Team Leader

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Learning Specialist - Range 3

**Occupation**:Learning specialist

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1486689

**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 that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support 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 support 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 ability to engage in collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community to support student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.

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

**Role**:

- The Teaching and Learning P-6 Leader is a highly skilled classroom practitioner. Their role is to improve the skill, knowledge, and performance of our teachers and to improve the curriculum program of our school. They will be responsible for coordinating staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating, and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice, and professional engagement in others.
- The Teaching and Learning P-6 Leader will be responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.

**Responsibilities**:
**Curriculum**
- Work with the Chair of the Education Subcommittee of College Council to ensure relevant information is made available for meetings that relate to curriculum, assessment and reporting agenda items.
- Chair meetings with the P-6 Learning Communities, building team capacity, accountability and a collaborative approach to development and implementation of programs to meet the needs of the College community.
- Together with the Assistant Principal P-6, the Teaching and Learning Leader P-6 will: - Achieve goals in our School Strategic and Annual Implementation Plan in their areas of responsibility. - Use a consistent curriculum design including common assessment tasks and timelines, including how these documents will be stored and accessed by the school community.
- Consolidation and embedding of progressive feedback cycle (Primary Progress Reports).
- Build and develop staff capacity in understanding and embedding all Learning Areas and Capabilities within the Victorian Curriculum from Prep to Year 6.
- Lead staff to review how they promote student engagement, differentiation, inclusion, student voice, digital technologies and 21st Century skills at the curriculum development stage.
- Ensure curriculum development, documentation and delivery embeds high impact teaching and learning theories and strategies, with a focus on improving student outcomes.
- Review and audit curriculum data regularly to evaluate the provision of diverse pathways and opportunities for all students.
- Work collaboratively with all staff to support increased teacher capacity and efficacy.

Regularly review school programs in the context of local needs and DET requirements.
- Ensure curriculum programs from Prep to Year 6 meet DET and VCAA guidelines.
- Support key staff with the incorporation of Rights, Relationships, Respect and Resilience curriculum.

**Pedagogy**
- Lead the development of staff capacity to implement and embed high impact teaching strategies from Prep to Year 6 to improve student outcomes.
- Lead the consistent use of a Whole College Workshop Model based on solid research and consultation.
- Promote the use of our Workshop model and delivery of purposeful lessons that will address the needs of all students.
- Lead the use of high impact differentiation strategies to ensure all students are being catered for at their individual point of need.
- Support all staff to develop their teaching practice to ensure all students from Prep to Year 6 are being catered for appropriately.

**Assessment and Reporting**
- Lead assessment, moderation, and reporting practices to ensure regular review of processes, clarity of timelines and requirements and consistent implementation.
- Lead accountability processes to support consistency.
- Oversee