Learning Specialist

Location: South West Region | Camperdown

Job type: Full time / From 24/02/2025 - 23/02/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1462682

**Location Profile**:
Cobden Technical School serves the town of Cobden and its surrounding dairy farming district. Cobden is located 200kms south west of Melbourne and 50kms from the Great Ocean Road, one of the world's most scenic coastal drives.
Cobden Technical School, established in 1969, is the only school in Victoria to have retained the name 'Technical' from an earlier time when there was a separate Technical Schools Division within the Department of Education. The continuation of the name was the wish of the local community, with whom the school continues to enjoy a positive and mutually supportive relationship.

In keeping with the school's motto, Cobden Technical School is strongly 'Committed To Students, Committed to Success'. We believe that the development of emotional and intellectual intelligence, coupled with an environment where learning is enjoyable, are central to our work to seek and celebrate successful outcomes for students. Staff at Cobden Technical School have established a culture of learning where every student is able to achieve significant growth.

Cobden Technical School prides itself on understanding and acknowledging that its students, staff and community are its greatest strength and resource. The strong relationships that exist within the school itself and between the school and the wider community have led to wonderful outcomes for many young people.

**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**:
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 improving the skill, knowledge and effectiveness of the teaching workforce.

The Learning Specialist role is aimed at building excellence in teaching and learning within the Teaching Service.

**Responsibilities**:
In recognition of the importance of exemplary practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the Learning Specialists may include but are not limited to:

- Demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practice
- Modelling exemplary classroom practice including through teaching demonstration lessons
- Working with the school leadership team to develop a shared view of highly effective teacher practice
- Leading and modelling the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery
- Playing a key role in the provision of professional learning, including through developing processes and protocols for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration
- Modelling effective learning practice and supporting teachers to seek, analyse and act on feedback and on their practice
- Providing evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development
- Providing expert advice about the context, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
- Supervising and tr