Curriculum Learning Specialist Curriculum Starting 2026

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Learning Specialist - Range 3

**Occupation**:Learning specialist

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1490133

**Location Profile**:

- We have an exciting opportunity to join a supportive leadership team.

Are you someone with a strong work ethic, a great sense of humour, and a passion for working as part of a team? Do you approach challenges with a mindset of learning and adaptability? At our school, we believe in leadership through listening and the power of flexibility. If you¿re ready to contribute your skills in a dynamic, open-minded environment, we want to hear from you.

Welcome to Garrang Wilam Primary School, an exciting new school that opened in 2021, located in Truganina. Garrang Wilam (pronounced: gar-rang wil-um) is taken from the Woi-wurrung language, as spoken by the Wurundjeri people, and means 'eucalyptus home¿. Our logo means elders and students focused together, and encourages us to 'dream big¿.

**The Learning Specialist position involves a combination of classroom teaching and an increased level of non face to face teaching time. You will join an existing School Improvement Team which includes Assistant Principals, and a number of other Learning Specialists, supporting teams of teacher through coaching and mentoring.**

**Primary Purpose of position**
- At Garrang Wilam Primary School, our Learning Specialist team model and drive high quality teaching and learning programs that support our students and staff. Our students having access to a rich, engaging and safe environment is our biggest priority, and your role within the leadership team will be to ensure this happens. You will be expected to deliver on the following:
**School Improvement**
- ~ Collaborate with the Principal Class team to set, monitor and evaluate SSP & AIP Targets
- ~ Support implementation of major curriculum initiatives that are supported by data analysis to drive literacy & numeracy improvement across the school
- ~ Support implementation, whilst working alongside other Learning Specialists and staff, of major wellbeing initiatives, such as SWPBS, Disability Inclusion, RR that are supported by data analysis
- ~ Lead the implementation of the Garrang Wilam Instructional Model & FISO Inquiry Cycle, this includes supporting PLC leaders in leading PLCs
- ~ Monitor and manage area budgets to ensure teachers and students have adequate resources
- ~ Drive a culture of trust, quality relationships and individual and collective accountability

**Teaching and Learning**
- ~ Support in the development and review of all major scope and sequence documents, sequences of learning and assessment schedules
- ~ Provide professional learning and collegiate support by building the capacity of others, including providing mentoring, modelling, coaching and effective feedback in both 1:1 and group situations
- ~ Demonstrate a high level expertise in teaching and learning practice, being an active participant in Professional Learning Communities
- ~ High level coaching practices to improve teacher capacity and improve outcomes
- ~ Develop the schools vision and implementation of VTLM 2.0 and VC 2.0, through research and learning within the curriculum leaders team, to ensure an agreed approach to best practice and high quality teaching and learning

**Vision**
- Our students excel in the vibrant, positive and connected community we create together.

**Mission**
- We invite all students to come and learn, to belong and work collaboratively in their pursuit of learning. Our people are invested in deliberate practice to create a community that truly makes a difference. Our community will develop over time through shared experiences and an aligned focus on what matters; learning.

**Values**
- A respect of all cultures and beliefs is an essential characteristic of global citizens, thus we live by a set of values that underpin this. We want our students, staff, parents and community members to show;
- Together
- Focus
- Strength
- Lead

The success of our outcomes is due to our collective approach to
- Positive education
- High expectations
- Clear instructional framework for teaching and learning
- Using evidence and research to make decisions
- Partnerships

**Our goals**
- Building practice excellence
- Setting expectations and promoting inclusion
- Connecting schools

**Our imperatives are**
- Safety, people, culture
- Organisational capacity and capability
- Consistent teaching and learning framework

**Our Metrics**
- Student achievement, student voice, goal development and wellbeing outcomes
- Parent opinion and contribution
- Staff development and wellbeing

**Teaching and Learning**
- The instructional framework at**Garrang Wilam Primary School**is informed by the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model. Our school builds a structured evidenced-based approach for teaching and learning, learning from research.
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