2026 Learning Specialist Maths/science

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Learning Specialist - Range 3

**Occupation**:Learning specialist

**Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs

**Reference**:1488223

**Location Profile**:

- The community of Greenvale has long-awaited its own a secondary school and is eager for it to be a success story: the secondary school of choice for local families and a school of which all in the community can be proud. The future of education for Greenvale is now here and students will be prepared for, and encouraged to dream, believe, and achieve.
- Staff who work in our school will be welcomed into a high supportive staff culture that also has high expectations for ourselves. This is balanced with remote and flexible working opportunities and professional learning for all staff.
- Our school opened in 2022 with brand new facilities and is growing steadily. In 2025, the College has Year 7 - 10 student cohorts. We will add a year level every year following. In 2025, the College adds the Year 11 cohort and our senior secondary options to ensure all students have excellent opportunities and outcomes after their schooling.
- At Greenvale Secondary College, we have a thoroughly documented curriculum that focuses on the use of developmental rubrics and promoting learning growth for all students. This approach is paired with our Instructional Model and Positive Learning Framework that ensures we focus on supporting individual students wherever they are at in their learning and social development, to ensure our students can feel successful and challenged to be their best.
- Our school vision, mission and values were developed in partnership with the community and are:

- Vision:

- We stay at the forefront of education to encourage the development of the whole student, providing them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed and become lifelong learners who are generous, active and informed citizens.
- Mission:

- We are on a mission to provide the best education we can for our students by partnering with our community and fostering the natural care and passion our staff have to make a difference.
- Values:
**Excellence**: We relentlessly pursue excellence and achieve our best

**Leadership**: We support and influence others to achieve more than they thought possible

**Respect**: We respect others for who they are and value their opinions

**Teamwork**: We work together to achieve our goals through trust and mutual support

**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**:

- Provide leadership to staff, students and the broader community by coaching, mentoring and supporting staff and students to achieve 'best practice¿ in teaching and learning.
- Provide leadership to staff, students and the broad