Lead Teacher

Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies within Australia, providing diverse programs to over 35,000 young people, children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity, evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people!

We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!

• Full time, Fixed term until the end of Term 4, 2025
• Base salary $119k pro rata + Super & Salary packaging

About Berry Street School

The Berry Street School is a specialist independent secondary school with four campuses located in Ballarat, Morwell, Narre Warren & Shepparton. We offer an adaptation of the Victorian Curriculum for years 7–10, and the Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major (VCE VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) for years 11–12.

The Berry Street School’s vision is to create and sustain a safe and inclusive learning community where our students have access to high-quality education so they can thrive, achieve and belong.

Our School exists to provide high-quality education to young people with a history of adverse childhood experiences who are at risk of disengaging from their education. Our students may have significant gaps in academic achievement and have found it difficult to learn in a group setting, presenting with complex behaviors in school settings.

The Opportunity

The Lead Teacher provides leadership in the development and delivery of curriculum, assessment and reporting and provides instructional coaching and data coaching to teaching staff across the campus.

The Lead Teacher also plays a key role in implementing the Berry Street Education Model across the campus to ensure the effective delivery of trauma informed positive education.

About You

To be successful in the role, you will hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, hold a current Victorian Institute of Teaching registration and be able to work creatively to engage our young people in their education.

You will understand of the importance of, and have the ability to, work in a team environment in this setting and an understanding of the trauma informed positive education model approach. You will have outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational and/or instructional leadership of a school.

The Benefits

• Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.
• Regular professional development training and supervision from leadership
• Work with the Berry Street Education Model with training provided
• $15,900.00 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging + Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation

How to Apply

Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by 11pm Friday 6 September. Applications are being assessed as they are being received.

Queries to Jamie Ozga - Assistant Principal on 0407 861 603.

Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check and National Police Check.

Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.