Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1511425
Beveridge Primary School is a multi-campus school located on the Northern Fringe of Melbourne. From 2026 the campus composition is as follows: Arrowsmith Junior Campus - Foundation & Grade 1 and the Ambrosia Senior Campus - Grade 2 to 6. Beveridge is in the northern growth corridor and it is expected that our school will continue to see significant growth over the next 5 years. Beveridge PS aims to be a safe welcoming and engaging community. We value enquiring minds and encourage the best in all. These values underpin our disciplinary framework that: Everybody has the right to feel safe and comfortable and everybody has the right to learn.
We believe that it is the job of every adult who our students encounter to model these beliefs all day, every day. Our community is committed to nurturing active and caring Australian citizens who support intercultural understanding and can acknowledge and value alternative points of view.
The staff, parents and community of Beveridge Primary are committed to developing the social, emotional and academic needs of our students by promoting resilience, persistence and courage. We motivate each child to strive to achieve their full potential and take risks in an environment which is safe, supporting and nurturing. We have strong parental and community involvement throughout the school which supports our rich curriculum.
The teaching of literacy and numeracy is underpinned by a whole school consistent approach. Our teachers differentiate the curriculum to individualise the learning needs of our students. The Schools planning and assessment practices are a high priority and are used to drive curriculum planning and delivery and are used to track student progress. Our curriculum also offers music, an annual whole school production, fine arts, physical education and Auslan (LOTE) and our wellbeing program includes a literacy intervention and extension program, a numeracy intervention and extension program and a wellbeing coordinator to support students, their families and teachers to enable all to achieve their potential.
We are working towards delivering a greater access to computers program in the school and a sophisticated IT skills program scaffolded into student programs.
Our School Values: Excellence, Respect, Togetherness and Resilience.
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 high-level capacity to lead development and classroom application of the Mathematics strand of the Victorian Curriculum F-10 via a Science of Mathematics approach and to work with teachers to improve their classroom practice through observation, feedback and coaching.
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.
Role & Responsibilities:
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 is a 3 year tenured position.
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.