Location: North East Region | Seymour
Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2026
Organisation: Schools (Government)
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1456763
**Location Profile**:
Avenel Primary School is a rural community school located an hour¿s drive from Melbourne¿s northern suburbs, just off the Hume Freeway north of Seymour. Our school is one of the oldest in Victoria, being established in 1856, with our historic school building part of Henry Bastow¿s original ¿education revolution.¿ The school is at the heart of Avenel community life, representing a focal point for our community and the largest civic institution within our town. In 2024, we have 132 students enrolled. Our school is proud of its professional learning culture and the privileged time it dedicates to staff learning. Our Professional Learning agenda connects directly to our Annual Implementation Plan goals and to the Performance and Development goals of each teacher. A number of our staff have delivered presentations at a network level, regional and state level on topics such as oral language development, data management practices and Literacy. Our school is built upon a collaborative, inquiry-based approach to school improvement and our school is acknowledged for the depth of its instructional leadership and middle leadership. We pride ourselves upon a ¿Stage Not Age¿ approach to student learning and our innovative approach to grouping and tracking students has won broad acceptance in our community. We have a strong specialist program at Avenel Primary School with students experiencing weekly PE, Art, Library and Science lessons. The school participates in a variety of inter and intra school sports. Private Instrumental and Vocal music lessons are offered to our students. The school has 8 classrooms, a library, art room, oval, playground and a large undercover basketball court area.
**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated 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. Demonstrated 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. Demonstrated 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. Demonstrated experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.
**Role**:
The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.
As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her 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.
Classroom teacher Range 2
Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.
A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define quality teacher practice.
- Range 2 classroom teachers will be expected to:
- Have the content knowledge and pedagogical practice to meet the diverse needs of all students
- Model exemplary classroom practice and mentor/coach other teachers in the school to engage in critical reflection of their practice and to support staff to expand their capacity
- Provide expert advice about the content, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervise and train one or more student teachers
- Assist staff to use student data to inform teaching approaches that enable targets rela