Ongoing Graduate Teacher - Primary Teaching - Oak Park Primary School

Location Profile  

PURPOSE

Oak Park Primary School will work collaboratively to provide a stimulating, safe and challenging learning environment that promotes resilient, innovative thinkers.

SCHOOL VALUES

·     Respect

·     Responsibility

·     Resilience

CONTEXT

Oak Park Primary School is located in the City of Moreland close to the border of the City of Moonee Valley. The school has a capped enrolment of 400 students. The original school buildings were established in 1954. Stage One of a total redevelopment of the school was completed in 2004. The remainder of the old school was demolished in 2006 and Stage two completed in September 2007. Stage two incorporated new General Purpose Classrooms, a Multi Purpose Centre, an Arts Centre and Library. The school also gained a full sized, non template gymnasium in 2011 as part of the BER initiative.

The 2020 School Family Occupation (SFO) index score of 0.3298 (SFOE 0.2600) suggests that student achievement means could be expected to be in the top half of State results. During the next School Strategic Pan period the school seeks to improve student outcomes in English and Mathematics, further empower students to take responsibility for their own learning and strengthen our PLC structures.

Teaching staff acknowledge the crucial role they play in the lives of our students with consensus that `teacher attributes¿, `professional learning¿ and `planning¿ are the most significant factors in improving student outcomes. A major focus during the past few years has been to assist teachers to develop their pedagogy, to gain agreement on what good teaching is, and deliver that in every classroom. All teachers have more planning time than stipulated in the past two Victorian Government Schools Agreements and all have access to significant blocks of planning time with their Professional Learning Team.

Classroom teachers spend an average of 10 hours per week on English and 5 hours per week on Mathematics. There are Specialist classes in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Physical Education and Japanese. A Music Program is outsourced.

A significant feature of Oak Park Primary School is the positive school community and supportive parent group. Parents feel a very strong connection to the school with many having attended themselves as students. The parent group is very active and take on major responsibilities for the organisation of significant events in the school calendar.

Student motivation appears to be on the increase as well as engagement in Inquiry Learning investigations. The school has well developed structures in place to support student wellbeing and has introduced School Wide Positive Behaviours approaches. The school presents as an attractive and orderly environment and student behaviour is generally very good.

A significant development in recent years has been the introduction of the school¿s one to one BYO iPad program. Students now have `anywhere, anytime¿ access to technology.

A supportive performance and development culture exists and openness, dialogue, inquiry, risk taking and trust are fostered. Peer Observations are encouraged and teachers are typically focused on sustained improvement. We were part of the PLC initiative in 2018 and the aim is to further strengthen collaboration within teams and across the school.

In 2019 ¿ 2020 we participated in the Primary Mathematics and Science Specialists initiative - with our focus being on Mathematics.

The challenge for the school over this next period of time is to maximise student achievement in literacy and numeracy, strengthen student agency, increase the number of students moving from the middle to the upper cohort and to ensure that every child achieves at least one year¿s growth each year, and more in some cases.

Please ensure your application, including a curriculum vitae and key selection criteria, is attached as one document on recruitment online and does not exceed 8 pages in length. 

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]