Numeracy - Quicksmart

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 20/03/2023 - 20/12/2023

Organisation: Education and Training

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1333127

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated experience and skills in coordinating a specific education support function.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to supervise the work of other support staff and to develop procedures and guidelines relating to the work area.

**SC3** Demonstrated high level oral and written communication skills.

**SC4** Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.

**SC5** Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management in respect to the work area.

**SC6** Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

**Role**:
**QuickSmart Program**

QuickSmart focuses on developing fast and accurate basic academic skills by providing 30-minute lessons, three times a week, over a period of 30 weeks. The QuickSmart program follows a structured lesson sequence that provides students with regular and predictable learning sequences. Results indicate that QuickSmart has been successful in closing the gap between low-and average
- achieving students in the areas of Numeracy and in building student confidence.

Students are identified as being at-risk of academic failure through their Middle Years Achievement Test (MYAT) and Progressive Achievement Test (PAT Math) test scores and through teacher knowledge of students’ learning difficulties. The pre-test data from these tests also helps to identify students at risk of learning failure before the intervention begins.

Secondary school students selected for the QuickSmart program are students who:

- experience learning difficulties in Numeracy
- perform in the lowest two bands
- have a regular school attendance pattern.

These students are withdrawn from class for one period on three occasions a week for 30 weeks.

The QuickSmart Numeracy program focuses on problem solving and improving students’ recall of basic number facts. The sessions are structured to include the following short, focused activities:

- Timed recall of basic number facts from a targeted set of focus number facts, using flashcards.
- ‘Speed Sheets’ that relate to the same set of basic focus number facts involving operations on numbers 0-12, and extension number facts involving operations on numbers in the tens and hundreds.
- Independent work sheets completed while students take turns with OZCAAS. (assessment software)
- Regular testing on tasks from the OZCAAS bank of mathematical tasks.

Games that consolidate recall of number facts or the use of strategies for calculating number facts

**Responsibilities**:
Provides coordination support to teachers through rostering and the organisation of the work of a team of aides, including supervision and guidance.
- Conducts routine presentations to parents to assist teachers in communicating objectives and outcomes relating to educational programs and/or students.
- Liaise with external providers of support services
- Provide medical intervention support that involves a specific medical condition approved by the Department, requires specialised training/instruction that requires regular updating and has clearly defined responsibility for the administration of such support.

The QuickSmart Numeracy instructor position will operate under the direction of Leading Teacher Numeracy and Math Learning Area Manager and will involve the following responsibilities:

- work under the guidance of the Leading Teacher Numeracy and Math Learning Area Manager to implement the QuickSmart Numeracy Program within the College
- work as an effective member of the QuickSmart and Numeracy team as well as liaising with mathematics teachers where appropriate
- communicate with parents through Information Evenings and by providing simple reports on student progress
- timetable students in the QuickSmart Numeracy Program
- work with individual students at the level required, following the program designated by Quick Smart
- maintain records of student attendance using Compass as per their timetabled sessions
- track and record student achievements in accordance with the QuickSmart Numeracy Program guidelines
- write and maintain brief progress reports
- refer problems of student attendance and behaviour to the Leading Teacher Numeracy and Year Level Coordinators
- provide feedback and advice to the Leading Teacher as well as associated teachers, including demonstration sessions and open classrooms
- provide administrative assistance when needed, including pre-testing students using CAAS System, organising celebratory events for achieved milestones, reporting progress to teachers and parents
- attend all professional learning associated with QuickSmart Numeracy and contribute to Open Night
- maintain the Quick Smart room and resources

Any other duties as directed by the P