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Form of workKialla West Primary School is located 7 kilometres from Shepparton. Shepparton is a large regional centre located two hours north of Melbourne. Students attend the school from the fast growing Kialla area and from the farms to the south of the school. The school has had increases in enrolment for the last 15 years and currently has 2013 students. KWPS has 16 equivalent full time staff including; 1 Principal class, 13.2 Teaching, and 1.7 Educational Support Staff.
The school¿s values of Pride, Excellence & Resilience are promoted throughout the school and community. Programs such as Bounce Back, Community Learning & Investigation Learning support independent student learning in the classrooms. Teachers support this independent learning endeavour by providing a supportive learning environment and assist children to develop individual learning goals. The school community is supportive of the school who in turn values its local community.
The school implements the Reader¿s and Writer¿s Workshop model for literacy and uses SMART Spelling, a phonetic based teaching approach. Numeracy lessons use open learning tasks to cater for all student abilities. A great deal of professional learning has taken place in these areas of teacher practice.
Specialist teachers provide the children with Physical Education, Italian and Art lessons. The school provides an Outside School Hours Care program and combines with Primary Schools to assist parents to facilitate weekend sporting teams.
The Student Health & Wellbeing role requires the ability to plan and implement evidence-based intervention strategies for students with complex needs including collaborating with families, other professionals and agencies when appropriate and the the associated risks.
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Range 4 is distinguished by broader management responsibility, particularly in the areas of finance, human resource and other support functions. Range 4 is responsible for managing a range of functions under a wide range of conditions, subject to the size and complexity of school operations.
Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction minimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate Support Levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.
Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
- Manage the work practices and priorities of support staff in a school/s.
- Manage the maintenance of confidentiality in respect to all school records and communication systems.
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
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 *******@education.vic.gov.au
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
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
