Learning Specialist
- Pedagogy (TFI 094)

Department of Education Victoria – Mildura VIC

Mildura Primary School No. 2915 is one of four large primary schools in the Mildura Rural City Council local government area. The school currently serves a student enrolment of about 370.

We are extremely proud of our schools 132 year tradition of educating children from the Mildura community. Our wonderfully multicultural town with it¿s deep cultural diversity is reflected in the enrolment at MPS, pair this with a genuine focus on student learning needs and a high expectations culture for all students and the success we are having at our school is immense.

Mildura Primary School has a firm focus on student outcomes and is committed to preparing students for further education and life. The school provides a quality teaching program catering for the needs of the individual and has specialist teaching in Health, Physical Education, Barkindji (Indigenous language and culture), Library/Health and Visual Arts. We provide many programs to cater for the children and the local community.
This environment is very adaptable with a gymnasium, Visual Art and Performance spaces.

We take great pride at Mildura Primary in the way our school looks and presents itself to the local community and our school is extremely fortunate to have access to substantial Mildura Rural City Council community facilities adjacent to the school. These include a library, indoor and outdoor pools and ovals. Regular use is made of these facilities throughout the year.

The school provides outstanding experiences for each student. `Kids First @ Mildura Primary¿ dictates what we do, think and act when educating our students. A `High Expectations¿ setting caters for the individualised learning of every student.

Selection Criteria





SC1Demonstrated 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.
SC2Demonstrated 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.
SC3Demonstrated 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.
SC4Demonstrated 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.
SC5Demonstrated 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, knowledge and effectiveness of the teaching workforce.
The Learning Specialist role is aimed at building excellence in teaching and learning within the Teaching Service.

Responsibilities

In recognition of the importance of exemplary teaching practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the Learning Specialist may include but are not limited to:demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practicemodelling exemplary classroom practice including through teaching demonstration lessonsworking with the school leadership team to develop a shared view of highly effective teacher practiceleading and modelling the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and deliveryplaying a key role in the provision of professional learning, including through developing processes and protocols for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaborationmodelling effective learning practice and supporting teachers to seek, analyse and act on feedback on their practiceproviding evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to inform

📌 Learning Specialist (Mildura)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Mildura