Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Eastern suburbs
Reference: 1487152
Blackburn Primary School is a proud government, co-educational primary school located in the leafy eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Established in 1889, Blackburn Primary holds the distinction of being the first school in the area, with a long-standing reputation for excellence in education and community involvement. Over 130 years later, the school continues to be a cornerstone of the local community, known for its welcoming atmosphere, high expectations, and strong partnerships between students, staff, and families.
Catering to approximately 450 students from Foundation to Year 6, the school is set on expansive and well-maintained grounds. It boasts a range of facilities including flexible learning spaces, a fully-equipped gymnasium, modernised classrooms with interactive technology, a library and resource centre, dedicated Art, Science and Mandarin rooms, and outdoor learning areas including a kitchen garden and amphitheatre. These resources provide students with rich opportunities to learn, explore and thrive.
Blackburn Primary School is distinguished by its exceptional academic results, particularly in the NAPLAN, positioning Blackburn Primary ahead of many similar and network schools. These results reflect the school's strategic focus on targeted instruction, differentiation, and early intervention. Staff consistently engage with data to inform their practice, ensuring that every student is supported to achieve their personal best.
Specialist programs in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Mandarin (LOTE), and Science complement the core curriculum and help develop well-rounded, engaged learners. There is a strong emphasis on student voice and leadership, with programs in place that foster confidence, independence, and social responsibility.
Underpinning the school's success is a values-driven culture built around responsibility, cooperation, fairness, honesty, friendship, and a celebration of diversity. These values are embedded into the daily life of the school and are evident in the respectful relationships and positive behaviour of the student body. The staff at Blackburn Primary are highly collaborative, dedicated, and supported by an active leadership team and engaged parent community.
Recent capital works have modernised the school's infrastructure, aligning with broader efforts to refresh the school's brand and uniform in keeping with its forward-thinking vision. While committed to innovation, Blackburn Primary School also honours its rich history and maintains strong links with past students and families who have helped shape its legacy.
Blackburn Primary School offers an outstanding opportunity for educators who are passionate about inclusive, high-quality teaching and who wish to work in a collegial and aspirational school environment. Staff are supported professionally through strong induction, coaching, and leadership development opportunities, making the school an excellent choice for both early career and experienced teachers looking to contribute to a vibrant and future-focused learning community. This position end date is 28/01/2030
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.
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.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, 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 family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
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 a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.