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Graduate Teacher Program

Job posted: 20/09/2024
Applications close: 10/10/2024 (Midnight)
5 days remaining

5 days remaining

Job Description

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

Salary: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1439165

Reference: 1439165

Occupation: Education and Training

Salary Range: Salary not specified

Work location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Location Profile

Would you like to be part of our collaborative team that values a positive, supportive and inclusive environment for students and staff? Be assured of the extra weekly non face to face sessions that are funded through the Career Start Program? Be guaranteed a mentor that works alongside you in the learning community that you will teach in? Be supported by our learning specialist as you complete the VIT process required for full registration? Then ........ Ashley Park Primary School is the place for you to commence your teaching career!

Ashley Park Primary School is located at 105 Orchard Road, Doreen. We are in our sixth year, opening in January 2019 and are expecting an enrolment of 500 students in 2025. Our staffing profile consists of Principal, 2 x Assistant Principals, Business Manager, 2 x Learning Specialists, 24 Community teachers, 2 Tutors, 1 teacher who provides graduate and mentor release each week, a team of 5 specialists delivering PE, Spanish/Drama, Visual Arts and Music/Dance and 19 ES (at varying EFT) who support students, first aid, grounds & facilities maintenance and the office.

The school design is state of the art consisting of our Silver Gum Centre - admin, library and staff facilities and the Eucalypt and Wattle Learning Spaces which are open plan, flexible and adaptive sharing an outdoor learning street. Our Ironbark Sports and Arts Centre includes a full size competition grade basketball stadium and performing arts space. Recently we have also had installed 2 double storey portables that house up to 200 students. The school site is large with ample play areas for the students including an AFL oval, outdoor multi courts, nature play area, sandpit, cubby zone and three playgrounds. Our local community utilise these school facilities outside of school hours. We outsource a before and after school care program that also offers curriculum day and vacation care.

The vision for Ashley Park Primary School is to be `all we can be¿; a collaborative school community formed through strong partnerships that contribute to the engagement, wellbeing and achievement of all students. Our mission is to provide a comprehensive education that empowers our students to contribute to their world, shape their desired future and develop the understandings, skills, capabilities and dispositions that will enable them to be the best they can be.

Our school values are:- Be kind. Be ambitious. Be responsible. Be all we can be.

The school is organised into six learning communities - Foundation, Junior 1 and Junior 2, Middle 3 and Middle 4, Senior (Yr 5 & 6). The structure and organisation continues to be flexible while our numbers in each year level grow. Our teachers work in collaborative teams to plan, implement and evaluate a highly effective literacy, numeracy and inquiry focussed, teaching and learning program for the cohort of learners in their learning community. Each community teacher has a group of students for which they are the contact teacher for parents and families. They also begin and end the day with this group while working with many students across the cohort utilising our like needs groupings approach, throughout the school day.

This is a fabulous opportunity to work in a 21st century learning environment that places the student at the centre, the family at the fore and capitalises on the creativity and expertise of the teaching and education support staff to realise the potential of all. Graduate teachers will receive additional non face to face time and will be given a mentor.

For more information please contact Keren Barro on

IMPORTANT: When uploading your application please ensure you upload it as one document that includes your cover letter (optional), response to selection criteria (SC) and resume/CV.

Selection Criteria - Graduates

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth. 

SC3    Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4    Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.    

SC5    Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching. 

SC6    Demonstrated capacity to work as part of a collaborative team to design, plan and implement effective teaching approaches for a community of learners within open and flexible learning spaces.

Program Benefits - Graduates

This position may attract an incentive payment of $5,650 (pre-tax) for the successful candidate who meets the eligibility criteria set out under conditions of employment

Role - Graduates

The primary focus of the range 1 classroom teacher is on further developing skills and competencies to become an effective classroom practitioner with structured support and guidance from teachers at higher levels and the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes.

These teachers teach a range of students/classes and are accountable for the effective delivery of their programs.  Range 1 classroom teachers are skilled teachers who operate under general direction within clear guidelines following established work practices and documented priorities and may have responsibility for the supervision and training of one or more student teachers.

At range 1, teachers participate in the development of school policies and programs and assist in the implementation of school priorities. 
The focus of a range 1 classroom teacher is on classroom management, subject content and teaching practice.  New entrants to the teaching profession in their initial teaching years receive structured support, mentoring and guidance from teachers at higher levels.

Under guidance, new entrants to the teaching profession will plan and teach student groups in one or more subjects and are expected to participate in induction programs and other professional learning activities that are designed to ensure the integration of curriculum, assessment and pedagogy across the school.

Teachers at range 1 are responsible for teaching their own classes and may also assist and participate in policy development, project teams and the organisation of co-curricula activities.

Responsibilities - Graduates

Core responsibilities include:

  • Planning and implementing a range of teaching programs or courses of study
  • Teaching an area of the curriculum or a general curriculum to a year level
  • Monitoring, evaluating and reporting student progress in key learning areas
  • Implementing strategies to achieve targets related to student learning outcomes
  • Maintaining records of class attendance and recording student progress
  • Implementing effective student management consistent with the school charter.
  • Working with a mentor to participate in professional development planning, implementation and reflection developing a professional portfolio

Additional responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

  • Supervising a range of student activities including support and welfare programs
  • Contributing to a range of co-curricular programs

Who May Apply - Graduates

To be eligible to apply for a position advertised through the Teacher Graduate Recruitment program, a teacher must: 

  • have completed their course requirements and graduated in the last 4 years, and
  • not be employed as a teacher by the department at the time the advertised position is to commence

Applicants must also be currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

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 marrung@education.vic.gov.au

Child Safe Standards

Victorian 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. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

 https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

 https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Conditions of Employment

All 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.

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

Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx

VIT LANTITE

To 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. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.

Graduate Teacher Program

Job type:

Full time / From 28/01/2025

Job classification:

Graduate Teacher Program

Contact:

Keren Barro | 03 8776 0200

Graduate Teacher Program