Are you the next member of our teaching team? Prace College is seeking a dedicated professional to teach the VCE Vocational Major and Victorian Pathways Certificate.
* Full time, ongoing position – say goodbye to fixed term contracts
* Relocation package available for interstate candidates
* Salary packaging available - pay less tax and increase your take home pay
* 3 days of ex-gratia leave (pro rata) and above award personal leave entitlements
* Reservoir and Mernda location
Prace College is an independent school offering a supportive and inclusive alternative to mainstream education for young people aged We believe that all young people should be able to positively engage in education regardless of their life circumstances and barriers to learning.
We practice a strength-based approach, creating the space to individualise each young person's learning, address their wider needs and create an environment where they can reach their full potential. Each classroom is allocated a youth worker and an education support specialist who will work alongside you. Our classes are small, capped at 18 students, creating more time for one-to-one learning and support. To support your classroom work, each Friday is a designated planning day.
Many of the young people who attend Prace College face complex challenges that impact their ability to engage in learning, and many have previously disengaged from mainstream education. We have an established wellbeing team who support our students, and your capacity to implement trauma-informed practice, restorative justice principles and strategies with young people, will be an asset to our team.
Your new role
You will be part of a dynamic team who are passionate about helping students to achieve their goals through education. The role requires a dedicated professional to maximise student engagement and learning outcomes. Responsibilities and duties:
* Teaching and learning
* Engaging in professional learning
* Student support
* Administration and compliance
* Child safety
Learn more about the role via the position description:
About you
You are a motivated individual with well-developed teaching skills, a strong sense of purpose and experience working with a diverse student cohort.
Required for the role:
* Bachelor of Education or equivalent
* Full VIT Registration
* Extensive experience in trauma-informed practice
* Experience teaching applied and/or integrated curriculum, and/or delivery of VCE Vocational Major and the Victorian Pathways Certificate (or other related curriculum, such as VCA)
Highly regarded:
* Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
* Masters in a complementary discipline such as Special Education, Psychology, Social Work
Key selection criteria
Criteria 1
Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide educational interventions for young people to enable them to develop learning for wellbeing and achieve educational success.
Criteria 2
Evidence of well-developed skills in teaching and learning, including the ability to select and use a wide range of teaching and assessment strategies appropriate to a diverse learner population.
Criteria 3
Demonstrated capacity to implement trauma-informed practice, restorative justice principles and strategies with young people who may have existing barriers to education, including young people who identify as LGBTQIA+, from diverse cultural backgrounds, with learning disabilities, social emotional challenges and/or substance abuse.
Criteria 4
Extensive experience in successfully developing and delivering an engaging and integrated curriculum covering all strands of the curriculum, with the ability to apply this to the VCEVM and VPC certificates.
Criteria 5
Highly developed administrative and organisational skills, including a capacity to meet requirements of the relevant accredited courses, VCAA and VRQA school registration and VCE VM and VPC registration compliance requirements.
Criteria 6
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills that demonstrate a capacity to effectively engage with staff, students, families, and support workers.
How to apply
You will need to submit
* Your resume, and
* Your response to the key selection criteria (below), as a part of your cover letter or as a separate document.
More Information
For more information, contact Libby Barker – Acting Principal on
Pre-employment safety screening
As part of Prace's recruitment and selection process, applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment safety screening process. Successful appointments to a position will be subject to, but not limited to, the following checks: National Police Check, VIT registration check, current and valid driver's licence. All costs associated with safety screening will be at the applicant's expense.
About Prace
Prace College is an Independent Special Assistance School that provides a supportive, flexible and inclusive education to meet the needs of at-risk young people, and supports them to re-engage with and participate in learning, community and work activities. We are a not-for-profit organisation.
Equity and diversity
Prace College understands the importance of diversity and inclusion. We recognise that everyone has the right to an equitable, safe and productive environment and to be treated with dignity and respect. We welcome applications from all people regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, disability or sexual orientation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
Child safety
Prace prides itself on being a child safe organisation with zero tolerance for child abuse. We recognise our legal and moral responsibilities to keep children and young people safe from harm. This will be achieved by:
* having a zero tolerance for child abuse
* working to actively listen to and empower children
* having systems to protect children from abuse, and will take all allegations and concerns very seriously and respond to them consistently in line with the organisation's policies and procedures
* being committed to promoting cultural safety for Aboriginal children, cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability
* engaging only the most suitable people to work with children, along with providing high-quality supervision and professional development.
All staff employed by Prace are required to have a current Working with Children Check card or VIT registration.