Integration Aide

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Part time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Ed Support Level 1-Range 2

**Occupation**: Teacher

**Location**: Warragul

**Reference**: 1479326

**Location Profile**:
**_ At Longwarry Primary School we work together to grow our learning in a safe and respectful learning environment that encourages positive relationships, resilient learners and academic growth for all._**

Longwarry Primary School (LPS) is a rural school situated in the West Gippsland township of Longwarry, approximately 85kms east of Melbourne. Longwarry Primary School is a Professional Learning Community where our passion and focus surround student learning, student engagement and student wellbeing. Relationship building is fundamental to students achieving at their best, at Longwarry Primary School we excel in building positive and supportive relationships with our students, their families and the greater community.

Through explicit teaching, students are encouraged to learn and advance their knowledge & skills in fun and interesting ways that excite students¿ minds. Longwarry Primary School utilises the _Science of Learning_, the cognitive-science research on how students learn, and connects it to practical implications for teaching. Incorporating DATAWORKS Explicit Direct Instruction framework, Engagement Norms and Check for Understanding we aim to engage, motivate and support our students to meet both personal and curriculum-based goals.

LPS currently has 150 students enrolled, allowing for smaller classroom sizes with a high ratio of adults to students to support learning within each classroom. There are 28 staff including a principal, 8 classroom teachers (including a Mental Health in Schools Leader), a learning tutor, 4 specialist teachers, 2 administration support staff, 1 Disability Inclusion Co-ordinator, 11 teacher integration aides, 2 school wellbeing staff, and a specialist technician. The staff work collaboratively in Professional Learning Communities to plan, analyse student data, and differentiate teaching and learning according to students¿ individual needs. At LPS we pride ourselves on meeting diverse student needs within the mainstream structures, working alongside students, families and support teams to create individual learning programs to encourage engagement, wellbeing and personal growth.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks, including coordinating and supporting others in respect to specific work functions relevant to the role.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.

**SC3** Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a team environment, including 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 and other school staff in respect to the work area.

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

**Role**:
[Attendance requirement for this position]

An education support class position at this range will perform tasks that are carried out in accordance with guidelines, accepted practice, and school policy under supervision and direction. This may include coordination of other education support class staff within the work area or educational program.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of a teacher as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the _Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic)_ or its successor. Supervision of students can be required individually or in groups up to 4 in controlled circumstances and where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

Certification and/or qualifications of up to three years can be required at this level (noting that Registered Nurse is not included at this level, the first level for which is Level 1 range 3).

A role at this range may include:

- Specific support tasks to achieve outcomes. Typically, this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the co-ordination of a work area under the direction of the principal or a manager.
- Assisting teachers, within an educational program, by undertaking specific support tasks or the coordination of the support function.
- Supervised health and wellbeing support tasks, medical intervention support tasks, or other specialised student/teacher support roles (e.g. enrolled nurses performing the role as described in schedule 3). These roles require specific qualifications and/or training, including roles where further training must be undertaken from time to time. The role is for a specific purpose, for which there will be direct accountability as opposed to support roles that are carried out by a range of staff