Dear Applicant,
This vacancy is for a full time ongoing position. Applications should address all Key Selection Criteria and include a detailed Curriculum Vitae which outlines personal details, a summary of all relevant experience and qualifications, and the names and contact details (including after hours or mobile) of three referees who can supply information regarding the applicant's ability to meet the key selection criteria.
Applications should be entered on Recruitment Online.
Kangaroo Flat Primary School Overview
Located at the southern gateway of Bendigo, Kangaroo Flat Primary School serves 300 students and is positioned directly opposite our local community 7-10 Secondary College.
The school is committed to fostering a learning environment where each student is recognised as an individual with unique abilities.
Our mission is to provide tailored educational experiences that support the lifelong learning of all students.
Core Values and Learning Community
Our school is guided by three key values: Teamwork, Responsibility, and Respect with the overarching value of ¿Being Your Best¿.
These values underpin our commitment to building a strong, inclusive learning community. The school is organised into Learning Neighbourhoods, where a collaborative ethos among staff enhances opportunities for all students to thrive.
Teaching and Professional Development
At Kangaroo Flat Primary, we maintain an explicit commitment to whole-school planning, team-based coaching, and peer observation.
Our teaching practices focus on differentiated learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of every student. We prioritise best practices in teaching and learning, and professional development is embedded into our school culture.
Staff members participate in ongoing professional learning, ensuring that their skills and knowledge are continually strengthened to benefit students.
Focus on Literacy and Numeracy
Improving literacy and numeracy outcomes remains a core focus for our school. We track student progress through data, collaborate on weekly planning sessions, and use a PLC improvement model to address challenges in teaching practice.
Strategic professional development supports this effort, driving school-wide improvement and enhancing student achievement.
Engaging Curriculum
Kangaroo Flat Primary offers a comprehensive and engaging curriculum, including Science, Technology, Art, Music and PE. Our goal is to provide students with the skills, knowledge, and critical thinking abilities needed to solve problems, use technology, and engage in creative and critical thinking.
Wellbeing and Support
The wellbeing of our students is a top priority. Our Wellbeing Hub, including a refocus room, fosters a supportive and caring environment where staff, students, and parents work together to help all students achieve their personal best.
A restorative philosophy supports the development of social skills and school harmony, and we use evidence-based frameworks such as SWPBS (School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support) to ensure a safe, inclusive school climate.
Our Wellbeing Team, which includes a Mental Health & Wellbeing Leader and a Chaplain provides both proactive and early intervention support for students and families.
Supporting Mental Health and Development
As a lead school in the Resilience, Rights, Respectful Relationships (RRRR) curriculum, we play a key role in supporting ten partner schools. Additionally, our small group learning program has yielded significant improvements in student outcomes. We also offer a comprehensive speech therapy program, managed by our in-house speech pathologist and supported by allied health professionals, such as Art Therapists and Occupational Therapists.
Diverse School Community and Specialised Facilities
Kangaroo Flat Primary is characterized by a high School Family Occupation Education (SFOE) index, with 8% of students funded under the Disability Inclusion Profile and 15% of families from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
Home-School Partnership
We place great value on our partnership with families and believe in enrolling families, not just students. Open, honest, and respectful communication is essential for fostering a thriving school community. This approach promotes a cooperative spirit and ensures that both home and school work together to support student success.
Pride in Our School
We are incredibly proud of our school and the sense of community that defines us. Together, everyone at Kangaroo Flat Primary School achieves more.
SC1 Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.
SC2 Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
SC3 Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.
SC6 Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Science of Learning principles, with the ability to apply evidence-informed teaching practices aligned with Kangaroo Flat Primary School¿s whole-school approach to teaching and learning.
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.
Core responsibilities include:
- Planning and implementing a range of teaching programs or courses of study
- Teaching an area of the curriculum or a general curriculum to a year level
- Monitoring, evaluating and reporting student progress in key learning areas
- Implementing strategies to achieve targets related to student learning outcomes
- Maintaining records of class attendance and recording student progress
- Implementing effective student management consistent with the school charter.
- Working with a mentor to participate in professional development planning, implementation and reflection developing a professional portfolio
Additional responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Supervising a range of student activities including support and welfare programs
- Contributing to a range of co-curricular programs
To be eligible to apply for a position advertised through the Teacher Graduate Recruitment program, a teacher must:
- have completed their course requirements and graduated in the last 4 years, and
- not be employed as a teacher by the department at the time the advertised position is to commence
Applicants must also be currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
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
School tours will be held on Tuesday 1st September 2024 @ 4pm. You may wish to view our Virtual Tour via the school website. https://www.kangarooflatps.vic.edu.au/
Please address all enquiries to the school email address. [email protected]
For ease of handling by the school, all documents (cover letter, CV and key selection criteria responses) can be saved and uploaded to Recruitment on Line. Please also ensure that your name is included in the header of the document.
All applicants should also ensure that their personal profile on Recruitment Online is up to date.
Please ensure that your application includes:
- a resume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers, business and home)
- a section addressing the selection criteria and the requirements for application under the Who May Apply section
- names and contact numbers (telephone and email if possible) of two referees
- Copy of VIT (Teaching applicants)
- Copy of WwCC (working with children check) (Education Support Applicants)
- Police check required for new employees (Education Support Applicants)
Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.
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:
- The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
- 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
- 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.
