**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time
**Salary**: Salary not specified
**Grade**:Graduate Teacher Program
**Occupation**:Classroom teacher
**Location**:Melbourne - Southern suburbs
**Reference**:1486385
**Location Profile**:
- Berwick College is a Year 7-12 coeducational school with a student population of over 1650 students. The College is located on Bunurong Country, in the beautiful eastern suburb of Berwick. The location is only 35 minute drive from the centre of Melbourne.
Berwick College delivers a rigorous curriculum with a huge range of individualised pathways. We support our students to become critical and creative thinkers in areas of passion and interest. Teachers implement the school¿s Instructional Model to guide pedagogy and use our 'Effective Learning Setting¿ and SWPBS guidelines to support positive behaviours across the school.
We place great emphasis on our exceptional co-curricular program to connect students to our school and to develop students as collaborative problem solvers. Our students regularly participate in a range of community events and represent the school at state and national levels. The huge variety of programs allows our students to flourish as they pursue their particular interests and goals.
In 2025, Berwick College has transitioned to a horizontal, 'Team Around the Learner¿ approach as we focus on high expectations in every classroom and in routines that set the scene for productive learning in every classroom, every day.
**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.
**Program Benefits - Graduates**:
**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.
- 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
- 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**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
- Victorian government schools are child
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