Learning Specialist Math

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Learning Specialist - Range 3

**Occupation**:Classroom teacher

**Location**:Melbourne - Southern suburbs

**Reference**:1490618

**Location Profile**:

- South Oakleigh College is a co-educational secondary school located in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The College is one of the participating schools of the Oakleigh Education Plan, which is a Victorian Government¿s long-term project to improve educational outcomes in Oakleigh and surrounding areas.
- Our values: High Expectations, Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Teamwork and our mission statement providing opportunities for the future and a sense of belonging underpin the Colleges commitment to facilitating a safe and secure environment for all students where they can pursue academic excellence, achieve personal growth and graduate as responsible and resourceful young adults.
- The College serves a diverse and multicultural community, providing supportive and stimulating environment for staff and students with impressive facilities and extensive grounds. We foster mutual respect, co-operation, personal responsibility and a growth mindset that values feedback, effort and resilience. The Colleges highly professional and motivated staff work collaboratively to ensure student welfare needs are met and high expectations are established and pursued.
- The College is committed to providing students learning opportunities which develop a broad range of knowledge, skills and values will enhance their lives and empower them to critically contribute to society and equip them for further education and work in a changing world.

**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 strategie