Visiting Teacher

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Classroom Teacher - Range 2

**Occupation**:Classroom teacher

**Location**:Melbourne - Southern suburbs

**Reference**:1489001

**Selection Criteria**:

- 1. Substantial experience in teaching students with additional learning or wellbeing needs in a relevant setting and preferably experience working with schools in the area of student learning, engagement and wellbeing.
- 2. Demonstrated capacity to work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary professional team and contribute significantly to the achievements of the team.
- 3. Demonstrated ability to design, deliver or broker professional learning for teachers and other relevant professionals, on relevant topics such as physical disabilities, health impairments, additional learning needs, and appropriate teaching and learning strategies delivered in part via tele-practice where relevant.
- 4. Demonstrated excellent teaching and learning skills, and substantial experience in establishing successful curriculum development strategies to improve student learning outcomes, and to promote full access and inclusion for students with hearing impairment.
- 5. Highly developed conceptual and analytical skills, particularly in advising on and supporting the teaching and learning, access and inclusion needs of students with hearing impairment.
- 6. Demonstrated high level communication skills, networking and interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people in the education community and agencies on complex matters.

**Role**:

- The Visiting Teacher Service provides leadership for teachers and schools in the provision of effective curriculum and pedagogy to support student engagement, access and inclusion for students with disability or impairment in the areas of physical disability, health impairment, vision impairment and hearing impairment.
- The role of the Visiting Teacher is to assist schools to develop and implement appropriate educational programs, adjustments and support for referred students. Visiting teachers liaise with referred schools and students to assist in implementing inclusive practices. A component of the role could include service delivery via tele-practice.

**Responsibilities**:

- Visiting teachers undertake a variety of roles and responsibilities that may include (but are not limited to):

- Building the capacity of school leaders and teachers to implement inclusive practices including the adjustment of curriculum / learning programs to meet the diverse needs of learners in their schools.
- Providing specialist advice and support to school staff to support the teaching of students with physical disability, health impairment, vision impairment, hearing impairment.
- Assisting schools in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of curriculum to ensure full access and inclusion for students with physical disability and/or health impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment.
- The promotion of effective specific teaching and learning practices and skills to bring about sustained change in classroom practice.
- Assisting the class teacher to modify curriculum and physical environment where required.
- The use of innovative technologies in program delivery to improve access and inclusion to the curriculum for eligible students. This will include the delivery of visiting teacher intervention strategies via tele-practice, where relevant.
- Providing educational services to students from pre-school transition to VCE.
- Working collaboratively with key regional personnel to ensure a coordinated approach to promoting access and inclusion related initiatives, liaising with relevant personnel within the region and participating in other related projects.
- The provision of case support and assistance to other visiting teachers and regional staff in the area of physical disability, health impairment, vision impairment, hearing impairment.
- Undertake other duties related to supporting students with disabilities and impairments, as requested by the Manager, in response to changing priorities or new initiatives.

**Who May Apply**:

- Teachers with Special Education Qualifications
- Teachers currently registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (including current police record check) with a recognised special education qualification or demonstrated experience in teaching students with a disability and/or impairment.
- Preference will be given to applicants who have an approved special education qualification
- Job share applicants will be considered.

**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