Leading Teacher - Community Leader

Government schools; Bendigo; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaglehawk Secondary College is seeking a Community Leader to foster a positive learning environment, manage student engagement and wellbeing, and oversee attendance within their learning community.

You will participate in whole-school decision-making with the Leadership Team, support teachers with student management and wellbeing, liaise with parents and external agencies, and help build leadership capacity across staff and students.

Qualifications

• Currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
• Qualified to teach and/or demonstrated experience in curriculum areas for the position.
• Lead teachers coordinate staff to improve teaching and learning.

Responsibilities

• Foster a positive learning environment and oversee attendance within their learning community.
• Contribute to whole-school decision-making with the Leadership Team.
• Support teachers with student management, wellbeing and engagement, including behaviour and referrals.
• Liaise with parents, external agencies and college staff to support student outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Student wellbeing

Attendance management

Education

Teacher registration

Job description

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.

Key responsibilities

• A Community Leader at Eaglehawk Secondary College is responsible for fostering a positive learning environment, managing student engagement and wellbeing, and overseeing attendance within their learning community.
• Contribute to whole-school decision-making and collaborate with the Leadership Team to develop consistent strategic responses, reinforce college purpose and values, implement agreed policies and procedures, and build leadership capacity in staff and students.
• Support Teacher Advisors and classroom teachers with student management, wellbeing and engagement matters, including behaviour, referrals, restorative practices, parent contact, modified timetables, detentions, suspensions, re-entry meetings, Behaviour Support Plans, IEPs, SSGs and DIPs.
• Liaise with parents, external agencies and college staff to support positive student learning, engagement, attendance and wellbeing outcomes.

What you need

• Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.
• 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.