Learning Specialist: Foundations of Learning

1 week ago

Ballarat, Australia Schools (Government) Full time

Location: Western Region | Ballarat

Job type: Full time / From 29/01/2024 - 26/01/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1361886

**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.

**Role**:
The Learning Specialist is an instructional leader with deep knowledge and expertise in high quality teaching and learning in delivering improved achievement, engagement and wellbeing for students as it relates to Numeracy. The Learning Specialist will actively contribute to a Numeracy School Improvement Team (SIT) to deliver effective planning, implementation and evaluation of:

- A whole school numeracy improvement plan, which includes guaranteed and viable curriculum.
- Promotion of a P-12 approach to the teaching of numeracy.
- Secondary focused numeracy instructional practices, with focus on number talks and mathematical mindsets.
- Secondary focused numeracy assessment practices - analysis and response to data which includes assessment schedule and data wall.
- Building pedagogical practices through coaching, co-planning and lesson observation (which includes the protocols for observation, feedback and peer collaboration).
- Response to student numeracy learning needs through identification, implementation and evaluation of Intervention and extension practices.

**Responsibilities**:
**The Learning Specialist: Foundations of Learning Numeracy (Secondary) will**:

- Demonstrate high level expertise in numeracy teaching, through having an open classroom and undertaking lesson observation.
- Build the capacity of others to teach numeracy through the effective identification and implementation of research informed professional development.
- Work with the Numeracy SIT team to ensure effective implementation of numeracy delivery P-12.
- Assist with effective implementation of the PDP process.
- Model the ability to use assessment practice and data analysis skills to ensure that classroom teaching programs and are in alignment with the school's Annual Implementation Plan and Schools Strategic Plan.
- Work with the College's leadership team to build collaborative practices, through effective implementation of Phoenix protocols which build collective efficacy.
- Work with other learning specialists and leading teachers to establish a Community of Practice (COP) which focuses on building collective leader and teacher efficacy.
- Identify improvement opportunities and undertake other tasks as delegated by the Principal

**Key Targets**:

- Numeracy learning targets as identified in the Schools Strategic Plan, Annual Implementation Plan and SIT Narrative.
- Teacher practice as identified through PLC and Staff Opinion survey.
- Consistent teacher practice as identified through development and documentation of guaranteed, viable curriculum and its implementation.

**Who May Apply**:
Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at:
Child Safe Standards: Policy | education.vic.gov.au

**DE Values**:
The Department’s employees commit to upholding DE’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountabili

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