Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1486342
**Tours are encouraged. Please contact the office on 97968261
At Narre Warren North Primary School we believe that all children have the ability to learn. By providing an environment that is stimulating, safe, happy and positive, we foster the learning potential of our children. We will develop a high standard of literacy and numeracy, by encouraging inquiring minds and effective communication skills. Our students will be encouraged and challenged to fulfill their academic potential, develop self-discipline, self-esteem and become independent learners.
Our school's vision is to prepare young people to become active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community. It aims to prepare students to live in a dynamic 21st century in which creativity, cooperative work, connectedness to the world and adaptability are key features.
At Narre Warren North Primary School we enact this vision by giving our students a grounding in the '4 Pillars of Learning' needed to be successful in life:
Learning to Know - being literate and numerate and being able to expand knowledge to understand the world and act effectively in that world.
Learning to Do/Apply - being able to use ICT effectively and to build knowledge of digital literacies, being able to put into practice the necessary skills learned in all curriculum areas to everyday life and developing qualities such as communication, teambuilding and problem solving skills.
Learning to Live Together - celebrating and valuing diversity; showing mutual respect, empathy and concern for others and the world we live in through the development of social skills and restorative practices.
Learning to Be - living the important values in life including our school values to assist students in having the personal resources and intellectual tools needed to understand the world and behave as fair-minded, responsible human beings.
The Narre Warren North Primary School community values respect, honesty, resilience, responsibility and persistence.
Narre Warren North Primary School is located in the City of Casey, 35km south-east of Melbourne. From its foundation in 1877, Narre Warren North Primary School has enjoyed a strong sense of community spirit as evidenced by second, third and fourth generation families attending the school. The school has an enrolment of 336 students.
NWNPS believes that students are at the core of its ethos and culture. The current school vision is enacted through a supportive learning community where all students are motivated and challenged to take responsibility for their own learning. The school motto is `We Can¿, the aim being for all students to reach their full potential.
Teachers work in collaborative teams to plan and deliver a high-quality curriculum aligned with the Victorian Curriculum 2.0. Literacy and Numeracy are the foundation of all learning, supported by a well-established Phonics program and a strong commitment to evidence-based practices. Teaching strategies are effective, responsive and tailored to meet student needs. Inquiry learning is embedded across the curriculum, with thematic and conceptual links designed to build students¿ learning dispositions including curiosity, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration.
NWNPS integrates technology purposefully to support student learning and enhance classroom programs. Foundation students have access to iPads, while students in Grades 1 to 3 utilise shared Chromebook devices to engage with digital tools and resources. From Grade 4, the school runs a successful BYOD Chromebook program, strengthening the connection between home and school learning. As a Google Apps for Education school, staff and students use a range of digital platforms to collaborate, create and communicate effectively.
Our school offers a rich and diverse specialist program including Art, Physical Education, Science, Performing Arts, and Auslan. In addition, a wide range of programs are provided to support and enhance student learning and engagement, such as Family Life, Life Ed, the Pathway to Prep program and Year 6¿7 transition programs, extra-curricular sport, camps, swimming, Gala days, excursions, incursions, Show Day, clubs and Parent Reading Advocate training. Students are further supported through a comprehensive Intervention Program, with dedicated staff delivering targeted literacy and numeracy support through MacqLit, MiniLit, and Bond Blocks Mathematics sessions.
Student Welfare is recognised as vital for productive learning and a comprehensive Social and Emotional Learning Program is in place. Positive reinforcement is a feature of the school and student achievement is regularly recognised and acknowledged. Student Leadership programs, including School Captains, House Captains and Junior School Council, are highly valued.
As a school community we actively promote the safety and wellbeing of students, with all staff committed to providing a child safe environment, recognising and inclusive of the needs of all children, particularly students who are vulnerable due to age, family circumstances, abilities, or indigenous, cultural or linguistic background. In accordance with our legal obligations, including child safe standards, we are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment. Further information regarding our school's Child Safe Policy and Staff Code of Conduct is available on our website.
School Council, Parents¿ and Friends¿ Club and the broader school parent community are committed to maintaining and improving the school, its facilities and equipment for the benefit of the students.
Community involvement in the school is strongly encouraged and is an important component of the school. There is strong parental involvement in a variety of school programs, particularly in Literacy support, camps and sporting events.
Narre Warren North Primary School is committed to child safety and establishing and maintaining child safe and child friendly environments where all children are valued and feel safe.
We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently through our policies and procedures.
We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for vulnerable children and children with a disability and in out of home care.
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.