Classroom Teacher in Kilmore

Kilmore Primary School is located in Lancefield Road, Kilmore; an historic rural town 58km north of Melbourne. There are approximately 500 students enrolled at the school this year, with 38.39 equivalent full-time staff and 25 classrooms operating. Our team of highly motivated, professional, and dedicated staff provide a safe and caring environment, optimising the learning outcomes and personal growth of all students.

Kilmore Primary School aims to establish a happy, safe, and supportive learning environment where the welfare of all children is a high priority. In accordance with Ministerial Order No 870 - Child Safety Standards, we have embedded an organisational culture of child safety critical to protecting the basic rights of children to feel safe and always be safe.

Our modern facilities include double and triple learning studios equipped with 21st Century Learning technologies, art room, library, hall, ICT centre, separate playground areas for Foundation-Grade 2 and Grade 3-6 students, an outdoor fitness circuit, two outdoor basketball courts, and a BER Stadium Complex comprising a full-size indoor basketball court, music room, meeting room, and kitchen. Before and After School Care operates on the school site 5 days a week during school terms and holidays.

We are dedicated to ensuring that we meet the needs of the 21st Century Learner and provide a personalised learning environment for our students. We strive to provide a well-rounded education which values and supports the intellectual, creative, physical, and emotional development of each child. Our commitment ensures that quality learning and teaching are the central focus of our learning environments.

We provide Art, Physical Education, and Electives. Additional programs and activities such as Junior Leadership Team, Choir, Music Groups, Buddies, Clubs, Gardening Club, Active After-School Program, Swimming, Lunchtime Sports, Homework Club, lunchtime activities, camps, excursions, and incursions encourage student participation and opportunities for Student Leadership.

Our ongoing commitment to Student Wellbeing is supported by a dedicated Student Wellbeing Assistant Principal and our involvement in the Kids Matter Mental Health Initiative. This has provided many benefits across the whole school community, including a stronger parent presence in the school.

Our comprehensive School Wide Positive Behaviour Management Program links well with the 4R's and focuses on our school values, the explicit teaching of positive behaviours and learning routines, restorative justice, and developing resilience and responsibility in our students. Kilmore Primary School promotes the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of all children, including Aboriginal children, those with a disability, and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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.

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.

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.