Classroom Teacher-EAL Primary (Manor Lakes Campus Term 2 and possibly another WELS Campus in Term 3)

Location Profile

Location Profile: Western English Language School

Western English Language School (WELS) has established an excellent reputation for its provision of settlement and education needs for newly arrived primary and secondary students from language backgrounds other than English in the South West Region of Victoria.

WELS is a region-wide provider of intensive English as an Additional Language for newly arrived students. The school's pedagogical approach is underpinned by a functional grammar approach to language, backward design and the Teaching and Learning Cycle. WELS' teaching staff undertake professional learning on understanding and applying all elements of this pedagogical approach.

Students are taught in classes of about 13 to ensure that their English language, social learning and wellbeing needs are intensively supported. A school-wide student wellbeing strategy ensures that students and their families are welcomed and supported as newly arrived members of their new community. The school's excellent networks of support ensure that the health needs, community links and further educational pathways of all students are strongly supported. The school's F-10 Campus is located in Braybrook with four additional primary (F-6) campuses in Footscray, Manor Lakes Melton and St Albans and one secondary (7-10) campus in Wyndham.

The school is well-resourced throughout its locations with an excellent library of multicultural books and EAL materials to support student learning. The WELS intranet ensures that best-practice EAL curriculum materials, developed and shared by t…