Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Learning Specialist - Range 3
Occupation: Learning specialist
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1485928
Point Cook P-9 College continues to embed the vision of `creating tomorrow today'. Our Mission is to provide opportunities for all members to work collaboratively to access a seamless, personalised, and innovative education. We aim to build a safe and supportive learning environment wherein all members are motivated and challenged to pursue interests and pathways to achieve their full potential. We encourage connections with the community to promote connected, curious, and tolerant global citizens. Point Cook Primary School was established in 1923 and is unique in that it was situated on Commonwealth land within an active RAAF base. The school was initially developed to provide education for the children of RAAF families living on the base but also accepted enrolments from local Werribee South residents.
Point Cook P-9 College was re-located in 2010 to its current site in Point Cook. The College was built under the Private Public Partnership model and has many unique features including state of the art teaching and learning spaces designed in collaboration with Dr Julia Atkin. Our state of the art facility provides the very best in contemporary educational design and promotes active student-centred learning through the creation of adaptable, functional spaces. Our buildings consist of general learning and teaching areas, a Learning Resource Centre/Library, full size indoor gymnasium/basketball court, performing arts/music room, spaces for food technology, design, arts, STEM/technology centre, its very own wetlands, an environmental science room, a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden and a community space managed by the YMCA. The College is in partnership with the YMCA for the provision of childcare facilities. Under the PPP model, the College has been financed, designed and constructed by the private sector to high contractual standards over 25 years, allowing Principals and teachers to focus on student learning, rather than asset management.
Programs offered at the College cater for students in Prep to Year 9. The College specialist programs include: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, LOTE (Indonesian and Japanese), Food Technology, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden, Health and Physical Education, inter-school sport carnivals, ICT, and a Year 8/9 elective program. The College also has an ongoing commitment to Environmental Sustainability Education, Studies of Asia and building international connections and partnerships. The College operates under two Sub Schools - Prep to Year 4 and Years 5-9. Both Sub Schools are led and guided by a Sub School Principal and leadership teams.
Point Cook P-9 College is proud to offer a learning environment that is reflective of 21st century design and is committed to providing our students with innovative teaching approaches. Our staff are caring, passionate people who are committed to providing the best education for all our students. Our aim is to ensure we cater for not only the students academic success but also their wellbeing.
Teams of educators work together to plan and teach a comprehensive curriculum and to provide rich learning environments for all students. Our programs are supported by contemporary resources and the latest research on teaching and learning. Our College provides access to an education that is seamless from Prep right through to Year 9.
The curriculum and teaching strategies encourage our students to have high expectations of themselves. The curriculum at our College is developed using an inquiry approach, where students are encouraged to take an active role in investigating and responding to areas of personal interest. All staff provide explicit teaching of new concepts. The Victorian Curriculum forms a basis for teacher planning and curriculum implementation. A range of extra-curricular opportunities are offered to students, from languages, clubs and sporting activities. The Student Leadership program at Point Cook P-9 College provides students from all year levels with leadership training and skill developments, and there are many opportunities to experience positions of responsibility. Our students relish the opportunity to make decisions, take on responsibility and have an input into the direction of the College. Our specialised engagement programs in Years 7-9 have continued to gain momentum. In 2021 we implemented our first The High Achievers Program (HAP) for year 7s. This program has continued to grow and is very popular within the colleges community. In 2022 the college implemented its first Athletic Development Program (ADP). In 2025 the college implemented our first Creative Arts Program (CAP) for a Year 7 class. We will continue to grow this program into future year levels. We have found the behaviour and engagement levels of students has increased significantly due to these types of programs.
The wellbeing of our students and staff is of the utmost importance to us. The high calibre Wellbeing team, consists of a Wellbeing Assistant Principal, Inclusion Leader, Wellbeing Leader, Mental Health Practitioner, Social Workers, ES- Integration aides. Department of Education staff also provide support and guidance for our students, staff and families and work alongside our Wellbeing team. The College has been designed as a Community Hub and encourages community use and additional community facilities and programs, through a partnership with the YMCA and Community Hubs Australia. The relationships between the staff, students, parents and the community is a fundamental strength of our College. Parent involvement and participation is actively encouraged and greatly valued. The College has well established local and international networks and partnerships with other schools, early childhood and further education settings, community organisations, business and industry to support student outcomes and strengthen student pathways.
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 exemplary classroom practice in Mathematics, and expertise in leading classroom instruction across Prep to Year 6 with a deep understanding of the Victorian Curriculum 2.0.
The Mathematics Learning Specialist plays a key leadership role in improving student learning outcomes in Mathematics across Prep to Year 6. The Learning Specialist will be allocated an additional 6 sessions of 50 minutes of non face to face time per week to provide coaching, mentoring and planning/data support.
The Mathematics Learning Specialist is responsible for demonstrating exemplary teaching practice in Prep to Year 6 Mathematics for staff to observe along with coaching and mentoring colleagues to build instructional capacity within the team.
The Mathematics Learning Specialist is responsible for empowering Point Cook College staff through:
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.