Department of Education - Victoria

The Graduate Recruitment Initiative actively supports the employment of Graduate Teachers in Victorian government schools by identifying vacancies for eligible candidates.

If you’re keen to explore a broad range of Teaching opportunities, then there’s no better place to start your career.

Location Profile

Portland Secondary College has an enrolment of approximately 520 students and is located in South West Victoria.  Portland is the main centre in the Glenelg Shire and the College works hard to broaden the aspirations of our students. Portland Secondary College's vision is to develop a student-centred learning community that offers exciting and extensive pathways to facilitate 21 Century learning.

Portland Secondary College's values are Respect, Success, Resilience and Creativity. The College values its diverse range of students including those with academic and leadership aims as well as those with learning difficulties, disabilities or with considerable social disadvantage.  With a strong emphasis on welfare and wellbeing, alongside strong transition and mentoring programs, we aim to assist all students to extend and enhance their potential by offering opportunities tailored to their needs. The College uses a Restorative Practices approach with students being supported by Mentors. In addition to our Main Campus, the College has a satellite campus and runs a Re-Engagement Program for students ranging in age from 12 to 18 years of age.

At Portland Secondary College our purpose is to provide a safe and supportive learning community that offers all students the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and dispositions needed to become successful, creative, resilient and respectful learners. We aims to excel in the provision of broad, flexible and inclusive educational pathways for our students that highlight our strong sense of community and our continued tradition of excellence. This is achieved through a stimulating, comprehensive and challenging academic focus and is supported by specialist activities in sport, performing arts, debating, public speaking, student leadership, music and the arts. 

Further information can be found on the College website, www.portlandsc.vic.edu.au.  

What we offer

• This position attracts an incentive payment of $5,650 (pre-tax) for the successful candidate who meets the eligibility criteria
• Ongoing employment for candidates
• Career support with professional development opportunities
• Career start

What you’ll do  

Core responsibilities include:

• Planning and implementing a range of teaching programs or courses of study
• Teaching an area of the curriculum or a general curriculum to a year level
• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting student progress in key learning areas
• Implementing strategies to achieve targets related to student learning outcomes
• Maintaining records of class attendance and recording student progress
• Implementing effective student management consistent with the school charter.
• Working with a mentor to participate in professional development planning, implementation and reflection developing a professional portfolio

Additional responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Supervising a range of student activities including support and welfare programs
• Contributing to a range of co-curricular programs

Who we’re looking for?  

• The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
• if the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures'
• a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements (this condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian ITE program completed by the person).

Who can apply? 

To be eligible to apply for a position advertised through the Teacher Graduate Recruitment program, a teacher must: 

• have completed their course requirements and graduated in the last 4 years, and
• not be employed as a teacher by the department at the time the advertised position is to commence

Applicants must also be currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Next steps    

If this sounds like an opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply here