Classroom Teacher

Riddells Creek Primary School is a Foundation to Year 6 school that has served the local community for 165 years. Located in the heart of Riddells Creek, the school is 57km from Melbourne in the Macedon Ranges Shire of Victoria. We are proud of our strong community connections and global outlook. The school is situated on 6 acres of grounds, including a full-size football oval, soccer/rugby pitch, two basketball/netball courts, a sensory garden, a wide range of play equipment and a kitchen garden to support our Stephanie Alexander kitchen garden program.

At Riddells Creek Primary School, our vision is to empower every student to achieve their personal best through a commitment to excellence in education. We strive to provide a nurturing environment where high-quality learning experiences inspire curiosity, creativity and a lifelong love of learning, ensuring that all students reach their full potential. Our school values are Caring, Respect, Integrity and Safety, and these are explicitly taught through our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) approach to learning and engagement. We implement The Resilience Project and follow the Respectful Relationships curriculum as part of our wellbeing approach and have a dedicated wellbeing team to support students to navigate their social and emotional growth.

Our specialist program subjects are Performing Arts, Physical Education, Visual Arts, STEM, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program and Auslan (as our language other than English).

Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills.
• Demonstrated experience in responding to student learning needs.
• Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
• Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning.
• Demonstrated experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
• Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values.
• Demonstrated experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

Role

The 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. The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.

As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training and experience of the teacher.

Responsibilities

• Direct teaching of groups of students and individual students;
• Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of a curriculum area or other curriculum program within the school;
• Undertaking other classroom teaching related and organisational duties as determined by the School Principal;
• Participating in activities such as parent/teacher meetings; staff meetings; camps and excursions;
• Undertaking other non-teaching supervisory duties.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, 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 safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian 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 in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards.