Ongoing Graduate Teacher - Primary Teaching - Gilgai Plains Primary School

Location Profile  

About our school:

Kalkallo is a young growing community of diverse families and backgrounds. Gilgai Plains Primary School is located in the Cloverton Estate and is a community hub that reflects the needs and aspirations of its families. Kalkallo is located along the Hume Freeway, 50km north of Melbourne, between Donnybrook and Merrifield, and is part of the North-West Victoria Region (NWVR).

Gilgai (pronounced Gihl-guy) is a Woiwurrung word of the Wurundjeri people meaning small waterhole. Our state-of-the-art school opened in 2022 and caters to the diverse needs of all students and supports the needs of a vibrant and growing community. Our grounds provide valued room for students to be active, natural outdoor areas that reflect the surrounding environment and modern learning facilities that support diverse curriculums.
Please call our office on (03) 8779 0000 if you would like to come on a tour of our beautiful school. 

Vision
To develop confident, resilient and resourceful thinkers who strive to achieve their best and contribute to make the world a better place.

Teaching and Learning
Gilgai Plains Primary School has a strong and dedicated staff who strive to continually improve their practice and their impact on student learning outcomes. Our instructional practices are based on the Science of Learning (cognitive science research on how students learn) and a strong body of research supporting a systematic, explicit approach, particularly when it involves learning new concepts and operations. Our leadership team oversee staff professional learning to continue to build the knowledge and skills of our teachers. Gilgai Plains Primary implements a school wide instructional model which is Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI).  Our teachers model the learning process of new concepts for students by using an 'I do, We do, You do' strategy and provide students with purposeful and understandable feedback to support achievement and success. Student interaction is very high which builds upon our student engagement. We use evidence based methods to ensure all students succeed and thrive in their learning.

We have an experienced and supportive student wellbeing team, to enhance our commitment to ensure all students¿ specific learning needs are met and to assist in the development of safe and supportive learning environments for all of our students.

Mission
-Teaching and reinforcing how to being kind to self, others and our environment

-Ensuring students feel safe, happy and well

-Greeting students with a smile and a hello and helping them to love coming to school

-Ensuring each student is seen

-Teaching students to be literate and numerate and give them experiences to continually grow and succeed

-Providing diverse learning opportunities

-Supporting students to work hard and allow others to be their best

-Helping students to have at least one good friend and teaching them how to make friends and keep friends

-Being the person they can go to when needed

-Teaching students to work and play by our values

Values
Our values guide our students and staff in our everyday actions and behaviours. Our school culture is built upon these 4 values and underpins how we work and play.

We act with KINDNESS

We behave with RESPECT

We display ZEST

We love LEARNING TOGETHER

Our Motto

Sparking joy in learning and compassion in hearts.

Program Benefits 

This position attracts an incentive payment of $5,650 (pre-tax) for the successful candidate who meets the eligibility criteria set out under conditions of employment.

Conditions of Employment 

All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements. 

The appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to satisfactory pre-employment conditions check. 

A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided. 

Eligibility for incentive payments: 

• The successful candidate is committing to a minimum of 1 year employment at this school. 
• The successful candidate will not be a Graduate Teacher Incentive recipient from a previous vacancy. 
• The successful candidate must not be employed as a teacher by the Department at the time the advertised position is to commence. 

EEO AND OHS Commitment 

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]