Location Profile ¿ Leongatha Secondary College
At Leongatha Secondary College, we believe every student has the ability to achieve personal excellence. Guided by our motto, "Excellence in Education", we are committed to providing engaging, inclusive, and challenging learning opportunities that enable all students to thrive. Our work is underpinned by our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Community, and Growth, which shape our culture, relationships, and approach to learning.
Located in the heart of rural Gippsland within the vibrant Leongatha Education Precinct, Leongatha Secondary College is a highly regarded co-educational school with a proud history spanning more than 100 years. With approximately 640 students enrolled, we provide a supportive learning environment that balances academic achievement with student wellbeing, personal development, and strong community connections.
Surrounded by rolling hills, productive farmland, and the beautiful South Gippsland coastline, Leongatha offers the best of regional living. It is a welcoming and family-friendly community, providing an excellent environment to live, work, and raise a family.
Our Vision
We inspire, empower, and support students to achieve their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally. We foster a culture where students are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning, show respect for themselves and others, contribute positively to their community, and embrace opportunities for growth.
Curriculum and Learning Culture
Our comprehensive and inclusive curriculum caters for a broad range of interests, abilities, and future pathways. From academic studies to vocational and alternative learning programs, our offerings are designed to be engaging, relevant, and accessible to all learners.
At the centre of our approach is a commitment to developing confident, capable, and resilient young people. Through high-quality teaching and personalised learning, students are supported to become respectful and responsible learners who are prepared to adapt, contribute, and succeed in an ever-changing world. We encourage students to embrace challenge, reflect on their progress, and continually strive for growth.
Our Team and Environment
Our staff are collaborative, reflective, and dedicated educators who work together to ensure every student is known, valued, and supported. We foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional learning, providing opportunities for mentoring, coaching, leadership development, and professional growth.
Teachers work within faculty-based teams and are supported by Learning Specialists who provide guidance, mentoring, and instructional coaching. Staff regularly engage in inquiry cycles focused on improving student learning and wellbeing outcomes.
We are proud of our comprehensive student support programs, including academic mentoring, careers education, and wellbeing services, which help students develop the skills, confidence, and resilience needed for success both at school and beyond.
Community and Connection
Community is at the heart of Leongatha Secondary College. We value strong partnerships with families, local organisations, and the wider community, recognising that student success is strengthened through collaboration. We foster a culture of belonging where every student feels safe, supported, respected, and connected.
Through our shared commitment to Respect, Responsibility, Community, and Growth, we create an environment where students are encouraged to contribute positively, build meaningful relationships, and develop into active and engaged members of society.
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.
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:
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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.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, 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 safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via
[email protected]
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.
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
For more information regarding the position, please contact Tanya Chalmers, Acting Principal on 5667 2200
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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:
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The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
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if the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures'; and
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a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also 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 ITE program completed by the person).
Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.
