Learning Specialist Range 3

Location: Western Region | Melton

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2028

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1456075

**Location Profile**:
Thornhill Park Primary School was established in 2023 and is located in the suburb of Thornhill Park approximately 40 kilometres west of Melbourne. Our school has capacity for 550 students and caters for students from Years Prep to 6. **Our enrolments are around 550, with a growth of up to 900 students expected by term 4 2025. **The grounds sit alongside a new creek installation in the Thornhill Park Estate and is surrounded by many new houses, bike paths and open park spaces. The school community will be culturally diverse with many families coming from a language background other than English. We aim to provide a strong culture of inclusion and establish a supportive environment for all students.

Our staff will have a range of experience and work in teams to provide differentiated programs for all students. We value the establishment of a strong culture and look to build a team of people who have students at the centre of their decision making and strive to make an impact. We offer a curriculum based on building strong foundations in Literacy and Numeracy, whilst providing students with a range of real-life and problem-based experiences. Our teaching spaces also enable us to have a Specialist hub consisting of Physical Education, Food Tech, STEM, The Arts and Auslan. Our learning environments provide opportunities for students to explore their curiosity and develop as 21st Century citizens.

Thornhill Park Primary Schools vision is to ensure
- Our **students** are happy, empowered, curious and resilient learners.
- Our **curriculum** is challenging, engaging, inclusive and relevant and supports each student in achieving their full potential.
- Our **staff** are committed to providing high quality curriculum and a caring, inclusive classroom environment.
- Our **environment** is welcoming, social, safe, positive and stimulating and encourages our students and staff to learn, develop and achieve success.
- Our **school community** is committed to an ever developing, positive, supportive and collaborative partnership between home, school and the community.

Our school values are Respect, Integrity, Persistence and Wellbeing.
- We display **respect** in all aspects of our school lives from the way we interact with each other to the way we treat our environment.
- We have **integrity** by always striving to do our best at school and ensuring we are honest and trustworthy citizens.
- We are **persistent** in challenging situations and always trying to give our very best. Being persistent enables our community to acknowledge that it is okay to make mistakes as this helps us to learn and to strive for excellence.
- We value **wellbeing** for all members of the community. We strive for people to be at their best when at school, so we endeavour to differentiate our approach to ensure we are inclusive and provide support for all students and staff. We recognise that optimal learning occurs when students are happy and healthy.

**Please contact Principal, Darryl Spiteri on 03 8764 3990 should you wish to arrange a tour of the school or require further information.**

**Selection Criteria**:
The successful applicant will be required to deliver professional learning to staff. They will also be required to demonstrate best practice in their chosen area to others, whilst in the classroom. The successful applicant will be given time to complete this role effectively. They will also be working alongside our current Numeracy Learning Specialist and Curriculum Assistant Principal.

**SC1** Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to model exemplary teaching practice and provide ongoing whole staff and individualised Professional Learning, in your chosen area of expertise and implement school priorities aligned with our Annual Implementation Plan and Strategic Plan. Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to model exemplary teaching practice and provide ongoing whole staff and individualised Professional Learning, in your chosen area of expertise and implement school priorities aligned with our Annual Implementation Plan and Strategic Plan.

**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