Department of Education Victoria – Stawell VIC

Skene Street Specialist School is a government, dual mode specialist school in Stawell in regional Victoria, for students with an intellectual disability between the ages of 5¿18 years. The school serves the district communities around Stawell and Ararat, in the foothills of the Grampians National Park Victoria.

The school is a purpose built facility which opened in 2011 and is equipped to meet the students¿ needs. It is located close to Stawell¿s shopping precinct with shops, community services and recreational facilities that staff use to broaden student learning.

The staffing profile of Skene St SS includes a Principal and 8 teachers and 10 Education Support (ES) staff.

The school provides an approved curriculum framework differentiated to meet student needs. The Victorian Curriculum levels A to D and includes F-10 for students with disabilities.

Each student has an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that highlights skill acquisition tasks that is designed to be worthwhile, challenging and achievable. Specialist programs include Vocational Education, Riding for the Disabled, Community Access, Developmental Learning Skills, Swimming, Choir and Physiotherapy.

Selection Criteria

- Demonstrated high level experience in inclusive education practice (teaching and learning), building school staff capability and developing processes for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration.
- Demonstrated experience planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based intervention strategies for students with disabilities and providing feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development.
- Demonstrated ability to input into the development,



implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to teaching students with disability and diverse learning needs in a range of school settings.
- Demonstrated ability to provide explicit advice to teaching staff to assess and monitor student achievement and learning progress in line with the Victorian curriculum, and support teaching staff with effective strategies to engage with parents and families, including reporting on student progress.
- Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people.
- Ability to provide leadership, skilled learning and coaching that informs and influences the work of others involved in the engagement and wellbeing of children and young people.

Context

The Disability Inclusion reform agenda announced in the 2020/21 State Budget will invest more than $1.5 billion into the Victorian Education system over four years. This investment will support the Department of Education (the Department) to further improve outcomes for schools and students with disability and diverse learning needs. A key initiative under the reform is the Inclusion Outreach Coaching initiative, which supports schools to implement inclusive practices, guided by Inclusion Outreach Coaches (Learning Specialists).

Classification

Teacher Class (Learning Specialist) - Range 3





The successful applicant will be a highly skilled classroom practitioner who continues to spend the majority of their time in schools and classrooms 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 Specialist class employees 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.

For more information on the responsibilities of a Learning Specialist Range 3 employee, please visit:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/industrial-agreements/resources

Role

Inclusion Outreach Coaches are based in specialist schools and partner with mainstream schools for defined periods, to provide coaching support to school leadership and staff aimed at strengthening inclusive practices. Coaches partner with the schools to increase their capability to implement preventative, evidence-based strategies that benefit all students. Together, the coach and school use data to identify a goal to work towards and plan and monitor for improvement and sustainability. Coaches collaborate with Departmental regional team members in a team-based response to the identified need. There is an emphasis on Tier 1 preventative, system change practices. Co

📌 Inclusion Outreach Coach (Stawell)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Stawell