Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1488000
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.
At Sunbury Primary School, all students are empowered to learn and achieve, engaging in collaborative learning opportunities that foster curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. Students actively seek out challenges and view obstacles as opportunities to learn and grow in the pursuit of personal excellence. Our students experience a strong sense of connectedness with self, others and our communities, contributing to shaping the world around them.
The student enrolment in 2025 is 400. There are 38 staff at the school comprising a principal, an assistant principal, 25 teaching staff and 11 ES staff. The school is organised to provide low class sizes across the school in composite class arrangements. Specialist programs operate to support school priorities and to take advantage of the teaching capital available to the school. To further support student learning the school is involved in various networks with a focus on teaching excellence. The School Family Occupation index of the school is 0.24.
Sunbury Primary School can trace its origins to 1869 as the first school in the local area. It was relocated in 1999 to Jacksons Hill on the southern boundary of the township of Sunbury, located approximately 35 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, within the city of Hume.
The school is housed in refurbished, heritage-listed bluestone and weatherboard buildings. Children enjoy school facilities which include modern classrooms, specialist art and music facilities, library and hall. Landscaped grounds feature historically significant trees and a horticulture centre, The Patch. The playground facilities include an oval, soccer field, basketball court, passive recreation areas and play equipment including an industrial playground matched to the different physical and social stages of development. Recently, the planned capital works project was completed with a new multipurpose and STEM building and a new library, resource centre and canteen building available to students. Maintenance to the existing buildings and landscape continue to enhance the physical environment and teaching and learning experiences for our children.
Teachers work within Professional Learning Communities with a focus on improving student outcomes through collaborative practices, reflection and feedback. Within the Teaching and Learning Inquiry Cycle teams diagnose student learning needs to plan, implement and evaluate teaching responses to an identified problem of practice. PLCs at Sunbury Primary School are focused on continuous improvement by linking the learning needs of students with the professional learning and practices of teachers.
At Sunbury Primary School we believe that relationships are fundamental to the educational and social development of children and young people and that school improvement can be further supported and achieved with a genuine commitment to structure and support community conversations to develop our capacity. Partnerships with parents are highly valued with parental participation in school programs and through consultation, in order to create the best possible learning opportunities for our students. The school values are: Be curious; Be courageous; Be mindful; and Act with integrity.