Learning Specialist

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Learning Specialist Range 3

**Occupation**: Teacher

**Location**: Melton

**Reference**: 1477321

**Location Profile**:
Located on beautiful Wurundjeri Country, Strathtulloh Primary School has been educating with HEART since 2022. We are a brand-new state of the art school, located in the suburb of Strathtulloh. We opened in January 2022 with 710 students already growing to over 1350 students and employing over 150 staff in 2025.

Our students are phenomenal and eager learners who are beautifully behaved and respectful. We are supported by families and a community which really values and supports education and our school.

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) and Respectful Relationships (RR) feature strongly at our school, along with a culture that supports positive, proactive and passionate wellbeing and learning for students and staff. Our students, staff and community demonstrate outstanding positive behaviours and consistently work to demonstrate and build their #StrathtullohHEART.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and progressive school community. Our staff are our most valuable resource and we provide support & recognition accordingly. Our Coaching, Wellbeing and Principal Class teams are visible and working together with staff to support the best outcomes for students.

Why work at Strathtulloh?
- Numerous strategies in place to reduce workload and an improved work life balance;
- Growth opportunities through Professional Learning, Coaching and Mentoring programs open to ALL staff. We're not looking for staff who know everything; we're looking for staff who are open to learning and refining their craft; who want to make a difference for every student, each other and our community;
- Free before & after school program for children of staff;
- Getting here is easy It's a 30 minute drive against traffic from Sunbury, Gisborne, the inner west or north of Melbourne and an hour from the eastern suburbs, Ballarat & Geelong. We¿re also only a short walk from the train station with plenty of seats heading away from the city.
- Staff shower and change facilities for any staff who want to get active during their break times or travelling to school;
- Celebration and recognition of the achievements and milestones of our staff;
- A terrific team of staff who engage in a variety of social events and functions;
- On site cafe with great coffee

The Strathtulloh community are encouraged to be Helpful, Excelling, Accepting, Resilient and Trustworthy people as they demonstrate, support and strive for a #StrathtullohHEART

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1**Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to model exemplary teaching practice, including the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum, and implement school priorities.

**SC2**Demonstrated expertise in the implementation and modelling of high impact teaching strategies and high impact wellbeing strategies that respond to student learning and wellbeing needs. Demonstrated ability to coach 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 coach 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 skills. Demonstrated high level ability to engage in collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community to support positive student learning, wellbeing and engagement.

**SC5**Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated ability to coach others to reflect on their practice and facilitate school-based professional learning.

**SC6**Demonstrated high-level expertise with evidence based, data-driven practice excellence in wellbeing, teaching and learning. Demonstrated capacity to Coach colleagues to maintain a positive, safe and orderly learning and teaching environment.

**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 improvi