Location: Western Region | Beaufort
Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2026
Organisation: Schools (Government)
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1461951
**Location Profile**:
- Social, Community and Demographics:
- Location - in the rural township of Beaufort, population approximately 1,500, within the Goldfields Recreation Reserve precinct.
- One of three schools with secondary students in the Central Network of the Grampians Region, the only secondary college in the Pyrenees Shire.
- Main feeder schools - Beaufort Primary School, Trawalla Primary School, Skipton Primary School, Waubra Primary School, Amphitheatre Primary School, Buangor Primary School
- 2024 enrolment of 227 students. Enrolment growth is anticipated over the next few years. SFO is 0.46
- Around one third of students reside in Beaufort, with the remainder travelling to school by Government contract school bus.
- The school population displays a huge range of abilities and aspirations. The College aims to provide a broad and excellent education that meets a wide range of needs and abilities and retain all students to Year 12.
Educational:
- Structure - traditional years levels with three sub-schools (Years 7 & 8, Middle Years 9 & 10, Years 11 & 12)
- Strategies such as the use of cross-year level ability groupings, extension groupings, accelerated programs and team teaching are used to cater for the needs of all students.
- Low staff-student ratios and excellent relationships between staff and students.
- High student, staff and parent survey results over the last few years show a high level of satisfaction on the part of all groups in the school community. Strength areas include student connectedness and leadership, taking parent concerns seriously, staff consultation and community involvement.
- Student Engagement and Wellbeing is a high priority, with a strong team that includes the Assistant Principal, Year Level Coordinators, School Nurse and School Chaplain. Survey data indicates that this area is a strength of the school.
- Flexibility is emphasised, both in terms of timetable structure and teaching approach.
- A program of note is "Advance", which is run by a teacher in partnership with local community groups.
- Staff - The school has a good balance of staff in terms of age and background. Due to school size, almost every staff member has additional responsibilities.
- Another program of note is Hands On Learning, which is run by a teacher with the intention of incorporating literacy and numeracy into project planning, managing and implementing around the school and community.
Community and Networks
- Parent and community involvement remains strong and parent bodies work harmoniously with staff.
- Membership of the Virtual Schooling Project, Ballarat VET Cluster, and the Pyrenees Network assist the school's ability to provide a diverse curriculum.
- External support agencies (particularly welfare agencies) are used regularly.
- Strong relationships exist with feeder primary schools, particularly for the purpose of grade 6 to year 7 transition.
ICT:
- Regarded by the school as fundamental in broadening the curriculum and enhancing teaching and learning.
- Video conferencing is currently used to broaden our VCE program and link to other schools to extend high achieving students.
- Student to computer ratio 1:1
- Apple TVs added to all classrooms and meeting spaces.
- Strong ICT skills on the part of most teachers means that the school is well placed to make use of technology to improve teaching and learning.
Beaufort Education Regeneration Project:
- K-12 education in Beaufort is located on the Beaufort Secondary College site
- The Beaufort Early Learning Centre was officially opened in 2012
- The new Beaufort Primary School building was completed in Term 1 of 2014
- Reconstruction of Beaufort Secondary College was completed in Term 1, 2019
Social, Community and Demographics
- Location - in the rural township of Beaufort, population approximately 1,500, within the Goldfields Recreation Reserve precinct.
- One of three schools with secondary students in the Central Network of the Grampians Region, the only secondary college in the Pyrenees Shire.
- Main feeder schools - Beaufort Primary School, Trawalla Primary School, Skipton Primary School, Waubra Primary School, Amphitheatre Primary School, Buangor Primary School
- 2021 enrolment of 210. Enrolment growth is anticipated over the next few years. SFO is 0.56
- Around one third of students reside in Beaufort, with the remainder travelling to school by Government contract school bus.
- The school population displays a huge range of abilities and aspirations. The College aims to provide a broad and excellent education that meets a wide range of needs and abilities, and retain all students to Year 12.
Educational
- Strong school improvement agenda with an emphasis on quality teaching and learning practices
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