AddressSILVERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is situated on Jackson's Road, Noble Park North, Victoria, amidst an established residential area of the City of Greater Dandenong. The school currently has an enrolment of 450 students.
Silverton has a diverse cultural and socio-economic student demographic and is an accredited school for taking international students. The school's philosophy is based around the need to maximise children's potential and prepare them for an ever-changing world. We have developed a school ethos which encourages independent, child-centred learning where children are decision makers and take responsibility for aspects of their learning in an authentic environment. Our prime objective is to enhance the nature of teaching and learning and the relationship between our teachers and students.
Our school has won many awards and has been recognised locally, nationally and internationally for its high standards of learning, innovative pedagogy and high-level use of ICT to support the children in their learning including state of the Green Screen, sound recording studio and web conferencing facilities. Our Arts Program including instrumental music, visual arts and dance are highly respected.
Silverton PS was designed as an Open Plan School and opened in 1977. It contains five open flexible Learning Centres, as well as specialist facilities, around a central courtyard. Specialist facilities include the Media Centre, Visual Arts room, Gymnasium, Instrumental Music, Dance / Drama Studio, Robotics, EAL, LOTE (Mandarin), Science and STEM centre. Physical features of the school include an undercover performance area, environmental pond study area as well as a school vegetable garden and hen house. Each Learning Centre also includes numerous outdoor learning areas. The school has a full-size oval, numerous playgrounds facilities catering for all ages, as well as synthetic hard-court areas with markings for basketball, netball, tennis and volleyball.
The school’s major focus is on teaching and learning with an emphasis on making the curriculum 'authentic'. Children accept responsibility for their own learning, along with learning through collaboration with peers and adults. Opportunities are also provided for students to pursue personal learning passions and negotiate their curriculum. The development of open-ended 'Inquiry-Based' learning is embedded into the practices across the school and 'Play Based' learning is entrenched in Foundation to Year 2 through 'Discovery Time'. These approaches build upon the idea that students are actively involved in learning and continually reconstruct understandings in light of experience. This encourages students to participate in active investigation and to integrate, rather than separate their knowledge, as they move from acquisition of facts to the development of deeper understandings.
We are looking for an energetic, innovative and highly creative teacher who is keen to work with a team of teachers to provide a sound, innovative and highly authentic curriculum. The successful applicant must be able to work in a team-teaching environment in flexible learning spaces and be prepared to contribute to the continued development of the school.
Silverton's Annual Implementation Plan can be located on our school website.
Important information for applicants
- Applications MUST address the specified selection criteria.
- Personal and other information should not exceed 2 - 3 pages.
- Applicants must make every attempt to lodge applications through Recruitment Online. In the rare case that applicants are unable to access Recruitment Online, e-mail applications will be accepted at ************@education.vic.gov.au
- Compressed files such as .zip files are not compatible with the Recruitment Online system.
- Graphics and artwork are not encouraged and should be kept to a minimum.
- One attachment only: cover letters, references and other items, if included, should be incorporated into the one application attachment.
- The names and contact details including mobile phone of up to three referees must be provided with the application.
For any queries about this position please contact Mark Pollard, Principal Ph: 9795 5033 or email ************@education.vic.gov.au
SC1 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.
SC2 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.
SC3 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.
SC4 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.
SC5 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.
SC6 Demonstrate how you provide collaborative opportunities within (a) your classroom practice (b) your teaching and learning team; (c) the whole staff. What outcomes have been achieved?
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.
Classroom teacher Range 2
Range 2 Classroom Teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.
A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define quality teacher practice.
Range 2 Classroom Teachers will be expected to:
- Have the content knowledge and pedagogical practice to meet the diverse needs of all students
- Model exemplary classroom practice and mentor/coach other teachers in the school to engage in critical reflection of their practice and to support staff to expand their capacity
- Provide expert advice about the content, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervise and train one or more student teachers
- Assist staff to use student data to inform teaching approaches that enable targets related to improving student learning outcomes to be achieved.
Classroom teacher Range 1
The primary focus of the range 1 Classroom Teacher is on further developing skills and competencies to become an effective classroom practitioner with structured support and guidance from teachers at higher levels and the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes. These teachers teach a range of students/classes and are accountable for the effective delivery of their programs. Range 1 Classroom Teachers are skilled teachers who operate under general direction within clear guidelines following established work practices and documented priorities and may have responsibility for the supervision and training of one or more student teachers.
At range 1, teachers participate in the development of school policies and programs and assist in the implementation of school priorities.
The focus of a range 1 Classroom Teacher is on classroom management, subject content and teaching practice. New entrants to the teaching profession in their initial teaching years receive structured support, mentoring and guidance from teachers at higher levels.
Under guidance, new entrants to the teaching profession will plan and teach student groups in one or more subjects and are expected to participate in induction programs and other professional learning activities that are designed to ensure the integration of curriculum, assessment and pedagogy across the school.
Teachers at range 1 are responsible for teaching their own classes and may also assist and participate in policy development, project teams and the organisation of co-curricula activities.
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.
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.
The Department values diversity and is committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunity in schools and all education workplaces. 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.
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 http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx
The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’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 DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx
- 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
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.
