Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1543921
Pakenham Lakeside Primary School (PLPS) has a current enrolment of 670 students.
As an authentic professional learning community, which is reflected in our purpose statement:
"The teachers and leaders in our school continuously seek and share learning, and act on this learning. The goal of their actions is to enhance their effectiveness as professionals for the students' benefit through the pursuit of continuous inquiry and improvement,"
all staff focus on their practice and how they can most effectively support our students' growth, development and learning.
An integral component of our school's culture are our five core values:
Respect
Responsibility
Tolerance
Integrity
Co-operation.
From a staff perspective, these values underpin our workplace norms and create a framework around which our Staff Code of Conduct has been developed.
For our students, our values reflect the expected behaviours and attitudes which are exhibited by our children, both within our school environment and in the wider community.
Our staff and leadership continue to work to develop a culture that nurtures teaching and learning as our core purpose. Staff who wish to be considered for employment at PLPS must possess three attributes that have helped build and sustain this supportive and energetic learning environment:
an active participation in the leading of learning
a preparedness to work within a culture of sharing and collaboration
a desire to strive for continual improvement in professional effectiveness
Staff at PLPS must be able to:
create positive relationships with students through respect, understanding, knowledge and trust
maintain a clear focus on learning and the provision of constructive feedback that provides accurate information about progress, attainment and achievement
implement fair and consistent classroom management practices that are underpinned by clear expectations
undertake formative evaluation of teaching and learning programs through teacher inquiry
participate in our collective responsibility model of teaching and ensure there is collective efficacy in our teaching teams across the school
be receptive to the active involvement of students in decisions and choices about their own learning.
Teaching staff at PLPS embrace the above factors in their daily interactions with all students.
The design of the facilities promotes contemporary pedagogical approaches through the provision of open and flexible learning areas capable of catering for a variety of teaching approaches and student groupings. Our learning spaces emphasise how individual, small group, home group, team and area activities can be catered for through the combination of flexible spaces and the purposeful configuration of furniture.
All teachers must be prepared to share and collaborate. This includes a commitment to contribute to all teams in which they are participants. They collaborate to implement innovative curriculum programs and to share best practice. The alignment of curriculum, teaching and learning strategies and assessment underpins planning and preparation for all teachers. Influencing learning comes about in a collegial and supportive environment that encourages risk and innovation and which places learning at the centre of all activities.
Teachers at PLPS expect that every student has the capacity to learn - they endeavour to ensure that every pupil is successful. To maximize opportunities for all students to succeed, teachers adapt their methods to the individual needs of the students, including high potential and under-achieving students.
For any queries about this position please contact Kerrie Kingston-Gains, Principal. Ph:59409532.
The Learning Specialist position is tenured for three years, until the end of 2030.
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
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.