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Leading Teacher (Head Of House) - Secondary

Leading Teacher (Head Of House) - Secondary

Schools (Government)Melbourne, Australia
10 days ago
Job description

Location : Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type : Full time / From 28 / 01 / 2025 - 27 / 01 / 2028

Organisation : Schools (Government)

  • Salary
  • Salary not specified

Occupation : Education and Training

Reference : 1439050

  • Location Profile

    • Dohertys Creek P-9 College is a dynamic and innovative school with a wonderfully diverse school community. Our school is built on a foundation of inclusivity and strong relationships. Our pedagogy is inquiry based and we work hard to ensure that all children are safe, cared for and taught at their point of need. Our college is committed to developing strong partnerships with the community and is complemented by our active onsite Community Hub. Our motto is

  • Balit Yirramboi_
  • meaning

    • Strong Tomorrow". We firmly believe it takes a village to raise a child.

    Our school is built on Bunurong land and is located at 60 Elmhurst Rd, Truganina. At DCC we acknowledge the Bunurong people and how they have cared for the land we learn and play on. We respect their commitment to community and strive to build this commitment within our school. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and that it is and always will be Aboriginal land.

    Built in 2019, we have a beautiful school environment with

  • Wirrigirri
  • our Administration / Library building as our centre,
  • Djirri Djirri
  • our purpose building gymnasium,
  • Bulen Bulen
  • our performing arts space and fantastic classroom spaces in
  • Wadjil
  • Marram
  • Barraimal
  • Our playground spaces have been designed with input from the students; we have a fruit orchard in its infancy and a beautiful piano which can be heard being played during break times.

    • Our curriculum is inquiry based. We use Launch, Explore, Summarise as our instructional model across all learning areas. Our units of inquiry are transdisciplinary. We have a strong social and emotional curriculum which supports our inclusive and relationship-based philosophy. We also teach Mandarin, Physical Education, Visual Art and Performing Arts. There is support and coaching for teachers at all levels of experience from PTT, graduates to highly experienced teachers as we are always looking to improve. Collaboration is a cornerstone of our practice.

  • Vision

    • Our vision is to inspire and empower thinkers. We will create authentic relationships to enable successful living and wellbeing. We will become a recognized centre of educational excellence and inclusion.

  • Mission

    • Dohertys Creek P-9 College promotes and values academic excellence. We will provide a balanced and high-quality personalised curriculum with a strong focus on student wellbeing. We will deliver a stimulating, nurturing environment and challenge all students to attain their highest potential both academically, socially, creatively and physically.

  • Values

    • We are a school culture and community of people who are inspiring, accepting and nonjudgmental.

    Our values are

  • Respect_
  • Kindness_
  • Learning_
  • Teamwork_
  • Integrity_
  • Important information to all applicants
  • Applications should be submitted as PDF with your cover letter / CV and KSC responses contained in the
  • document.
  • Selection Criteria
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Role

    • Leading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles commensurate with their salary range. 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 t

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