Learning Diversity Teacher

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MacKillop Family Services is seeking a full-time Learning and Diversity Teacher to join the Geelong campus, working with the MacKillop Education Program to design and deliver engaging learning programs that meet the Victorian Curriculum and senior pathways for students who are disengaged or at risk. This role combines classroom teaching with 1:1 intensive support and requires trauma-informed, flexible approaches to diverse and complex needs, with experience in the Victorian Pathways Certificate or VCE VM considered an advantage. You’ll need a four-year teaching qualification, Victorian Institute of Teaching registration, and a demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues to improve student outcomes. Benefits include EAP, salary packaging, and ongoing professional development; apply addressing the full Key Selection Criteria, and contact Laura Vassallo for details. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Shortlisting may commence immediately.

The Learning and Diversity Teacher is a member of our Geelong campus team. They will work collaboratively to develop and deliver highly effective and engaging learning programs that are suited to the diverse needs of our students, and meet curriculum requirements.

MacKillop Education is a Catholic Specialist P-12 School that comprises of four school campuses in VIC; Geelong, Maidstone, Clifton Hill and Caulfield. It caters for children and young people who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from mainstream education. The students referred to MacKilllop have a history and/or ongoing experience of trauma and their needs are complex and diverse; self-regulation is difficult for our students and this can result in challenging social and emotional behaviours. 

We have 1x Permanent Full-time opportunity available based in Geelong, VIC within our MacKillop Education Program.

About the role:

The Generalist Teacher will work collaboratively to develop and deliver highly effective and engaging learning programs that are suited to the diverse needs of our students and meet the requirements of the Victorian Curriculum, and senior pathways.

The Generalist Teacher will design and deliver learning programs that meet the needs of all students and is compliant with curriculum requirements. This includes classroom teaching and 1:1 intensive student support as required. Experience delivering the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) and/or the VCE VM (Vocational Major) will be considered an advantage.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A four-year teaching qualification or equivalent and eligibility for Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration
• Demonstrated understanding of and experience in implementing highly aspirational initiatives in student learning, informed by the Victorian Curriculum 
• Experience in the design, delivery and assessment of programs that cater for the diverse and complex needs of individual learners, and engage students who have a range of learning difficulties and challenging behaviours
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively and creatively with colleagues to improve the quality of programs and enhance student outcomes

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the Position DescriptIon as part of your application.

Our offer:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Generous Salary Packaging up to $18,500 (helps increase your take home pay)
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training 
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence (applicants without a licence can still reach out to discuss);
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check;
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles)

For more information, please contact; Laura Vassallo (Principal) at [email protected] 

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.