Location: Melbourne | Southern MetropolitanJob type: Full time / From 28/01/2025Organisation: Schools (Government)Salary: Salary not specifiedOccupation: TeacherReference: 1455358Job posted: 28/11/2024Closes: 11/12/2024Classification: Classroom TeacherJob duration: From 28/01/2025Location ProfilePakenham Secondary College is a Year 7-12 College located within the Cardinia Shire on Melbourne's South East fringe. The school serves a large and diverse community within a designated urban growth corridor.The College is committed to providing all students with learning opportunities designed to develop socially responsible citizens and build pathways to their futures. We value growth through connection.The key values that underpin all our work at the College are based around the acronym SOAR:Social and personal responsibility: Everyone is accountable for their own actions and shares responsibility for the development of a positive learning environment.Opportunities for all: All members of the school community are provided with a variety of learning opportunities to further develop themselves and participate in the decision-making process of the school.Achieving personal best: There is an expectation that all members of the school community commit to a culture of excellence.Respect and relationships: The school recognises the importance of productive relationships, with all members of the school community showing respect for themselves, others, and the environment.The school community has become increasingly diverse, with students from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. It is anticipated that student enrolment numbers will be approximately 910 in 2024. We offer outstanding opportunities to our students in the areas important to our College Community, including learning growth and pathways, sport, performing arts, and student leadership.The curriculum across Years 7 and 8 is based around a core plus elective model. Students in Years 9 and 10 combine their core subjects with more elective choices. Senior students can access the VCE (including the Vocational Major) and various VET courses and School Based Apprenticeships.The school's Strategic Plan focuses on improving student achievement, growth, engagement, and well-being with key focus areas outlined below:Maximise student learning in literacy and numeracy.Strengthen students' agency, engagement, and connectedness to school and peers.Improve the social and emotional wellbeing of all students.Pakenham Secondary College strives to implement the Child Safe Standards to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students.Selection CriteriaSC1: Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills.SC2: Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies.SC3: Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning.SC4: Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.SC5: Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values.RoleThe classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges - range 1 and range 2. The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation, and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes.ResponsibilitiesDirect teaching of groups of students and individual students;Contributing to the development, implementation, and evaluation of a curriculum area;Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings and staff meetings;Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties.Who May ApplyTeachers 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.Child Safe StandardsVictorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm.#J-18808-Ljbffr