Location: North West Region | Swan Hill

Job type: Part time / From 07/10/2024 - 06/10/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

Salary: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1432436

Selection Criteria
SC1 Demonstrated high level of knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated high level of ability to respond to student learning needs.

SC2 Demonstrated high level of ability to plan for and implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

SC3 Demonstrated high level of ability to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated high level of ability to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4 Demonstrated high level of interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

SC5 Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated high level of ability to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

Role
Roles and Responsibilities - Specific to the position of the MARC Van
The successful applicant will be required to
¿ Plan and deliver a sequential and developmental curriculum in consultation with school staff.
¿ Establish constructive relationships with students to create a positive working atmosphere where students are set clear, challenging and achievable goals.
¿ Support all students to learn and develop to their full potential.
¿ Be adaptive and flexible in the delivery of the literacy curriculum in individual schools.
¿ Contribute to assessment and reporting procedures in individual schools.
¿ Work within the parameters of individual schools student Code of Conduct.
¿ Ensure that the classroom environment is safe and conducive to acceptable behaviour and learning.
¿ Perform stocktake audits on a regular basis.
¿ Be responsible for maintaining documentation of travel and servicing of the vehicle.
¿ Demonstrate a commitment to educational initiatives embraced by the cluster.
¿ Take responsibility for their professional development, share good practice with colleagues and support them where appropriate.
¿ Be an active participant in cluster based professional development. ¿ You will need a current Full Victorian Drivers Licence to drive the MARC van.


Responsibilities
The role of classroom teacher may include but is not limited to:

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.
Who May Apply
Teachers 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.

EEO AND OHS Commitment
Applicants 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]

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. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Other Information
All teachers who have a passion for teaching and enjoy flexibility and working with different groups of people are encouraged to apply for this position.

Class sizes are small and filled with good natured country kids, who all enjoy learning and coming to school.

There is flexibility with what you teach depending on your strengths and passions. This is in consolation with each individual school and what their needs are.

Applicants are asked to ensure their application:
Contains a response to the selection criteria, up to date CV and list of at list 3 current referees with contact details (phone and email).

Please note that the time fraction is also negational

Conditions of Employment
All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx
VIT LANTITE
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.

Location Profile


The MARC Tyrrell Cluster consists of four schools

Nyah PS: 50 students,
Tempy PS: 20 students,
Tyrrell College (Sea Lake): 50 students,
Manangatang P-12: 32 students.
MARC lessons are centred on developing literacy, library and research skills. The lessons provide approved time release for individual schools teaching staff. Most of the schools have multi-age classes from Foundation to Year 6.


The MARC Van is based at Tyrrell College in Sea Lake, a small Mallee town on the Calder Highway. Located 400 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, the community is mainly farm-based, and the area is well known for its rich grain farming.

The MARC van visits each school weekly and covers approximately 1600 km per month delivering lessons to students. The Marc Van teacher is based at and is a member of staff at Tyrrell College. Set in the heart of the northern Victorian farming belt, Tyrrell College is a thriving Foundation-12 school with 128 students drawn from several close-knit rural communities in the area.

Our purpose is to provide a safe, positive and challenging environment where everyone aspires to aim high and become responsible, caring and contributing community members.

Our school motto - Your Opportunity to Succeed ¿ perfectly captures the approach of our staff, and the behaviour we expect of our students.
We are committed to ensuring each individual student is given every opportunity to achieve their best, and we are proud to support the needs of all students ¿ including those with additional learning needs ¿ within the general teaching program. We actively encourage our students to accept accountability and responsibility for their own learning and behaviour and demonstrate a growing understanding of their development as independent learners.