Selection Criteria
SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
SC2 Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
SC3 Demonstrated exemplary ability to monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole‐school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole‐school practice and contribute to the provision of whole‐school professional learning.
Role
Leading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles commensurate with their salary range. The role of leading teachers is to improve the skill, knowledge and performance of the teaching workforce in a school or group of schools and to improve the curriculum program of a school.
Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.
Leading teachers are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program.
Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of the school goals.
Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.
Responsibilities
In recognition of the importance of leadership and management combined with exemplary teaching practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the leading teachers may include but are not limited to:
* Leading and managing the implementation of whole‐school improvement initiatives related to the school strategic plan and school priorities
* Leading and managing the implementation of whole‐school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery
* Leading and managing the provision of professional development and developing individual and team development plans for teaching staff within the priorities of the school
* Leading and managing staff performance and development (review of staff)
* Leading and managing the development of the school's assessment and reporting policies and practices
* Leading and managing the implementation of the school operations and policies related to student welfare and discipline
* Leading the development of curriculum in a major learning area and participating in curriculum development in other areas
* Responsibility for general discipline matters beyond the management of classroom teachers
* Contributing to the overall leadership and management of the school
* Contributing to the development of proposals for school council consideration
* Developing and managing the school code of conduct
Disability and Inclusion Leader
Disability and Inclusion Leader
The Disability and Inclusion Leader's key role is to ensure students with a disability and additional needs are engaged in education and meeting their learning goals. To do this they work collaboratively with the school's leadership, wellbeing staff and other external support services. The Disability and Inclusion Leader plays a key role in coordinating the team around the learner.
The Disability and Inclusion Leader also plays a key role in the school's transition to Disability Inclusion, which will include supporting the organisation of Disability Inclusion Profile meetings, supporting teachers to identify students who may benefit from a profile meeting, and supporting school leadership to use Disability Inclusion funding to resource evidence based reasonable adjustments, for individual students and cohorts of students.
The Disability and Inclusion leader will be aligned to the strategic plan student voice and agency goal 2 and Wellbeing goal 3 teams.
Disability and Inclusion key responsibilities
* Be an advocate and lead for students with disability and additional needs and work with school staff to implement strategies for supporting the education of these students
* Play a key role in supporting students with disability and additional needs to make a smooth transition to school, ensuring there are effective arrangements in place for efficient transfer of information between services and school
* Have oversight of individual education plans (IEPs) across the school, and ensure the school meets obligations for students in need of adjustments with an IEP
* Ensure the student has a voice in setting learning goals during the IEP process
* Review school processes for student support groups, personalised goal setting and IEPs
* Collaborate with services working in the school to deliver adjustments to students
* Promote a culture of high expectations and aspirations for the learning of students with disability or additional needs
* Embed inclusion and disability expertise in strategic planning and recruitment practices of the school
* Embed evidence‐based inclusive education and human rights obligations into school policies and plans
* Act as a source of advice for staff about differentiated teaching strategies appropriate for individual students with disability and with additional need
* Source and prioritise the upskilling of staff in making learning adjustments via professional learning, reading and coaching where required.
Disability and Inclusion Leader specific process responsibilities
* Promote the implementation of all elements of Disability Inclusion at the school
* Register students who require a profile meeting
* Ensure Disability Inclusion profile meetings are booked for all students who require profile meetings
* Support school staff and the SSG to prepare and gather supporting information for Disability Inclusion profile meetings
* Liaise with the school's PSD coordinator as required
* Where required, support the most appropriate school staff to prepare the student and parent(s)/carer(s) to contribute to Disability Inclusion profile meetings
* Ensure the establishment of student support groups (SSGs) for all students who may benefit from a Disability Inclusion profile meeting.
Who May Apply
Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.
Diversity and Inclusion
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, 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 safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability.
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:
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:
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.
* 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
Qualification Requirements
* The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
* If the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures'.
* A person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also 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 ITE program completed by the person).
Applications close Sunday 3 May 2026 at 11.59pm
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