Location ProfileMilawa Primary School is a rural school located approximately 15 kilometres from the Rural City of Wangaratta. The school was established in 1907 has serviced the town of Milawa and surrounding hamlets during this time and has become the hub for state education with the closure of many of the schools that once existed in these communities. As such the school has enrolments from smaller towns such as Tarrawingee, Bobinawarrah, Markwood and Carboor.The school has a combination of new and more traditional facilities. The older part of the school includes the original school building as well as an additional three classrooms, an administration area and school kitchen. These classrooms are utilised for both generalist classrooms and specialist classes, including a well-equipped library, LOTE, Wellbeing and Instrumental Music. In 2010 the BER program saw the placement of an open learning space that contains 4 class spaces as well as staff offices. The grounds are spacious and engaging for students and well maintained by contractors and parental support. The schools current SFOE stands at low.Milawa and the surrounding district provides a lifestyle of choice for our families and as such there has been a long standing support from the community for the school. Enrolments are steady with around 70 students for 2025. The school is staffed with 4 full time highly experienced classroom teachers, a tutor teacher, a business manager, part time LOTE Italian teacher, a full-time education support assistant and a Principal. In 2025, our numbers are growing and this will expand to 5 full-time teachers. The school also has the MACC (ART) and MARC (Library) services as well as specialist programs in ACE (Australian Culture and Environment), PE, Digi Tech, Performing Arts, Kitchen Garden and with Instrumental Music available also. All teaching staff are members of the School Improvement Team.The school has strong achievement in learning. This is due to deep knowledge of curriculum and responsive teaching in literacy and numeracy. Through engagement in high level professional learning, our pedagogy and practice has been refined to provide evidence informed, innovative instruction in all areas. We have strong connections with allied health and other agencies to promote inclusive education for learners who have a diagnosed disability or who require additional learning support. We are also well known for our proactive teaching of wellbeing, and we have a well embedded School Wide Positive Behaviour approach, which is led by our Mental Health and Wellbeing Leading Teacher, and includes whole school and classroom systems, regular teaching of expected behaviours and initiatives including the Resilience Project and Respectful Relationships.Program BenefitsThis position attracts an incentive payment of $5,650 (pre-tax) for the successful candidate who meets the eligibility criteria set out under conditions of employment.Conditions of EmploymentAll staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.The appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.Eligibility for incentive payments:The successful candidate is committing to a minimum of 1 year employment at this school. The successful candidate will not be a Graduate Teacher Incentive recipient from a previous vacancy. The successful candidate must not be employed as a teacher by the Department at the time the advertised position is to commence.EEO AND OHS CommitmentApplicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines ).Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via(email protected)