African Education Program Facilitator

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 4

**Occupation**:Other

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:1485980

**Location Profile**:

- Parkville College is a multi-campus school that delivers education at Cherry Creek and Parkville Youth Justice Precincts, and Secure Care Units. Parkville College is a registered specialist school that delivers high quality educational programs to meet the needs of young people aged 10-21 years in custody with the Department of Justice and Community Safety and secure services with the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.

Parkville College delivers education to some of Victoria's most vulnerable, yet inspiring young people, who are filled with enormous potential. The Parkville College education model follows a culturally responsive pedagogy that supports the development and growth of all students, incorporates strong local partnerships to deliver a flexible range of educational options including the Victorian Curriculum (Foundation-10), Senior Secondary Certificates (VCE, VM and VPC) and vocational studies.

Teachers at Parkville College are required to be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances. This may include working in classrooms or on units to support the delivery of an educational program, working across a number of units and engaging in outreach.

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1**:Demonstrated ability to plan and facilitate an effective African Diaspora cultural education program for students that have been removed from the normal schedule due to various complexities.

**SC2**: Ability to provide high-level educational support to students with the most complex educational needs.

**SC3**:Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity, and integrity.

**SC4**:Demonstrated ability to manage work priorities, plan and manage time effectively.

**SC5**: Demonstrated experience in working with African Diaspora young people and communities

**SC6**: Parkville College is guided by an evidence based culturally responsive pedagogy. Provide an example from your experience that demonstrates your understanding and implementation of cultural responsiveness.

**Role**:

- This role will be located at our Cherry Creek Campus and will be required to work across other campuses/sites within Parkville College.
- Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction mínimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate support levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.
- Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.
- An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

**Responsibilities**:

- To facilitate outreach and culturally safe engagement with students who identify as part of the African Diaspora
- Lead by the African Diaspora Education Program Leader, to develop and deliver a strength based cultural program in collaboration with students, their families and relevant community members and organisations
- To attend regular training to support ongoing professional development in service of students with complex educational and behavioural needs
- With support from the African Diaspora Education Program Leader, to provide support in culturally safe, cultural competency training to teachers across the campus
- With support from African Diaspora Education Program Leader, to initiate/support community driven engagement events and visits, for students in custody who identify as part of the African Diaspora
- Manage work priorities & schedule, to support an effective African Diaspora Education Program.
- In conjunction with the above requirements, Parkville College also sees the below as key responsibilities of the role:

- Provide and communicate accurate handovers when absent;
- Encourage, monitor, and record student attendance in programs;
- Attend and participate in appropriate professional development, including professional learning communities and Supervision;
- Balance team and individual responsibilities; by ensuring that practice is underpinned and supports the Parkville College model;
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