Primary Teacher
Ballarat Clarendon College
Australia
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 28 February 2016
Job overview
Outstanding opportunity to teach at Australia’s Top Co-educational School.
Ballarat Clarendon College is unrivalled as Australia’s top co-educational school. We have an unwavering commitment to excellence that is evident in both our academic results and in the outstanding contribution our school and students make to our community.
Throughout each student’s time in the College our focus is to build personal mastery within each individual so as to maximise the competence, skills and capacity to choose their heart’s desire when they stand on the threshold of their future.
For 2017 (or earlier start by agreement), Ballarat Clarendon College is seeking expert teachers in the area of primary education. Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful applicant’s skills, qualifications and experience.
Interviews will be held in London and Dublin from 21 to 28 March 2016 or otherwise by arrangement.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Ballarat Clarendon College
Ballarat Clarendon College is a co-educational school associated with the Uniting Church. It is based in Ballarat, a rural city in the heart of Victoria, just over an hour’s drive from Melbourne, with a population of around 85,000 people. Approximately 1,400 students attend the school, from 3-year-old kindergarten to Year 12.
Ballarat Clarendon College is an equal opportunity employer and provides a non-smoking environment for all students and staff.
Before commencing work at Clarendon, teaching staff must be registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching - http://www.vit.vic.edu.au/registration/apply-for-registration/Pages/default.aspx .
Key Selection Criteria:
Essential
- Appropriate tertiary qualifications, minimum four years study;
- Eligibility for VIT registration;
- Strong curriculum understanding;
- Ability to affectively plan & design lessons;
- Commitment to and understanding of the use of a range of assessment tools and techniques;
- Sophisticated knowledge of subject curriculum, study designs and continua;
- Proven ability to provide feedback to students;
- Solid understanding of how to analyse data in relation to student progress and teaching effectiveness;
- Commitment to continuous improvement in and out of the classroom;
- Proven ability to manage time and conflicting priorities effectively;
- Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build rapport with students, staff, parents and all other persons associated with Clarendon;
- Ability to communicate and interact with all Clarendon community members positively and appropriately;
- Previous experience working within a team environment with a focus on success and outcomes; and
- Proficient user of information technology.
Special requirements:
- Must be able to obtain an appropriate visa to work in Australia
Applications close 28 February 2016. For further information, and to apply, visit our website www.clarendon.vic.edu.au.
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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