numeracy programs supporting the improvement of individual student's levels of achievement, alongside quality learning programs delivered through an integrated and inquiry approach to learning in all other curriculum areas. The curriculum is enhanced through specialist programs consisting of Auslan, Library, Physical Education, STEM, and Visual Arts. We have a strong focus on sustainability and student leadership enabling students to become environmentally aware and socially competent.
Mentone Primary School promotes an inclusive learning environment. We support students with a Disability Inclusion Profile (Tier 3) through a collaborative team of teachers and education support staff. Tier 2 funding ensures students with additional needs are catered for through targeted interventions.
Our school provides students with a comprehensive outdoor education program from Year 3 through to Year 6, including camps and interschool competitions. Our student leadership program includes PLAY leaders, student leaders, and four school captains.
Mentone Primary School's out of school hours care provider is Team Kids, a leader in Before and After School Care, and Holiday Programs. Our students benefit from a Breakfast Club which operates in conjunction with Food Bank.
Our school is compliant with the Child Safe Standards and promotes the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of all children. A high level of community spirit exists at Mentone Primary School.
Selection CriteriaSC1: Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Experience in responding to student learning needs.
SC2: Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
SC3: Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning. Experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4: Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing, and engagement.
SC5: Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.
RoleThe classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges - range 1 and range 2. The primary focus is on the planning, preparation, and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.
As the classroom teacher gains experience, their contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training, and experience of the teacher.
ResponsibilitiesThe 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 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.
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.
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.
Contact:To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Schools (Government) job application system.
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