Learning Specialist Inclusion Coach

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 28/01/2030

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1458750

**Location Profile**:
The school was established in 1850 and has served the Essendon community for 168 years. A full restoration and modernisation of the buildings was competed in 2017. The refurbishment provided increased learning spaces that can be configured according to different teaching and learning purposes, such as a video screen room, wet areas, project spaces and cooperative learning spaces. Currently there are 5 main learning areas in the school comprising of Foundation, Year 1/2, Year 3/4, Year 5/6 and Specialists. Our school grounds offer students opportunities to explore, socialise and be active. It includes passive play and seating areas, highly utilized sandpits and play equipment, a synthetic turf soccer oval and running track and basketball, netball and down-ball courts. The school also has access to Windy Hill football oval each lunchtime and for specific sporting activities.

A high demand for places has led to the endorsement of an enrolment ceiling of 475 students. Our student population is culturally and linguistically diverse which reflects the characteristics of the Essendon community. Over 22 linguistic backgrounds are represented at the school with Hindhi and Japanese being the prevalent language backgrounds other than English. Other languages spoken by students in our school include Arabic, Turkish, Mandarin, Cantonese and Urdu. The leadership profile consists of two Principal Class, the Business Manager, 2 Learning Specialists and 5 Professional Learning Team Leaders responsible for the 4 Year Level and 1 Specialist Teaching teams. ¿

The Victorian Curriculum informs the development of Essendon Primary School’s curriculum and provides a solid foundation for students’ future learning. The school places a strong emphasis on the delivery of high quality Literacy, Numeracy and Integrated Inquiry Curriculum in a 21st Century learning environment with teachers committed to developing their skills through professional learning programs and coaching. As part of our ongoing commitment to achieving the highest standards we take into account individual student learning needs and circumstances, and regularly review and reflect on our progress and future direction. ELearning is integrated across the curriculum in order to support improvement of teaching and learning outcomes. As part of the school’s rich eLearning program a B.Y.O iPad program is in place for students in Years 5 and 6.

Teachers plan the curriculum in year level teams where the focus of a balanced and comprehensive program reflects best practice and provides students with a wide range of opportunities to develop thinking and problem-solving skills. Our students are developing a more sophisticated approach to their learning as teachers lead them through negotiated curriculum tasks and provide inquiry-based learning frameworks, including the use of the 1:1 i-Pad program.

Specialist programs are offered in Science, The Arts, Physical Education and Japanese. These programs provide outstanding opportunities for students to discover and develop their interests, talents and skills in these areas. A range of evidence-based strategies have recently been introduced to support the learning and development of our students with high potential. Extra curricula activities and opportunities for students include instrumental music tuition, mathematics competitions, Essendon Primary School choir, Code Camp holiday programs, Chess Club and Kelly Sports lunch time and after-school Sports program.
- Schools Strategic Plan
- School's Annual Implementation Plan
- Annual Report to the school community

**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 Dep