Graduate Primary Teacher – Growth & Mentoring

Department of Education & Training, Victoria; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfredton Primary School in Ballarat, Victoria invites applications for the Graduate Teacher Program – Classroom Teacher (Ongoing). The school serves about 520 students from Foundation to Year 6 and emphasises SWPBS, inclusive practice, and high-quality teaching.

Successful applicants will be exposed to coaching, professional learning and a strong leadership framework to support early career teachers in delivering effective literacy and numeracy programs within a supportive community.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Demonstratedbehaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professionallearning 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

Skills

Literacy instruction

Numeracy instruction

Data-informed practice

Interpersonal communication

Job description

Alfredton Primary School in Ballarat, Victoria invites applications for the Graduate Teacher Program – Classroom Teacher (Ongoing). The school serves about 520 students from Foundation to Year 6 and emphasises SWPBS, inclusive practice, and high-quality teaching.

Successful applicants will be exposed to coaching, professional learning and a strong leadership framework to support early career teachers in delivering effective literacy and numeracy programs within a supportive community.