Science Teacher – Secondary

Elevation Secondary College is a new award-winning Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. The school opened its doors to its first cohort of Year 7 students in 2020 to a purpose built, state-of-the-art educational facility. In 2022, Elevation Secondary College was named #1 best place to work in Australia/New Zealand in the Government, Education and Not for Profit sector by the Australian Financial Review!

Position Overview:

Elevation Secondary College is seeking a highly-qualified Science teacher to assist with building an outstanding Science program. The position is an Ongoing, Full-time position with the possibility of visa sponsorship for the successful candidate.

Who May Apply:

Teachers with appropriate qualifications in the UK or Ireland are eligible to apply. Elevation Secondary College seeks highly-qualified teachers with a commitment to ongoing professional learning. When applying, prospective teachers should be aware of their eligibility for working visas in Australia. Elevation Secondary College is experienced at sponsoring teachers to live and work in Australia on 482 visas and is willing to sponsor the right candidate after our selection process.

To apply for this position, please click the Apply button and upload a copy of your CV.

Please note only suitable applicants will be contacted.

An Evidence-Based School:

The school’s learning programs reflect well-established evidence of ‘what works’ for students. These include:

• The importance of deep, subject-specific knowledge as a context for students to learn and apply skills.
• Access to quality explicit instruction, worked examples and opportunities for practice and feedback as essential pre-requisites for higher-order thinking or inquiry.
• Structuring lessons and teaching sequences to manage cognitive load, provide opportunities for multiple exposures, and retrieval.
• The Science of Reading and evidence-based literacy intervention.
• Providing opportunities for accelerated learning in specific academic disciplines.
• School-wide positive behaviours as the foundation of a Response to Intervention model for behaviour management.
• The school’s professional learning and resourcing priorities also reflect best practices.

A School that Has High Expectations of All Staff:

Our staff are highly collaborative and hold high expectations of each other. Our staff are:

• Education professionals
• Subject specific and pedagogical experts
• Improvement focused and reflective
• Motivated by making an impact on student learning
• Keen to be a part of something new
• Academically humble

Elevation Secondary College will be growing rapidly over the next decade and as such there will be significant employment opportunities for educational professionals.