Graduate Classroom Teacher: Launch Your Teaching Career

Government schools; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfredton Primary School in Ballarat, Victoria, invites recent graduates to join its Graduate Teacher Program as a Classroom Teacher on an ongoing basis. The school emphasises SWPBS, strong wellbeing, and high expectations to support student learning.

Graduates will be supported through evidence-informed teaching within a collaborative culture, with leadership and mentoring to develop effective classroom practice and student engagement across Foundation to Year 6.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Supervising a range of student activities including support and welfare programs
• Contributing to a range of co-curricular programs

Job description

Alfredton Primary School in Ballarat, Victoria, invites recent graduates to join its Graduate Teacher Program as a Classroom Teacher on an ongoing basis. The school emphasises SWPBS, strong wellbeing, and high expectations to support student learning.

Graduates will be supported through evidence-informed teaching within a collaborative culture, with leadership and mentoring to develop effective classroom practice and student engagement across Foundation to Year 6.