Mobile Area Resource Centre and Mobile Art Craft Centre Services

Roles and responsibilities

Base schools

Base school principals are responsible for employing and managing the allocation of duties to MARC and MACC teachers in line with the Industrial Agreements policy. MARC and MACC teachers work across multiple schools and therefore principals must consider the Working in More Than One School guide.

Base school principals are responsible for ensuring the organisation of teacher work for MARC and MACC teachers is determined in the same manner as other teachers employed at their school, including the allocation of work directly related to the teaching and learning program (including face-to-face, preparation and planning time) and other duties.

Refer to the Work Requirements – Teachers policy for further guidance on the allocation of teacher work.

Base school principals are also responsible for overseeing the delivery of services, which include chairing the committee of management meetings, and are accountable for the service budget.

Serviced schools

Serviced schools are encouraged to participate actively in service planning and overseeing operations, to assist and support the base school principal with administrative and coordination responsibilities.

Serviced schools have a responsibility to:

• ensure MARC and MACC services are aligned to the serviced school’s strategic planning and integrated into the school’s teaching and learning program (for example, Literacy or the Arts)
• support the MARC and MACC teacher while they are at their school, including ensuring staff are available to supervise students when required (for example, when MARC students are not borrowing material or when MACC students are cleaning up)
• provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and minimises risks to health, in accordance with the department’s Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• ensure that the serviced school principal, or a designated representative in the principal's absence (for example, if the principal is on leave), attends the committee of management meetings
• contribute to service data collection for annual reporting purposes.

Committees of management

The committee of management is responsible for providing local level governance of MARC and MACC services (not including employment issues), which considers the needs and priorities identified by all schools that access the services.

Each cluster of base and serviced schools is required to establish a committee of management comprising:

• the base school principal
• the MARC and/or MACC teacher
• principals from each serviced school.

Additional members may be invited to represent curriculum areas, student perspectives, or community interests if deemed appropriate by the committee of management.

The committees of management must meet at least once every school term, with one mandatory meeting in Term 4 being designated as the Annual General Meeting. The purpose of the Annual General Meeting is to discuss local implementation planning for the following school year. The base school principal is responsible for chairing and coordinating the committee of management meetings.

The committee of management is also accountable for overseeing funding, expenditure and reporting annually. Key functions of the committee of management include:

• approving the annual budget
• overseeing the use of funds allocated to the base school through the Student Resource Package (SRP) and the casual clerical hours entitlement
• overseeing the development and implementation of a timetable of service allocation, ensuring the teacher’s time is divided equitably across serviced schools
• overseeing the arrangements for changes to the service timetable due to student-free days and other school events
• ensuring services support the implementation of the Victorian Curriculum F–10
• determining the contribution to student report writing, including appropriate time allocation to complete the report, consistent with reporting systems and protocols for the serviced schools and Assessment of Student Achievement and Progress Foundation to 10
• requesting approval for schools to commence or cease MARC and MACC services from the area executive director through the area planning and implementation manager
• defining the expectations of the services to be reported in the annual report
• endorsing the annual report (DOCX) to be submitted to the area planning and implementation manager during the first week of December
• annual review of the local implementation plan and review of the Terms of Reference as required.

The committee of management must develop:

• a local implementation plan (to be approved by the area executive director) addressing the items above, and any other program operations that are considered relevant by the committee of management. The committee of management may write their own local implementation plan or use the Implementation plan template (DOCX) provided by the department
• a Terms of reference (DOCX) (which can be developed using the optional template provided by the department) to ensure clarity and alignment with best practice governance.

The committee of management must review and approve the local implementation plan annually and the Terms of Reference as required and attach it to their annual report.

Teacher role and responsibilities

The MARC and/or MACC teacher must hold a current VIT registration or permission to teach, and a current Victorian driver’s licence appropriate to the category of the school-owned vehicle. The working conditions for MARC and/or MACC teachers are the same as those for all other members of the teaching service and are set out in Industrial Agreements: Resources:

• MARC and/or MACC teacher must be provided with planning and preparation time, including time release to complete stocktake duties, that reflects the special nature of their duties.
• Given the special nature of these duties and responsibilities as set out below, the base school principal must ensure MARC and MACC teachers are able to complete all their duties within the time available to them and consistent with the Industrial Agreements policy.
• Where it is proposed that other duties are to be allocated to a MARC or MACC teacher, this must be the subject of consultation as required by the Industrial Agreements policy and all duties must be able to be performed within the teachers’ hours of work.

MARC and MACC teachers must also comply with the department’s Work-Related Driving policy, which outlines the responsibilities and processes to identify and manage risks associated with work-related driving. In line with the Work-Related Driving policy, if a teacher is required to travel between schools, campuses, or annexes in one day, time will be allocated to cover the travel and any related logistics. This time will count towards the teacher's overall work hours and will fall within their regular working hours.

Key responsibilities of MARC and MACC teachers include:

• development and delivery of relevant Victorian Curriculum F–10 aligned programs with a focus on student learning outcomes
• contributing to student reporting, consistent with Assessment of Student Achievement and Progress Foundation to 10 and the Victorian Curriculum F–10
• the purchase and stocktake of resources and materials
• vehicle management and logbook keeping
• participation and contribution to planning and annual reporting as a key member of the committee of management.

Regional offices

Designated area planning and implementation managers are located in each of the department’s 4 regional offices to provide operational oversight to base and serviced schools about the implementation of the MARC and MACC policy.

The key responsibilities of the area planning and implementation manager include:

• being a contact point for committees of management and attending the Annual General Meeting in Term 4 to plan for the school year ahead
• seeking area executive director approval to commence or cease MARC and MACC services, including any transition plans for schools entering in and out of the service
• receiving annual reports from the committee of management and submitting them to the regional director for endorsement
• maintaining databases of MARC and MACC base and serviced schools
• processing requests for van replacements made by base school principals
• identifying networking opportunities for MARC and MACC teachers.

Central office

The Statewide Programs and Tech Schools Division provides policy oversight of MARC and MACC programs.

The key responsibilities of the Statewide Programs and Tech Schools Division include:

• being a policy contact for area planning and implementation managers
• providing support and advice about the MARC and MACC policy and guidance to internal departmental staff as required
• maintaining lists of schools receiving the services.