Job Summary
- $58.77 - $75.91 per hour
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 27th Jun 2024
- Melbourne > Ascot Vale
English as an Additional Language (EAL) Teachers will deliver excellence in teaching and learning to adult community members living in the Ascot Vale and surrounding area, with a priority for people experiencing disadvantage or vulnerabilities.
Prepared with a strong knowledge of their content areas, our EAL Teachers bring pedagogy strategies and formative assessment approaches to create learning environments that engage and motivate adult learners. By supporting adult learner’s engagement with EAL education, students are able to improve their English skills in order to achieve their personal and learning goals.
Wingate Avenue Community Centre (WingCC) was established in 1985 and is a busy, vibrant community- managed neighbourhood house, based on a state government housing estate in Ascot Vale. The centre is a not for profit, incorporated association governed by a Committee of Management, made up of local community members that provide the governance structure and strategic direction for the centre’s management.
WingCC provides multiple place-based services at the centre, including occasional childcare, accredited and non-accredited courses and education programs, employment support services, community programs and activities, as well as co-located services including Moonee Valley Legal Service, maternal child health, Anglicare Financial Counsellor, Community Collective provisional psychologist and a community garden. The centre facilities include two computer labs, a commercial kitchen, a 19 place childcare centre, five training rooms and a community shed. WingCC also has a community shed behind the centre at 14 Churchill Avenue, Ascot Vale and pop-up locations in where classes and employment support services are also provided.
The centre believes that providing education courses is an integral part of a whole-of-centre approach to supporting individuals to overcome disadvantage, in order to improve their quality of life, in ways that they chose. WingCC strives to achieve this by providing education courses that are relevant to our community, are accessible, and of outstanding quality. The centre is a registered training organisation that delivers accredited courses, including EAL Frameworks, funded by Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), Skills First and pre-accredited courses funded by Adult Community & Further Education (ACFE).
The EAL Casual Relief Teacher will support the delivery of quality language, literacy and numeracy education programs by taking classes on a casual or temporary basis (e.g., to cover teacher leave or professional development).
The EAL Casual Teacher will:
The EAL Casual Relief Teacher is employed on a casual or temporary basis to cover the absences of EAL Teacher/s. Where possible the CRT will be given as much notice as possible, but often is required at short notice, should this suit their schedule. The objective of the EAL CRT role is to maintain uninterrupted learning for adult learners, and responsibilities will include some (or all) of EAL Teacher responsibilities, depending on the length of time engaged for CRT work.
EAL Teacher is responsible for performing significant, regular administration and consultation in association with each contact hour* of delivery (as per the Collective Agreement).
* As per the collective agreement, the number of hours worked by a teacher is determined by clause 24.4.3, which stipulates that each contact hour of delivery by a Teacher will count as 1.5 hours of work, including administration, assessment and consultation.
Is qualified and engaged to deliver instruction in subjects which are accredited under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and or courses which are accredited under the AQF, and/or a qualification or statement of attainment under the Australian Recognition Framework (ARF). More specifically:
Strong Communication Skills: The EAL Teacher must have excellent communication skills to ensure successful education outcomes for students. These include:
Excellent Instructional Skills: The EAL Teacher will be required to explain concepts and activities to people will low English literacy and numeracy skills in a manner they can understand.
Strong Interpersonal Skills: The EAL Teacher works closely with students and colleagues, and must be able to work well with others and develop good relationships to ensure the best quality education is provided.
Adaptability: EAL students come from a variety of cultural backgrounds. To achieve excellent education outcomes for all students, the EAL Teacher will be required to employ differentiated learning techniques, as well as delivery platforms, including online and remote delivery.
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