Learning Specialist - Instructional Practices

Department of Education Victoria – Mount Clear VIC

1d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Mount Clear Primary School's vision is `We strive to create resilient and successful individuals who are empowered to be themselves. School staff, parents, students and community work together to develop broad thinkers who can apply their skills, attitudes, values and knowledge in a changing world. The values and beliefs that form a basis for education at Mount Clear Primary School include Respect, Resilience and Responsibility. We promote and demonstrate these values in all interactions between all members of the school and wider community.

Mount Clear Primary School is located 5km south of the Ballarat CBD and has a currentenrolment of 208students in Foundation to Year 6 with 33 staff members. This currently includes 1 principal, 2 assistant principal, 2 Learning Specialist in Literacy and Numeracy and 17 teachers, 11 education support staff, Business Manager and Office Administration.
Our school maintainsa focus on improving student achievement in Learning and Wellbeing.

To support the wellbeing of our students and wider community, we actively engage with the Berry Street Education Model. These practices align with our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) approach, ensuring a consistent, trauma-informed and strengths-based framework across the school. Learning and Wellbeing experiences areenhanced by our specialist program comprising of Physical Education, Art, Music and Auslan.

The staff work and build capacity through Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) which ensures collaboration and collective responsibility for all students.



PLCs also ensure that teachers know their students¿ learning needs and use the most effective strategies and tools to guide each learner to the next level of understanding or skills. We are fortunate to have an extremely talented and enthusiastic staff who always strive to improve their teaching practice through qualified learning, cooperation and collaboration.

The current School Strategic Plan focuses on two goals supporting Key Improvement Strategies

GOAL 1: To maximise learning growth for all students

Review, align and embed the school's instructional practices with the VTLM 2.0

Strengthen staff confidence and consistency in utilising evidence to improve student learning and wellbeing.

Embed inclusive teaching practices to support diverse student needs.

GOAL 2: To enhance the wellbeing of all students

Embed the whole school tiered approach to wellbeing.

Embed the whole school approach to improving attendance.

Additional information can be found athttp://mountclearps.vic.edu.au/or by contacting the Principal, Cameron Landry, on 5330 1844.

Selection Criteria

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.

Role

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, knowle

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