VM - Literacy / Numeracy / Personal Development (Start date / hours negotiable)

Location Profile

Located in Melbourne¿s South East, Narre Warren South P-12 College is one of the largest schools in Victoria. The College leverages the P-12 nature of the school to provide wide-ranging support to students from diverse backgrounds in order to help all students achieve their potential. We proudly serve a diverse community, with 70% of our students speaking a language other than English at home. Over 20 different cultural groups are represented, with particularly large enrolments for Afghan and Pacifica backgrounds. The school is considered to have a high level of socio-economic disadvantage, but a range of strong learning and behavioural programs support students to achieve at high levels, despite other challenges they may face.

The College has a large and comprehensive wellbeing team, including counsellors, speech pathologists, a psychologist, a paediatrician, Doctors in Secondary Schools and multiple youth workers. Students are also supported by a large team of cultural engagement workers from 6 different cultures, a team of multi-cultural education aides and a big inclusion workforce to support children in the College. This significant resourcing is designed to support children outside of the class, so teachers can focus on helping them to reach their academic potential in the classroom.

 Narre Warren South P-12 College follows an instructional approach centred around explicit teaching and a strong curriculum. There will be exciting work in the coming years as we embed this work in years P-8 and explore its potential in higher year levels. The College¿s perf…