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Form of workWillowmavin Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic and team-oriented teacher to become its new Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader. The successful applicant will lead the school's work to create a school environment that is supportive of the wellbeing needs of all members of the school community, particularly our students. Guiding the school's transition to Disability Inclusion, and leading the school's efforts to achieve even greater social and emotional learning outcomes.
Our School
Our school prioritises staff and student wellbeing. We seek to build a school environment where staff have a positive work life balance, aware that a supported staff are better able to support our students' needs. As such, Willowmavin PS is a positive, engaging and energising place to be. We are located just six kilometres to the West of Kilmore, an hour North of Melbourne. The school's vision is to develop students who employ a positive mindset as they seek to be the best they can be, whilst at all times being safe and respectful.
Our Students
Our students are each individuals and we celebrate their diversity and uniqueness. One thing all of our students have in common, however, is that they are all members of the Willowmavin Primary School Community. Our students are the centre of what we do at Willowmavin. All decisions are based around one question: "Will this improve outcomes for our students?" We use student surveys and student leadership roles, such as our Junior School Council, to provide our students with a voice in their school and to ensure we have student-centred classrooms. Students are provided with strong wellbeing support, are immersed in learning programs based on the Victorian Curriculum; and are provided 21st Century learning tools to make learning accessible and engaging for every student.
Our Staff
Similar to our students, our staff come from different backgrounds and bring a diverse range of skills and talents to our school. And just like our students, our staff also have one thing in common - an immense dedication to the students and community of Willowmavin. Staff travel from near and far to be here and work in collaboration to achieve success for our students and our school. All staff are steadfast in their commitment to making Willowmavin Primary School the best it can be. Staff are supported with the resources and time they need to achieve this vision. Just as we seek to develop lifelong learners in our students, we also seek to develop a school staff that continue to learn to improve their practice. Our staff work as a Professional Learning Community, analysing student assessment data on an ongoing basis to evaluate and plan teaching and learning programs and ensure students are consistently receiving learning targeted at their point or need. Staff engage in regular professional learning to ensure their teaching is aligned to evidence based, best practice. Our staff are determined to work in partnership with our families and community in our continuous pursuit of achieving improved outcomes for the children in our care.
Our Curriculum
Our core priority is to provide students with opportunities to achieve outstanding Literacy and Numeracy outcomes. Daily one hour Reading, Writing and Mathematics lessons are provided for students with differentiation key to providing students with learning at their point of need. Our Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships program supports students to be respectful citizens, capable of overcoming challenges and setbacks, and maintaining positive mental wellbeing. Specialist subjects include Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships, Visual Art, Italian and Health and Physical Education.
Our Families
Students achieve greater outcomes when schools work together with their families. At Willowmavin Primary School, we seek to not only build close relationships with our families, but also to build the capacity of our families to engage in their child's learning. We instil a sense of belonging in our families through providing multiple mediums in which our families can contribute to our school. This includes working both in and out of classrooms and through being involved in one of our parent bodies. Our families play a pivotal role in our school and we value their insights. Through surveys, parent groups and forums, and multiple communication avenues, we regularly seek feedback from families on how we are performing in our constant efforts to improve.
Our Community
Geographically, our school is located amongst the farms of Willowmavin. However, our school community is made up of people from well beyond the Willowmavin border. We have built, and will continue to build, a school community that is passionate about our school and has the opportunity to contribute to and develop it. We are working together as a community to create a school that, whilst small in size, is big in stature.
Our Values
At Willowmavin Primary School, our goal is to develop students who seek to achieve beyond any perceived limitations and who are respectful, resilient and safe members of our community. We work in close partnership with our families and the broader area, always ensuring that all members of the Willowmavin Primary School Community uphold our school values of:
Be Your Best: To always do your best and be the best that you can be. This is especially important when nobody else is watching.
Respect: Thinking and acting in a way that shows others you care about their feelings and their wellbeing. Respect also means taking care of yourself, others, our school property and our environment.
Resilience: The ability to accept that things will sometimes be challenging and not go the way you would like, and not letting such situations cause you to give up or become overly upset.
Safe: Always acting and behaving in a manner that ensures we are looking after ourselves and each other so that we feel healthy, safe, comfortable and happy.
Should you wish to know more about this position, or our school, please don't hesitate to contact our school principal via e-mail at ***************@education.vic.gov.au.
