Year 7 Leading Teacher | Year Level Leader

Government schools; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Secondary College in Melbourne's northern growth corridor seeks high-quality practitioners for the 2027 school year. The school, opened in 2020, now serves over 1200 students in Years 7–12 with a strong professional learning culture.

Leading Teachers will drive teaching excellence, lead curriculum priorities, and foster collaborative relationships across staff, students and the wider community to improve learning outcomes.

Qualifications

• 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.
• SC6: Outstanding professional and personal attributes including perseverance, humility, collaboration and an improvement focus. The ability to balance high expectations of all learners with inclusivity and positive education practices.

Responsibilities

• Leading Teacher roles improve the skill, knowledge and performance of the teaching workforce and the school curriculum.
• Coordinate staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning through modelling, collaborating and coaching.
• Lead and manage a significant area or function within the school to develop, provision and evaluate the education program.
• Contribute to policy development relating to teaching and learning within the school and support whole-school improvement.
• Lead Year Level teams, ensure Positive Climate for Learning and manage transitions, attendance and wellbeing matters.
• Support staff with mentoring, instructional coaching and professional learning; maintain schoolwide responsibilities to drive improvement.

Job description

Elevation Secondary College in Melbourne's northern growth corridor seeks high-quality practitioners for the 2027 school year. The school, opened in 2020, now serves over 1200 students in Years 7–12 with a strong professional learning culture.

Leading Teachers will drive teaching excellence, lead curriculum priorities, and foster collaborative relationships across staff, students and the wider community to improve learning outcomes.