Department of Education Victoria – Wyndham VIC
10d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria
Wyndham Central College
is situated in one of Victoria's major growth corridors, approximately 30 minutes west of Melbourne, and provides education for students in Years 7 to 12 from across the Wyndham community.
The College is committed to delivering a rigorous, guaranteed, and viable curriculum, enhanced by the
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
program. Through AVID, students develop the skills, strategies, and dispositions necessary to succeed in their learning and pursue their chosen pathways with confidence. Wyndham Central College is proud to be one of the first schools in Australia recognised as an
AVID Demonstration School
, showcasing exemplary teaching and learning practices and the AVID University and Career Readiness System. This recognition reflects the College's commitment to best practice in student success strategies, inquiry-based learning, collaborative teaching approaches, and university and career readiness.
The curriculum is enriched through a range of innovative and challenging programs designed to cater to diverse student interests and aspirations. These include the
Years 7-10 Enrichment and Victorian High-Ability Program (VHAP)
, the
Years 7-10 Spanish Immersion Program (SIP)
, the
Middle Years STEM Academy
, the
Football Development Program
, and the distinction of being one of only three
Hindi Beacon Schools
in Victoria.
To further strengthen student outcomes and realise the College vision, all students develop a
Careers Action Plan (CAP)
and an individual learning plan commencing in Year 7. These plans promote goal setting, reflection, and ongoing consultation between students, teachers, and parents/carers. This strong three-way partnership is fundamental to student success and is supported by an extensive Tutor Advocate program, comprehensive pastoral care structures, whole-school wellbeing initiatives, a Student Services Centre, and a Community Hub.
Supporting the College's Educational Improvement Plan are modern, purpose-built facilities, including a
Trade Training Centre
,



a dedicated
Year 7 Centre
,
Years 8 and 9 Centre
, and a
Senior Years Centre
, each supported by dedicated administration teams. Specialist learning environments include a state-of-the-art
Science and STEM Centre
, a
Performing and Visual Arts Centre
featuring an auditorium, and extensive indoor and outdoor sporting facilities, including a gymnasium. These facilities are complemented by thoughtfully designed active and passive recreational spaces, extensive landscaping, and a student-centred library that supports study, research, and collaborative learning.
The College's leadership structure comprises the
Principal Class Team
, including the Principal and Assistant Principals, each with dedicated leadership portfolios. This team is supported by Leading Teachers responsible for key areas including
Year Level Leadership (Engagement and Wellbeing)
,
Literacy
,
Numeracy
,
Pathways and Transitions
,
AVID Pedagogy and Operations
,
Senior Years Program Management
, and
Campus Management
. Further strengthening instructional excellence are faculty-based
Learning Specialists
, who lead Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and support the implementation of high-impact teaching practices and AVID instructional strategies across the College.
Selection Criteria
SC1
Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
SC2
Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation 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 monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. 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 leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead team-oriented relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5
Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole-school practice and contribute to the provision of whole-school professional learning.
Role
Leading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles commensurate with their salary range. The role of leading teachers is to improve the skill, knowledge and performance of the teaching workforce in a school or group of schools and to improve the curriculum program of a school.
Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.
Leading teachers are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program.
Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of
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📌 Year 7 Year Level Leader (Melbourne)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Melbourne