Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1540805
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.
Truganina College is a Prep to Year 9 school of 1,700 students and 160 staff in Melbourne's western growth corridor, in the City of Wyndham. The College opened in 2015 and has grown quickly since. Our name honours Truganini, an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman believed to have spent time in the area, and our motto is Inspiring Excellence in Learning to Believe, Achieve and Succeed.
Classrooms run on explicit instruction, the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 and Positive Classroom Management Strategies, so strong routines and high expectations hold from room to room. We teach Victorian Curriculum 2.0 through common curriculum materials that are carefully planned and refined by collaborative teams and taught in every classroom. Our Literacy program is grounded in structured approaches, including Little Learners Love Literacy in F-2.
The College's strong approach to teaching and learning shows in our results. Truganina College is a high-performing school, with NAPLAN outcomes that match or exceed similar and network schools.
Because we span the primary and middle years, transitions are important to us: from kindergarten into Prep, across the primary-secondary years, and on to senior secondary pathways beyond Year 9. Partnerships with local kindergartens, senior secondary schools, health providers and tertiary institutions support students and families at each of these points.
Our staff are as distinctive as our classrooms. Over 85% of our staff have come to Truganina College from overseas; a strength we celebrate. Our teachers bring training and experience from school systems around the world. We recruit to culture, appointing people for how they will work alongside colleagues as much as for their subject knowledge. Collaboration is how we make sure every staff member is supported and our teachers plan in teams, teach from shared materials, and are coached and mentored throughout their careers, whether in their 2nd year or their 20th.
We welcome applications from professionals committed to inclusive education and high expectations, who will contribute to a strong College community.
For further information about this position, please contact Rhiannon Porter, Director, Learning and Wellbeing, on 9368 9800 or [email protected].