Ed Support Level 1-range 2

Location: North East Region | Shepparton

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Teacher

Reference: 1450388

**Location Profile**:
Gowrie St Primary School is located in Northern Shepparton, just 200 metres from the Goulburn River. Our 2024 enrolment is 200 students, representing a diverse range of communities. This includes approximately 35% Indigenous students and 14% EAL students.

Gowrie St Primary School¿s vision is to be a community that takes strength from who we are: our diversity, our cultures and our histories. We will empower our students to seize life¿s opportunities and overcome its challenges. Working alongside our community is a core part of this and is reflected in many of our programs: our Wellbeing team, our therapeutic play program, our Paediatric clinic and our engagement programs, which include our Hands-On Learning. We aim to develop creative, curious and active young people who have a love of learning, and who a strong sense of how they can make a positive impact on their communities and the world. We encourage our students to express themselves through the arts by embedding arts learning across our curriculum.

Gowrie St Primary Schools values are also very important to us and are part of our School-Wide Positive Behaviours Supports (SWPBS). Our values are Excellence, Determination, Empathy and Pride. We take a restorative approach to supporting students through challenging behaviour in order to build a culture based on strong, positive relationships.

We have a strong focus on a literacy and numeracy and developing a positive mindset to learning through goal setting and reflection. We aim to empower our students¿ sense of agency and to take an active role in their learning journey. We run readers and writers workshop models as well as literacy 'intensives' (small group targeted learning) across the school. Our numeracy learning model incorporates explicit instruction, as well as building mathematic fluency. Additionally, we round out our numeracy with challenging tasks using the Launch, Explore, Discuss framework.

Our teacher teams collaboratively plan which is a wonderful support to new teachers and provides in time professional learning in our pedagogical approaches. Through 'Teaching Sprints¿ our teachers build their knowledge of evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes for our students whilst strengthening their capacity
- an approach that our teachers site as one of the many positives of working at Gowrie St. Professional learning is link closely with our AIP and is always in line with the goals we collaboratively set for improvement and our school improvement team allows for every teacher to spend a term as a member.

Our teacher teams are enhanced by our team of dedicated education support staff, who provide support in every class and across other parts of our school.

**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 educa