The Graduate Recruitment Initiative actively supports the employment of Graduate Teachers in Victorian government schools by identifying vacancies for eligible candidates.

If you’re keen to explore a broad range of Teaching opportunities, then there’s no better place to start your career.

Would you like to be part of our cooperative team that values a positive, supportive and inclusive environment for students and staff?

Attend targeted Graduate Professional Learning and be assured of the additional non face to face sessions that are funded through the Career Start Program?

Be guaranteed a mentor that works alongside you in the learning community that you will teach in?

Be supported by a Learning Specialist as you complete the VIT process required for full registration?

Then ........ Ashley Park Primary School is the place for you!

Ashley Park Primary School is located at 105 Orchard Road, Doreen. We are in our eighth year, opening in January 2019 and will have an enrolment of 545 students in 2027. Our staffing profile consists of Principal, 2 x Assistant Principals, Business Manager, 3 x Learning Specialists, 1 Leading Teacher, 28 Community teachers, 1 teacher who provides graduate and mentor release each week, a team of 5 specialists delivering PE, Spanish/Drama, Creative Arts and Music/Dance and 19 ES (at varying EFT) who support students, first aid, grounds & facilities maintenance and the office.

The school design is state of the art consisting of our Silver Gum Centre - admin, library and staff facilities and the Eucalypt and Wattle Learning Spaces which are open plan, flexible and adaptive sharing an outdoor learning street. Our Ironbark Sports and Arts Centre includes a full size competition grade basketball stadium and performing arts space. We also have three double storey portables that house up to 300 students. The school site is large with ample play areas for the students including an AFL oval, outdoor multi courts, nature play area, sandpit, cubby zone and three playgrounds. Our local community utilise these school facilities outside of school hours. We outsource a before and after school care program that also offers curriculum day and vacation care.

The vision for Ashley Park Primary School is to be `all we can be'; a collaborative school community formed through strong partnerships that contribute to the engagement,



wellbeing and achievement of all students. Our mission is to provide a comprehensive education that empowers our students to contribute to their world, shape their desired future and develop the understandings, skills, capabilities and dispositions that will enable them to be the best they can be.

Our school values are: Be kind. Be ambitious. Be responsible. Be all we can be.

The school will be organised into seven learning communities in 2027- Foundation, Junior 1, Junior 2, Middle 3, Middle 4, Senior 5 and Senior 6. Our teachers work in collaborative teams to plan, implement and evaluate a highly effective literacy, numeracy and inquiry focussed, teaching and learning program for the cohort of learners in their learning community. Each community teacher has a group of students for which they are the contact teacher for parents and families. They also begin and end the day with this group while working with many students across the cohort utilising our like needs groupings approach, throughout the school day.

This is a fabulous opportunity to work in a 21st century learning environment that places the student at the centre, the family at the fore and capitalises on the creativity and expertise of the teaching and education support staff to realise the potential of all.

For more information please contact Keren Barro on

- phone 8776 0200

IMPORTANT: When uploading your application please ensure you upload it as one document that includes your cover letter (optional), response to selection criteria (SC) and resume/CV. Please include your name in the FILE NAME.

What we offer

- This position attracts an incentive payment of $5,650 (pre-tax) for the successful candidate who meets the eligibility criteria
- Ongoing employment for candidates
- Career support with professional development opportunities
- Career start

What you’ll do

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

Who we’re looking for?

- The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
- 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'
- 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).

Who can apply?

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.

Next steps

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply here

📌 Graduate Teacher - (GAshley Park Primary School - $$Financial Incentive$$ (Melbourne)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Melbourne