Department of Education Victoria – Anglesea VIC

1d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Anglesea Primary School is situated in the coastal town of Anglesea, 38 kilometres south-west of the centre of Geelong. Enrolment in 2026is 158students. The physical resources of the school are spacious, modern and comfortable and the design of the building and grounds allows for flexibility and accommodation for a variety of learning experiences and activities.

Our students are given many opportunities to participate in a range of projects, programs and special events within our community. Parents and members of the wider community play an important role in the school and their participation is actively encouraged. A strong focus on wellbeing is firmly established with opportunities for all to achieve success in learning.

The organisational structure of the school consists of multi-aged classes organized into a Junior Learning Team (Foundation 1/2) and a Senior Learning Team, (3/4,5/6). Curriculum planning is based on a multi-age philosophy, goal based learning andthe Victorian Curriculum. Team teaching is strongly embedded into the organizational and day to day operations of the teaching and learning process.

The focus of our teaching and learning is on attainment of skills within all areas of the curriculum through the provision of personalized and individualized learning experiences that take account of each student's unique needs, learning style and abilities.

Anglesea Primary School's Vision Statement.

Anglesea Primary School is a creative and fun learning workplace, that is accepting of all and promotes the following values:

Respect, Responsibility, Kindness and Collaboration.

Students will strive for personal best,



becoming independent and resilient learners who make a positive contribution to the community and environment.

Selection Criteria

- SC1 `Content of teaching and learning'. Demonstrated ability to inform and influence the work of others involved in the engagement, mental health, wellbeing or learning of children and young people.
- SC2 `Teaching practice'. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to mental health, wellbeing or learning.
- SC3 `Assessment and reporting of student learning'. Demonstrated ability to support a student's mental health, wellbeing or learning by developing and maintaining connection with external services.
- SC4 `Interaction with the school community'. Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of capability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, other employees and the broader school community to focus on student learning, wellbeing and engagement.
- SC5 `Professional requirements'. Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate by gaining buy-in and ownership for ideas, gaining agreement to proposals, or involving experts or other third parties to strengthen a case.

Role




The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System highlighted that primary schools provide opportunities to identify children with mental health and wellbeing challenges, who can then be referred to treatment, care and support.

The Mental Health in Primary Schools initiative is being expanded to every government and low-fee non-government primary school in Victoria. Scaling up across the state from 2023, by 2026 every primary school will be able to employ a Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader to implement a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

The Department of Education has been piloting the Mental Health in Primary Schools initiative in Victorian schools since 2020 in partnership with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. Evaluation of this pilot initiative has shown that 95 per cent of Mental Health and Wellbeing Leaders consider the Mental Health in Primary Schools model has improved their school's capacity to support students' mentalhealth and wellbeing needs.

Participating schools receive funding to employ a Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader, a qualified teacher, to work across the school to implement a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing for students, staff and families based on a broad knowledge of the needs of the school community.

The role of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader is to:

- build capability of the whole school with regard to mental health and wellbeing (identification, promotion and prevention),
- provide support to staff to better identify and support students with mental health needs,
- establish clear pathways for referral for students requiring assessment and intervention, and monitor and evalu

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