Site Director, Whitehorse Alliance

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Work type:Part-time
Location:Melbourne - Burwood
Categories:Education, Teaching Innovation Support

• Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus
• Part-time (0.6FTE) and continuing
• AC_TS $82,181 - $112,262 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. 

The Faculty of Arts and Education offers an exciting range of programs in teaching and research in Communication, Creative Arts, Social Sciences, Education and Indigenous Knowledge and Culture.

Working as part of Deakin School of Education, the Site Director, Whitehorse Alliance will act as a liaison, who facilitates teaching and learning across the university and school contexts of the Deakin Alliances.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Provide an excellent contribution to the School’s teaching programs in the context of Initial Teacher Education and Work Integrated Learning
• Demonstrated capacity to lead teaching and learning initiatives
• Management of self and others on projects
• High level interpersonal skills
• Contribute to the achievement of Deakin’s strategic goals in teaching, engagement and innovation
• Undertake professional and administrative roles and responsibilities that enhance the discipline and Deakin
• Contribute actively to the quality of teaching and learning activities, including identifying and responding to opportunities to advance the discipline, especially in the context of school and educational placements
• Develop relationships with community, industry and government for enhanced teaching and learning outcomes.
• Oversee theoretical, practical and interpersonal dimensions of professional experience placements
• Support professional development relating to Initial Teacher Education
• Coordinate the alignment of pre-service teams with localised school improvement initiatives
• Facilitate evidence-based formative assessment of the pre-service teachers’ performance against the Australian Professional Standards for teachers

Key selection criteria for this role:

• Capacity to contribute to teaching and administration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design
• Ability to make a contribution to community engagement for teaching
• Excellent communication skills and capacity to support learners across multiple contexts
• Knowledge of the Australian Professional Standards for teachers and a teachers’ professional learning
• a registered teacher with experience teaching in Australian schools or International Contexts
• capacity to meet all child safe and immunisation requirements necessary for entry into Victorian schools.
• (Desirable) PhD in a relevant discipline and/or other relevant qualifications and experience
• (Desirable) one year’s academic employment experience in an Australian university (excluding a continuing academic appointment)

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD - Site Director, Whitehorse Alliance (Teaching Scholar).pdf

Applications for this position close on Thursday, 23 March 2023.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent travel will be required between schools, infrequent travel will be required within Victoria, not including between campuses
• Drivers Licence 
• Working with Children Check

Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Dr Matthew Thomas, Director of Professional Practice at [email protected]

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

We understand that our academic workforce is increasingly diverse, and we recognise academic careers may be placed on hold throughout many life circumstances. Achievement relative to opportunity places more emphasis on the quality, as opposed to the quantity of research outputs. In your application, we strongly encourage you to comment on your achievements relative to opportunity.

Advertised:09 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:23 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time