AddressAbout our School
Our Vision
Our school community is an engaging and inclusive environment inspired by shared responsibility, collaborative spirit and a continuous commitment to becoming the best version of ourselves.
Our Motto
Together we learn.
Our Values
Respect, resilience, responsibility, reflection.
Our School
Our school motto is together we learn. The building of a truly successful educational environment is achieved through a partnership: a partnership between the parents, the school, the student and the community. This four-way partnership is central to effective learning and we endeavour to build strong relationships with all stakeholders in the school community.
Our aim is to develop confident and independent learners who take pride in and responsibility for their learning. We personalise the learning of our students to maximise their learning growth, focussing strongly on the development of key literacy and numeracy skills. Equally, we strive to develop the social and emotional capabilities of our students to ensure they are happy, motivated and thriving in school and beyond. We make sure learning is FUN!
Teaching & Learning
In literacy, we adopt 'Little Learners Love Literacy', a research based Structured Synthetic Phonics program in the Early Years and our whole-school approach to literacy places emphasis on the `Big 6¿- Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary & Comprehension.
In numeracy, emphasis is placed on the Mathematics Proficiencies- Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning and our teachers provide explicit instruction in the Big Ideas in Mathematics.
Specialist programs at the school include Indonesian, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and STEAM.
Learning is a lifelong journey and at Rowellyn Park, our staff are committed to continually developing their practices to ensure they achieve the best possible outcomes for the students. Across our curriculum programs, teachers ensure there is ongoing monitoring of student needs to target teaching and a tiered response to intervention and learning enhancement. This is achieved through our Professional Learning Communities (PLC).
Wellbeing
At Rowellyn Park, we follow the school-wide positive behaviour program (SWPBS), based on our co-constructed expected learning behaviours. The pillars of the SWPBS framework include our school-wide acknowledgement system The Rowellyn Road, our Consistent Response to Student Behaviour approach and the consistent implementation of strategies from the Berry Street Educational Model, including the Welcome Circle.
Students are part of either the Junior (Prep-Year 3) or Senior (Years 4-6) sub school, with a dedicated team made up of an Assistant Principal and two Learning Specialists available to support the learning and wellbeing needs of the students in each sub school.
We have an Inclusion and Wellbeing Learning Specialist who oversees disability inclusion and inclusive practices across the school, with the support of Therapy Dog Murphy. We have a Year 6 Student leadership team and a Student Representative Council (SRC), with class representatives from across the school.
School profile and Location
Working within the Northern Peninsula Network, as part of the Bayside Peninsula Area, we are located in the South-Eastern Region and have 757 students enrolled. Of that number, 0.53% are non-English speaking, 1.98% have an indigenous background and 3.43% have a disability.
The staffing profile of Rowellyn Park Primary School includes a Principal, three Assistant Principals, Five Learning Specialists, 41.98 full time equivalent (FTE) teaching staff and 20.52 FTE Education Support staff.
The confirmed school 2024 Student Family Occupation Education (SFOE) index is 0.4194.
The school¿s F-10 curriculum framework incorporated the eight learning areas required by The Education and Training Reform Act 2006 aligned with the Victorian Curriculum.
The school provides an accredited Out of School Hours Care Program.
Additional programs include Sports and Athletics, Bike Education, Dance, Drama, Choir and Runners' Club.
The school¿s buildings are designed around the perimeter of a central courtyard which includes seating and play areas. The classrooms are structured in pairs to promote team learning, flexible groupings and a collaborative learning environment. Our facilities include a designated, two storey STEAM centre and a new state-of-the-art gym. The school grounds offer a range of outdoor play areas for the students, whilst providing a quiet sensory space during break times.
SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to model exemplary teaching practice, including the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum, and implement school priorities.
SC2 Demonstrated expertise in the implementation and modelling of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth
SC3 Demonstrated exemplary ability to model the monitoring and assessment of student learning. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to engage in collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated ability to support others to reflect on their practice and facilitate school-based professional learning.
SC6 Demonstrated capacity to support the school's culture of continuous improvement through the coaching and mentoring of teachers to enhance instructional practices.
Learning Specialists will be highly skilled classroom practitioners who continue to spend the majority of their time in the classroom delivering high-quality teaching and learning and have a range of responsibilities related to their expertise, including teaching demonstration lessons, observing and providing feedback to other teachers and facilitating school-based professional learning. Learning Specialists are expected to have deep knowledge and expertise in high quality teaching and learning in delivering improved achievement, engagement and wellbeing for students. The role of the Learning Specialist will be to model excellence in teaching and learning through demonstration lessons and, mentoring and coaching teachers in improving the skill, knowledge and effectiveness of the teaching workforce.
The Learning Specialist role is aimed at building excellence in teaching and learning within the Teaching Service.
In recognition of the importance of exemplary practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the Learning Specialists may include but are not limited to:
- Demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practice
- Modelling exemplary classroom practice including through teaching demonstration lessons
- Working with the school leadership team to develop a shared view of highly effective teacher practice
- Leading and modelling the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery
- Playing a key role in the provision of professional learning, including through developing processes and protocols for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration
- Modelling effective learning practice and supporting teachers to seek, analyse and act on feedback and on their practice
- Providing evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development
- Providing expert advice about the context, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervising and training one or more student teachers and mentoring and/or coaching teachers
- Modelling exemplary use of student data to inform teaching approaches
- Developing and promoting school-wide professional learning structures, processes and protocols through Professional Learning Communities
- Modelling exemplary professional learning practice included through seeking feedback from other teachers and leaders on their own classroom practice as part of critical reflection and inquiry to improve practice
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.
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
- 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
- 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.
