Literacy Coach/coordinator

**About Bialik**

Bialik College is a cross-communal Jewish Zionist school, embracing an inclusive approach to Judaism. All students attend one campus in Hawthorn, creating a close-knit community of students and learners from as young as three months old in our Children’s Centre, three years old in the Early Learning Centre through to Year 12 in the Senior School. Students come from throughout Melbourne, with a sizeable majority from the Caulfield area, with many travelling to school on public transport or Bialik buses.

Bialik celebrates diversity and inclusion in its workforce, and has a thriving culture based on community and excellence in education. Our workforce is comprised of employees from a diverse range of faiths and backgrounds. Applicants of any faith (or no faith) are encouraged to apply.

Bialik College is committed to child safety. We recognise the importance of, and our responsibility for, ensuring a safe and supportive environment which respects the rights of all children and fosters their enrichment and wellbeing.

**The Position**

The primary objective of this role is to develop, implement, coach & monitor a coherent & structured approach for literacy teaching & learning (reading, writing, spelling, speaking & listening) in the Early Learning Centre (ELC) (Prep - Year 1) & Primary School (Years 2-5). The role will also be responsible for developing comprehensive literacy programs that align with the Victorian Curriculum, enhances student outcomes & meets the needs of diverse learners.

This role is a part-time role (0.40 to 0.60 FTE), commencing at the beginning of the 2025 school year

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Leading Literacy Programs
- Build a scope and sequence and implement best practice research-based Literacy programs and policies in accordance with Cultures of Thinking and Reggio Emilia Approach pedagogy.
- Collaborate with teachers and model literacy strategies to embed in pedagogical practices
- Ensure that programs are reviewed to stay abreast of current educational practices and thinking.
- Lead and manage Literacy assessment and reporting and data.
- Ensure assessment is rigorous and that teachers have strategies and models for collection and analysis of data in reading, writing and language conventions (including spelling).

Monitoring, evaluation and review of Literacy Programs
- Monitor, evaluate and review Prep to Year 5 literacy programs through data analysis, student assessments and teacher feedback.
- Conduct an annual Literacy Review on the basis of data from Standardised testing (PAT, NAPLAN, Common Assessment. Tasks, Running Records) updating and keeping the Literacy Program current

Curriculum Documentation
- Develop and maintain a detailed knowledge of the Victorian Curriculum.
- Lead, audit and review mapping of Literacy Curriculum on ATLAS and train teachers to use ATLAS to map Literacy Curriculum.

Coaching
- Be a positive role model and be an exemplary teacher.
- Create a climate which enables other staff to develop and maintain positive attitudes towards high standards of literacy, and manage change effectively based on Bialik values.
- Create and lead a schedule that allows for regular one to one and group coaching sessions, focusing on enhancing literacy instruction.
- Support teachers in setting and achieving professional goals related to literacy.
- Meet with teachers to plan and monitor student literacy needs using assessment data and teacher observations. Oversee appropriate home learning regimens.
- **Role Requirements**
- Possess a teaching diploma/degree along with a relevant tertiary qualification and be qualified and experienced in primary school education.
- Possess demonstrable school leadership experience and a proven record in the initiation of innovative programs in Literacy.
- Hold a current registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT).

**Benefits**
- Permanent full-time staff entitled to a 25% school fee discount for their children (Kindergarten to Year 12). Permanent part-time employees (working more than 50% of FTE) will be entitled to a pro-rata fee discount
- Free private & secure onsite car parking with onsite security
- Free membership & access to onsite gym & swimming pool
- Onsite Canteen
- Free access to confidential wellbeing support including onsite psychologists, counsellors & external Employee Assistant Program (EAP).
- Discounts at local retailers including - cafes’, car repairs & more
- Discounted rental rates for hiring school facilities including - Seminar Room, Gymnasium, Championship Basketball Courts, Outdoor FUTSAL, Netball & Tennis Courts
- Located close to the Monash Freeway & Tooronga Train Station