Language Assistant

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Education and Training Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Part time / From 06/02/2023 - 20/10/2023

Organisation: Education and Training

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1314919

**Selection Criteria**:
SC1 Capacity to deliver high quality Japanese Oral support, at native speaker level, to individuals and small groups.

SC2 Demonstrate commitment to enhancing the language and oral skills of students

SC3 High level understanding of the VCAA Japanese Study Design requirement, especially in relation to the oral exam component.

SC4 Demonstrable commitment to providing targeted feedback to staff and students to support and enhance learning

SC5 Demonstrable commitment to one's own professional development.

SC6 Demonstrated commitment to supporting the school's programs which are aimed at providing enrichment and extension for highly able students.

**Role**:
**Key requirements**:

- Contribution to a child-safe environment, familiarity with and compliance with the school’s child-safe policy and code of conduct, and any other policies or procedures relating to child safety.
- Must hold a Working with Children Check or have VIT registration
- Be enthused by and committed to this role, its responsibilities and its challenges

**Linguistic skills**:

- Native speaker proficiency
- Able to demonstrate language maintenance
- A comprehensive knowledge of the VCE study design
- Experience in teaching or working as a Language Assistant at Year 9 through to VCE level
- Clear understanding of the VCE Oral Examination structure
- Ability to contribute material/content and ideas for the detailed study

**General Skills**:

- Understanding of best practice in creating proficient speakers in the target language
- Can create materials to individual student needs to encourage their use of language and improve their overall language proficiency
- Ability to understand and meet the needs of individual learners
- Ability to give clear and constructive advice to individual students
- Ability to work collaboratively with the teachers, but also able to work independently with students
- Ability to create listening resources
- Maintain accurate records of student attendance and provide a progress report, once a month, to the teacher

**Specific Role of the Language Assistants**
- To help with VCE oral work preparation (general conversation and detailed study responses only)
- Excursions - language assistants are welcome to join excursions as guests but no payment will be given for attendance
- Private tutoring - Tutoring of Mac.Rob students is prohibited whilst employed as a Language Assistant at Mac.Rob

**Teacher Supports the Language Assistants by**:

- Preparing the timetable for students in conjunction with the Language Assistant
- Providing required materials
- Working with the language assistant to monitor student attendance. It is the teacher’s responsibility to follow up with students and receive feedback on student progress
- Monitoring attendance during expected hours
- Language assistants ahead of time of school events (at least two weeks if possible) that impact on sessions - try to arrange another suitable day or else use the occasion as time-in-lieu for later in the year (the relevant paperwork needs to be completed by the teacher and then handed to the Business Manager)
- Implementing a ‘Plan B - flow chart’ for students in cases where students are away so that they can swap with someone else, utilising the time available with the language assistants

**Responsibilities**:

- To help with VCE oral work preparation (General Conversation and Detailed Study responses only) for Year 12 Language students
- To develop speaking skills with VCE (no lessons/marking of written, grammar work, etc unless directly related to oral work preparation) and work with classroom teachers for students in other year levels to support in class and withdrawal modes of assistance.
- Ability to work with the teachers, but also able to work independently with students
- Ability to create listening resources
- To maintain accurate records of student attendance and provide a progress report, once a month, to the teacher

**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
**DET Values**:
**Other Information**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**Location Profile**:
The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School is one of four selective entry high schools for high ability learners in Victoria, catering for 1200 young people in Years 9-12.

Situated in a central city location adjacent to the Albert Park Lake, the school offers outstanding facilities for the delivery of its programs and is attended by students from metropolitan Melbourne and beyond.

The selective nature of entry results in a broad soc



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