Department of Education Victoria – California Gully VIC

1d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

California Gully Primary School is located within the City of Greater Bendigo. Proudly situated on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, the school serves students from Foundation to Year 6, with composite learning communities across Years 1 to 6. The school is approximately 150 kilometres north-west of Melbourne and close to Bendigo.

CGPS is a welcoming, community-minded school committed to providing a secure, inclusive and supportive environment where every student is known, valued and supported to achieve. The school’s values of Respect, Care and Personal Best guide relationships and daily practice. Staff work collaboratively with students, families and community partners to strengthen learning, wellbeing and engagement.

Teaching and learning are grounded in evidence-based practice, explicit instruction and responsive use of assessment. The school continues to build consistent literacy and numeracy approaches and targeted intervention, alongside specialist learning in Physical Education, Visual Arts, Auslan and a Library program that supports literacy engagement. Student wellbeing is a shared priority, supported by positive behaviour approaches and programs including Berry Street, Respectful Relationships and The Resilience Project.

Selection Criteria - Graduates

- 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 Demonstratedbehaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professionallearning to continually improve the quality of teaching.

Program Benefits - Graduates

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Role - Graduates

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.

Responsibilities - Graduates

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, impleme

📌 Graduate Teacher Program (Bendigo)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Bendigo