Coach - Reading (Term 4 Start)

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Learning Specialist - Range 3

**Occupation**:Learning specialist

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1488045

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1**
- Demonstrated expertise in the curriculum, FISO 2.0 and the VTLM 2.0, when leading planning and implementation for the teaching of reading.

**SC2**
- Demonstrated capacity to lead the implementation of evidence-based practices and modelling of High Impact Teaching Strategies and High Impact Wellbeing Strategies that respond to student learning and wellbeing needs in reading.

**SC3**
- Demonstrated ability to lead others in monitoring and assessing student learning (at class, cohort or whole-school level) and to lead the use of data to improve teaching practice in reading.
- Demonstrated ability to support others to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents in reading.

**SC4**
- Demonstrated outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to enhance student learning and wellbeing.
- Demonstrated excellent organisational and time management skills including the ability to meet and exceed deadlines and display proactive and positive initiative.

**SC5**
- Demonstrated, visible, consistent behaviours aligned with Strathtulloh Primary School values. Capacity to support colleagues, students and others to live by these values in a positive, proactive and passionate way.
- Demonstrated capacity to work with others to lead professional learning to improve reading practice.

**SC6**
- Demonstrated high-level expertise with evidence based, data-driven practice excellence in explicit teaching of reading.

**Role**:

- 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.

**Responsibilities**:

- In recognition of the importance of exemplary practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the Learning Specialists may include but are not limited to:

- Demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practice
- 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 curriculum planning and delivery
- 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 and on their practice
- Providing evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development
- Providing expert advice about the context, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervising and training one or more student teachers and mentoring and/or coaching teachers
- Modelling exemplary use of student data to inform teaching approaches
- Developing and promoting school-wide professional learning structures, processes and protocols through Professional Learning Communities
- Modelling exemplary professional learning practice included through seeking feedback from other teachers and leaders on their own classroom practice as part of critical reflection and inquiry to improve practice

**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 the