Government schools – Melbourne Northern Suburbs VIC

William Ruthven Secondary College is a vibrant and modern 7-12 co-educational school located in Reservoir. Our school is built to accommodate approximately 600 secondary students within a team-oriented learning environment. The school community has a very strong commitment to our values – Respect Excellence Acceptance and Leadership
- which reflects our focus on academic and life-long learning. The curriculum is innovative and designed for 21st Century learning and pathways beyond the school. This work is supported by our school wide positive behaviour matrix and developed in consultation with students. With a focus on lifelong learning, staff engage in dedicated professional learning meetings each week using the Professional Learning Communities model to support the individual learning needs of our diverse student population.
The college enjoys partnerships with La Trobe University and RMIT which ensures our young people aspire to university degrees after Year 12.

Public transport is readily available to our community, Keon Park train station is a short walk away, and many of our students walk or ride cycles to school

The College motto is Dare, Connect and Learn.

Location Profile

William Ruthven Secondary College is a vibrant and modern 7-12 co-educational school located in Reservoir. Our school is built to accommodate approximately 600 secondary students within a collaborative learning environment. The school community has a very strong commitment to our values – Respect Excellence Acceptance and Leadership
- which reflects our focus on academic and life-long learning. The curriculum is innovative and designed for 21st Century learning and pathways beyond the school.



This work is supported by our school wide positive behaviour matrix and developed in consultation with students. With a focus on lifelong learning, staff engage in dedicated professional learning meetings each week using the Professional Learning Communities model to support the individual learning needs of our diverse student population.
The college enjoys partnerships with La Trobe University and RMIT which ensures our young people aspire to university degrees after Year 12.

Public transport is readily available to our community, Keon Park train station is a short walk away, and many of our students walk or ride cycles to school

The College motto is Dare, Connect and Learn.

Selection Criteria

SC1Demonstrated 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.

SC2Demonstrated 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.

SC3Demonstrated 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.

SC4Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

SC5Demonstrated 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

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