Learning Support

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 2

**Occupation**:Education and training

**Location**:Melbourne - Southern suburbs

**Reference**:1487220

**Location Profile**:** Welcome to Dandenong West Primary School**
- At Dandenong West Primary School (DWPS), we are committed to equity and excellence for all students. We believe that all students can learn, and we make the difference. Our school supports students to reach their full potential through high-quality teaching, strong community connections, and continuous improvement.
- We recognise that student learning does not happen in isolation¿it is a partnership between school, families, and the wider community. Our programs are designed to enhance student learning while also supporting families through access to services and engagement opportunities.

**Evidence Based Teaching and Learning**
- At DWPS, we have a clear Tier 1 approach to teaching and learning, underpinned by Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI). Every student receives structured, high-impact instruction in every lesson through:

- Consistent teaching routines to maximize learning time.
- Frequent checks for understanding to ensure active participation.
- Systematic, explicit instruction in literacy and numeracy, aligned with the Science of Learning and the Science of Reading.
- We also implement a Response to Intervention (RTI) model to provide targeted Tier 2 and Tier 3 support, ensuring no student is left behind.

**A Diverse and Inclusive Community**
- DWPS proudly serves a culturally diverse community, with many families newly arrived in Australia.

**Building a Positive School Culture**
- To ensure every student is safe, happy, and ready to learn, we implement:

- The Berry Street Educational Model to support engagement and emotional regulation.
- Restorative Practices to build a culture of respect and responsibility.
- Rights, Responsibilities, and Respectful Relationships to foster inclusion.
- Our HEART values¿Honesty, Empathy, + Attitude, Respect, and Tolerance¿guide everything we do.
- At DWPS, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence, ensuring every child thrives in an engaging, inclusive, and high-quality learning environment.

**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 educational program, by undertaking specific support tasks or the coordination of the support function.
- Supervised health and wellbeing support tasks, medical intervention support tasks, or other specialised student/teacher support roles (e.g. enrolled nurses performing the role as described in schedule 3). These roles require specific qualifications and/or training, including roles where further training must be undertaken from time to time. The role is for a specific purpose, for which there will be direct accountability as opposed to support roles that are carried out by a range of staff performing routine tasks under direction.
- Technical tasks that requ