Work Type: Ongoing - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Barwon South West - Colac Otway
Reference: 1507634
Carlisle River Primary School is a small, vibrant rural school nestled in the lush valleys of the Otway Ranges in south-west Victoria, around 30 minutes from Colac. Our school sits at the heart of a warm and welcoming community, surrounded by rolling farmland and towering forests.
We are more than just a place of learning - we are a close-knit community where every child is known, valued, and supported to achieve their personal best. Our dedicated staff create individualised learning goals that nurture curiosity and confidence at the child's point of need, combining authentic connections to nature with technology-rich, future-focused experiences. Learning at Carlisle River extends beyond the classroom, making full use of our natural surroundings through outdoor education, environmental studies, and hands-on inquiry projects.
At Carlisle River, we foster strong partnerships with families and the community, creating a calm, inclusive, and engaging environment where students thrive both academically and personally. We are proud of our culture of care, our commitment to evidence-based teaching aligned with the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM 2.0), and our belief that learning is most powerful when it connects students to their world and community.
SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to model exemplary teaching practice, including the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum, and implement school priorities.
SC2 Demonstrated expertise in the implementation and modelling of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth
SC3 Demonstrated exemplary ability to model the monitoring and assessment of student learning. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to engage in collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated ability to support others to reflect on their practice and facilitate school-based professional learning.
Learning Specialists will be highly skilled classroom practitioners who continue to spend the majority of their time in the classroom delivering high-quality teaching and learning and have a range of responsibilities related to their expertise, including teaching demonstration lessons, observing and providing feedback to other teachers and facilitating school-based professional learning. Learning Specialists are expected to have deep knowledge and expertise in high quality teaching and learning in delivering improved achievement, engagement and wellbeing for students. The role of the Learning Specialist will be to model excellence in teaching and learning through demonstration lessons and, mentoring and coaching teachers in improving the skill, knowledge and effectiveness of the teaching workforce.
The Learning Specialist role is aimed at building excellence in teaching and learning within the Teaching Service.
In recognition of the importance of exemplary practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the Learning Specialists may include but are not limited to:
Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
This position is offered at 0.4 FTE, with one day dedicated to teaching and the second day used flexibly to support whole-school improvement. The flexible day can be shaped in partnership with the successful applicant and may include a mix of on-site coaching, collaborative planning, remote curriculum development, or professional learning support. We encourage interested applicants to contact the Principal to discuss how these arrangements could work for them.
Carlisle River Primary School is currently strengthening and re-establishing our Teaching and Learning Model, aligned with the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0. Our improvement journey draws on a range of evidence-based programs and partnerships, including:
Sounds-Write (phonics and spelling)
OCHRE Reading Model and structured literacy practices
Growing With Gratitude (student wellbeing)
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (hands-on, integrated learning)
Collaboration with James Dobson and neighbouring small schools to develop a consistent numeracy teaching model and curriculum
The Learning Specialist will play a key role in guiding this work - supporting staff with planning, modelling practice, strengthening curriculum design, and embedding high-impact teaching aligned with VTLM 2.0.
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:
Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.