Graduate Teacher Pathway — Mentored Start

Department of Education Victoria; Rochester; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria – Rochester VIC is seeking graduates for Range 1 classroom teaching roles. The position focuses on developing skills with structured guidance, delivering planned programs, and supporting student learning in a P-6 framework within a well‑supported school community.

Early career teachers will work with mentors, participate in induction, and contribute to school priorities while gaining experience across literacy, numeracy, and student wellbeing initiatives in a

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 professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

Responsibilities

• Core responsibilities include: 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
• Additional responsibilities may include but are not limited to: Supervising a range of student activities including support and welfare programs
• Contributing to a range of co-curricular programs

Skills

Interpersonal skills

High‑impact teaching

Assessment literacy

Literacy & Numeracy

Reflective practice

Job description

Department of Education Victoria – Rochester VIC is seeking graduates for Range 1 classroom teaching roles. The position focuses on developing skills with structured guidance, delivering planned programs, and supporting student learning in a P-6 framework within a well‑supported school community.

Early career teachers will work with mentors, participate in induction, and contribute to school priorities while gaining experience across literacy, numeracy, and student wellbeing initiatives in a