Learning Specialist-coaching/mentoring

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Schools (Government) Full time

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 29/01/2024 - 29/01/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1382912

**Selection Criteria**:
**Learning Specialist
- Positive Classroom Culture**

**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.

**SC6** Demonstrated high level ability to lead, model and coach staff in research based engagement and behaviour management approaches.

**Role Description**

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.

Tarneit Senior College expects the Learning Specialist
- Positive Classroom Culture Coach to undertake a mentor/coaching role with staff however this may be adjusted as required by the College. The focus of this role this is to enhance the skills of teachers in a particular faculty to better meet the needs of the students with engagement and/or behavioural issues. The Learning Specialist will be a support to teachers and as such will take a significant role for staff wellbeing, student management and engagement where appropriate, as well as, enhancing teacher effectiveness, student learning and community perceptions. As such all Learning Specialists play an integral part within the College Leadership Team, which includes the Leading Teachers and Principal Class Teams.

Learning Specialists will develop an Annual Performance Plan within the Performance

Management process and it is expected that the plan will allow scope for the Learning

Specialist to clearly demonstrate their ability to meet the Professional Standards as

outlined. The Principal Class Team will manage the Performance Management of all

Learning Specialists. All Learning Specialists will manage the Annual Performance

Management process for groups of staff.

**Responsibilities**

**Position 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 practice
- provide a child safe environment in accordance with the child safe standards.
- modelling exemplary classroom practice including through teaching demonstration lessons
- working with the school leadership team to develop a shared view of highly effective teacher practice
- leading and modelling the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to improvement in pedagogical approaches
- playing a key role in the provision of professional learning, including through developing processes and protocols for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration
- modelling effective learning practice and supporting teachers to seek, analyse and act on feedback on their practice
- providing evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to



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