Department of Education Victoria – Napoleons VIC

11d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Napoleons Primary School is situated south of Ballarat in the Golden Plains Shire. The school is over 150 years old and while we value the school¿s history and place within Napoleons since 1870, we have a firm focus on educating our students for the future. The school consists of a main building with four classrooms, multipurpose space, and a second building with two classrooms, Library and open learning/Assembly space. The school is adjacent to a community hall and tennis and cricket facilities. The school includes an oval and playground space that support a range of multi-purpose, outdoor activities. We have an enrolment of 94 students, and these are supported by mix of full time and part time Teachers and part time Education Support staff.

The values at Napoleons Primary School are Respect, Creativity, Belonging and Perseverance and the school has a focus on the priorities of excellence in teaching, with an emphasis on building practice excellence and creating a positive climate for learning. There is a significant focus on setting high expectations and promoting inclusion. Our staff and students demonstrate high levels of competency with ICT, these are incorporated into our classroom routines.

We offer
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Music), Auslan and PE as Specialist areas.

Throughout our curriculum, we maintain a focus on Literacy, Numeracy and engaging Student Voice, Agency and Leadership. We are implementing Sounds Write Synthetic phonics across the school and in Mathematics we value open ended and rich learning tasks.

We operate a whole school Professional Learning Community (PLC)



and Junior and Senior Professional Learning Teams to provide the framework for determining our inquiry cycles based on student achievement data and to maintain a deep, deliberate focus on evidence-driven, differentiated learning and teaching.

We are building a positive school culture through implementing the School Wide Positive Behaviours program together with Respectful Relationships. Staff, students, school council and members of our school community at Napoleons Primary School work in partnership; committed to ensuring our students maximize every possible learning opportunity as they develop, grow, collaborate, share and support each other towards success.

Selection Criteria

SC1

Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated experience in responding to student learning needs.

SC2

Demonstrated experience in planning for and implementing high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluating the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.

SC3

Demonstrated experience in monitoring and assessing student learning. Demonstrated experience in using data to inform teaching practice and providing feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4

Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.



Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

SC5

Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated experience in reflecting upon practice and engaging in skilled learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

Role

The classroom teacher classification comprises two salary ranges
- range 1 and range 2.
The primary focus of the classroom teacher is on the planning, preparation and teaching of programs to achieve specific student outcomes.
The classroom teacher engages in critical reflection and inquiry in order to improve knowledge and skills to effectively engage students and improve their learning.

As the classroom teacher gains experience his or her contribution to the school program beyond the classroom increases. All classroom teachers may be required to undertake other duties in addition to their rostered teaching duties provided the responsibility is appropriate to the salary range, qualifications, training and experience of the teacher.

Classroom teacher Range 2

Range 2 classroom teachers play a significant role in assisting the school to improve student performance and educational outcomes determined by the school strategic plan and state-wide priorities and contributing to the development and implementation of school policies and priorities.

A critical component of this work will focus on increasing the knowledge base of staff within their school about student learning and high quality instruction to assist their school to define qualit

📌 Classroom Teacher (Napoleons)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Napoleons