Ongoing Graduate Teacher - Primary Teaching - Pakenham Springs Primary School

Location Profile  

Pakenham Springs Primary School is located in the South East growth corridor and has a current enrolment of 720 students. It is located on Livingstone Boulevard, adjacent the council reserve and opposite a shopping centre. Under an arrangement with Cardinia Shire Council, a kindergarten and maternal health care centre are also located on site. The school commenced operation at the beginning of the 2008 school year and experienced rapid growth. Now with 3 new schools in the area, enrolments have decreased and are stabilising. The mission of Pakenham Springs is to educate, motivate and inspire all students to ensure they acquire the essential skills and knowledge to become respectful and informed members of the local and global community. 

As well as comprehensive literacy and numeracy the school offers specialist programs in Physical Education, Visual Art, Media Art, STEM and Auslan. At Pakenham Springs the engagement and wellbeing of our students is paramount and we are fortunate to have a school chaplain to support student wellbeing. We have a strong focus on student wellbeing through our School Wide Positive Behaviour framework which was introduced in 2018.¿ Expectations of behaviour are clearly and explicitly taught throughout the school and align with the schools values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. Pakenham Springs has a whole school behaviour management approach based on research, which allows student behaviour to be managed in a sensible way with a focus on re-teaching desirable behaviours and repairing relationships.¿ 

Pakenham Springs is a Professional Learning Community, where teams work collaboratively to ensure the needs of all students are being met and that the practice of all teachers is high quality, based on research and continually improving. 

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]