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History Teacher

History Teacher

Ballarat Clarendon College

Ballarat

  • A$80,000 - A$95,000 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
26 February 2023

Job overview

About the role

Ballarat Clarendon College is seeking a full-time teacher specialising in History to join our team in 2023.

All teachers at Clarendon are employed to provide the best possible education for each and every student. Teachers are expected to exhibit the highest standards of professional practice.

Classroom teachers report to and operate under the general direction of their Head of Subject and Heads of School. Classroom teachers interact with all areas and levels of staff as well as relevant external parties which often require discretion and confidentiality.

 Clarendon focus

Throughout a student’s time at Ballarat Clarendon College, our focus is to maximise their competence, skills and capacity so that, at the end of their time at the school, when they stand on the threshold of their future, they can choose their heart’s desire.

For more information visit our website at www.clarendon.vic.edu.au

 

Selection criteria

  1. Proficiency in curriculum design, including unit and lesson planning.
  2. A critical understanding of a range of teaching methods, including evidence-based practices.
  3. A commitment to implementing explicit teaching methods in the context of a knowledge-rich curriculum.
  4. Proficiency in analysing data in relation to student progress and teaching effectiveness.
  5. Capacity to work in a high-performing team, including a willingness to seek and respond to feedback and proficiency in the use of communication technology.
  6. Teachers that are successful in joining the Clarendon team are excellent team players and confident communicators that are fully committed to the school and its community.

 

Knowledge, skill and qualification requirement

  • Capacity to teach History across multiple year levels.
  • Demonstrated commitment to child safety.
  • Willingness to learn, be resilient and agile.
  • Qualifications to teach History.
  • Confidence in extending and enriching student learning.

The successful applicant will be required to demonstrate competencies throughout the selection process that may include scenario-based assessment.


Applications close    

Please submit an application, including a cover letter and resume, via our website after reviewing the detailed position description on or before 26 February 2023.

Clarendon reserves the right to appoint to positions at any stage of the recruitment process, including prior to the closing date for applications.

 

Safety

Ballarat Clarendon College is committed to the health and safety of its staff, students and our community, which includes implementing child safety standards and Government Health Directions.

 

Assistance or reasonable adjustment requests can be made at recruitment@clarendon.vic.edu.au

 

Unsolicited applications will not be accepted at this time.

Attached documents

About Ballarat Clarendon College

Ballarat Clarendon College – where learning comes first

Throughout a student’s time at Ballarat Clarendon College our focus is to maximise their competence, skills and capacity so that, at the end of their time at the school, when they stand on the threshold of their future, they can choose their ‘heart’s desire’.

Ballarat Clarendon College is a community that values learning and the positive impact learning can have on young people and through them, the world. A carefully planned and sequenced knowledge-rich curriculum is married with a robust health, wellbeing and co-curricular program that ensures the whole child is supported and nurtured.

Our core values – learning, effort, responsibility, community and wellbeing – define the behaviours and attitudes by which we hold ourselves and each other to account. In seeking to enact these values, we draw upon the best available evidence. Teachers at Ballarat Clarendon College make use of explicit instruction, providing the appropriate level of modelling and guidance to ensure success. They believe that success in learning and motivation are mutually reinforcing.

For students to make optimum progress, the most important resource is the quality of the teaching. It is our responsibility to ensure that every opportunity for learning, in every context, for every student, is maximised, directed and supported. Clarendon is committed to continuous improvement in teaching practice. To deliver on this commitment, significant resources are allocated maintaining an exemplary standard of practice and to improving that practice in line with emerging evidence.

The curriculum provides students with diverse opportunities: from physical fitness and team sports, musical ensembles and theatrical productions to international study tours and involvement in local and overseas service programs.

Clarendon is a co-educational day and boarding school, enrolling students from Early Learning to Year 12. There is a Junior School (ELC to Year 4) campus and a Years 5 to 12 campus located in Ballarat and a residential program at Yuulong, just west of Cape Otway, where Year 9 students spend part of their year.

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Applications closed