Mathematics Learning Specialist

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1432896

**Location Profile**:
Essendon Keilor College is a multi-Campus College and is located in a pleasant environment close to the airport and the city in the western suburbs of Melbourne. There are many sporting and cultural facilities within the area and an excellent public transport system. The city is only 20 minutes away by train.

The Essendon Keilor College philosophy is centred around the rights and responsibilities of students and staff to work in a stimulating and innovative learning, environment focussed on a curriculum program that is forward looking and responsive to the contemporary world.

Students are supported and encouraged to reach their full social, emotional, and educational potential. They are expected to be fully focussed on their learning program, to respect the rights of others and to participate actively in a broad range of college curriculum programs and extra-curricular activities. The College recognises and rewards outstanding student performance, endeavours to build a strong connection with students through sport and performing arts programs, promotes student leadership and encourages positive student teacher relationships.

The College provides a coherent, challenging, and engaging curriculum to a broad range of students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The College has a strong commitment to the surrounding educational community and participates in innovative programs involving students and teachers in primary and secondary schools in the local area.

**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**:

- A coordinated plan is in place where there is a consistent approach to the teaching and assessment of mathematics.
- An effective tutor learning and intervention program are in place where all staff involved in these programs have an awareness of their responsibilities to best support students.
- Oversee the EKC data tool in consultation with other learning specialists and ensure that the mathematics teaching team are actively using the data to cater for individual student needs.
- Develop differentiated teaching programs with the support of the maths team to cater for individual student needs.
- Develop a mathematics curriculum in consultation with the maths team to ensure we have a guaranteed and viable curriculum.
- Support transition activities in the maths space for prospective students and families. Actively engage in the transition team to plan programs and events.
- Develop an EKC assessment schedule which includes the appropriate diagnostic testing schedule for students in years 7 to 10.

**Who May App