Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Grampians - Golden Plains
Reference: 1536956
Established in 1994, Woady Yaloak Primary School was formed through the community-driven amalgamation of four rural schools located in Smythesdale, Snake Valley, Scarsdale and Ross Creek, approximately 20 kilometres south-west of Ballarat. This union brought together four historic goldfields communities and continues to reflect the strong rural identity of the area.
Woady Yaloak operates as a multi-campus school, offering the intimate setting and strong relationships typical of small rural schools, while providing the resources, opportunities and professional collaboration associated with a larger school. The school is committed to unifying these four communities and fostering a strong sense of belonging for students, staff and families. Our shared vision is captured in our motto: "Achieve Together".
The school operates under a single administrative structure, with the main administration centre located at the Smythesdale campus. All campuses have benefited from significant capital works in recent years. The Smythesdale, Snake Valley and Scarsdale campuses feature modern learning studios that open into large flexible spaces used for campus-wide activities, assemblies and specialist learning areas such as libraries and visual arts spaces. The Ross Creek campus includes open-plan learning spaces, dedicated intervention rooms and additional flexible learning areas to support small-group instruction and targeted teaching.
Each campus is supported by attractive outdoor learning and recreation environments, including extensive grounds and four recently installed playgrounds that support active play and outdoor learning.
In 2026, Woady Yaloak Primary School comprises 16 classrooms across the four campuses. Specialist teachers deliver programs in Japanese (LOTE), Health and Physical Education, The Arts and Science, ensuring students have access to a broad and engaging curriculum. Each campus has an office-based Education Support (ES) staff member, with additional ES staff working across the school to support student learning, wellbeing and targeted intervention programs.
Leadership is provided by one Principal and two Assistant Principals, who work across all four campuses to support the Campus Heads and ensure consistent implementation of school priorities and practices.
As one school community, we share common beliefs, values and a clear educational mission. We place a strong emphasis on the development of literacy and numeracy, while also fostering student wellbeing, resilience, tolerance and a healthy lifestyle. This work is supported by our Behaviour Education Program, with a strong focus on embedding the School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) framework to promote safe, respectful and inclusive learning environments.
Staff at Woady Yaloak Primary School are committed to ongoing professional learning and collaborative practice. Teachers work closely across campuses to share expertise, implement evidence-based teaching strategies and ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students.
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.
SC6 Demonstrated ability to effectively manage the operational requirements of a campus within a multi-campus school setting. Demonstrated ability to coordinate staff, students, resources, budgets, facilities and daily operations while ensuring effective communication with all stakeholders, accountability and alignment with the priorities of Woady Yaloak Primary School.
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.
Learning Specialist
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.