Work Type: Ongoing - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Classroom Teacher - Range 2
Occupation: Classroom teacher
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1505086
About the Department
The Department of Education leads the delivery of education and development services to children, young people and adults both directly through government schools and indirectly through the regulation and funding of early childhood services, non-government schools and training programs.
Information about the structure of the Department, including details about each of our Ministers, key staff, regional offices, strategy and annual reports are available at: People and structure: Department of Education | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
The Department is delivering Disability Inclusion (DI) to transform the way students with disability are supported in Victorian government schools. DI is providing a range of supports, tools, guidance and training to ensure schools can provide an inclusive environment for all members of their school community. DI is also delivering a new tiered funding approach and strength-based process to identify students' strengths and needs.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department acknowledges and respects Aboriginal cultures, its values and practices, and is committed to take actions to provide support to Aboriginal people employed by the Department.
Role Context
Schools and Regional Services comprises 17 Areas within four regions across the state, as well as 5 central Divisions. The responsibilities of Schools and Regional Services include:
To support the implementation of Disability Inclusion, the Visiting Teacher Service provides leadership and capability building for teachers and schools in the provision of effective curriculum and pedagogy to support student engagement, access and inclusion for students with disability or impairment in the areas of, physical disability, health impairment, autism, vision impairment and hearing impairment.
The Visiting Teacher assists schools and school staff to understand both the functional needs of students and the, development and implementation of inclusive practices. This may include but not be limited to the development of appropriate educational programs, modifications, reasonable adjustments and collective and individualised supports for students with a disability. A component of the role could include service delivery via tele-practice.
Visiting teachers undertake a variety of roles and responsibilities that may include (but are not limited to):
Support Whole School Initiatives
Providing specialist advice and support to schools in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of curriculum to ensure full access and inclusion for students with physical disability and/or health impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment, autism, complex behaviour and learning difficulties.
Working collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach to promoting access and inclusion related initiatives, liaising with relevant personnel within the region and participating in other related projects.
The use of innovative technologies in program delivery to improve access and inclusion to the curriculum for eligible students. This will include the delivery of visiting teacher intervention strategies via tele-practice, where relevant.
Enhance Specific Classroom Practices
The promotion of effective specific teaching and learning practices and skills to bring about sustained change in classroom practice.
Support the classroom teacher to identify the needs of the young person and deliver the necessary adjustments to access their learning. ,This may include the contribution of specialist advice to support the Disability Inclusion Profile process
Providing educational services to students from pre-school transition to VCE.
The provision of case support and assistance to other visiting teachers and regional staff in the area of physical disability, health impairment, vision impairment, hearing impairment or autism.
Undertake other duties related to supporting students with disabilities and impairments, as requested by the Manager, in response to changing priorities or new initiatives, including supporting the rollout of Disability Inclusion.
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.