Visiting Teacher

Location: Melbourne

Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1443975

**Selection Criteria**:

- Substantial experience in teaching students with additional learning or wellbeing needs in a relevant setting and preferably experience working with schools in the area of inclusive practices.
- Demonstrated capacity to work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary professional team and contribute significantly to the achievements of the team.
- Demonstrated ability to design, deliver or broker professional learning for teachers and other relevant professionals, on relevant topics such as physical disabilities, health impairments, additional learning needs.
- Demonstrated excellent teaching and learning skills, and substantial experience to promote full access and inclusion for students with a physical disability, autism, health impairment, **vision impairment** and/or hearing impairment.
- Demonstrated high level communication skills, networking and interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people in the education community and agencies on complex matters.

**Role**:
To support the implementation of Disability Inclusion, the Visiting Teacher Service provides leadership and capability building for teachers and schools in the provision of effective curriculum and pedagogy to support student engagement, access and inclusion for students with a physical disability, health impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment, autism, complex behaviour and/or learning difficulties.

The Visiting Teacher assists schools and school staff to understand both the functional needs of students and the development and implementation of inclusive practices. This may include, but not be limited to, the development of appropriate educational programs, modifications, reasonable adjustments and collective and individualised supports for students with a disability or impairment.

**Responsibilities**:
Visiting teachers undertake a variety of roles and responsibilities that may include (but are not limited to):
**Support Whole School Initiatives**
- Providing specialist advice and support to schools in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of curriculum to ensure full access and inclusion for students with a physical disability, health impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment, autism, complex behaviour and/or learning difficulties.
- Working collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach to promoting access and inclusion related initiatives, liaising with relevant personnel within the region and participating in other related projects.
- The use of innovative technologies in program delivery to improve access and inclusion to the curriculum for eligible students.

**Enhance Specific Classroom Practices**
- The promotion of effective specific teaching and learning practices and skills to bring about sustained change in classroom practice.
- Support the classroom teacher to identify the needs of the student and deliver the necessary adjustments to access their learning. This may include the contribution of specialist advice to support the Disability Inclusion Profile process.
- Providing educational services to students from pre-school transition to VCE.
- The provision of case support and assistance to other visiting teachers and regional staff in the area of physical disability, health impairment, hearing impairment, vision impairment, autism, complex behaviour and/or learning difficulties.
- Undertake other duties related to supporting students with disabilities and impairments, as requested by the manager, in response to changing priorities or new initiatives, including supporting the rollout of Disability Inclusion.

**Who May Apply**:

- Teachers with Special Education Qualifications.
- Teachers currently fully registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (including current police record check) with a recognised special education qualification or demonstrated experience in teaching students with a disability and/or impairment.
- Teachers who do not have an approved special education qualification but do have current full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching may apply.
- Preference will be given to applicants who have an approved special education qualification.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values