Education Improvement Leader

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Leading Teacher Range 3

**Occupation**: Education and Training

**Location**: Melbourne

**Reference**: 1466644

**Selection Criteria**:

- KSC 1: Victorian Public Sector Values as detailed in 'Organisational Values¿ section below
- KSC 2: Demonstrated ability to support/lead inclusive education practices for students with autism / learning difficulties at the whole school level
- KSC 3: Demonstrated ability to build the capabilities of others
- KSC 4: Demonstrated highly effective stakeholder engagement skills
- KSC 5: Demonstrated ability to drive improvement and contribute to agreed organisational outcomes KSC 6: Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, succinctly and persuasively, with consideration for the target audience through written and verbal communication

**Role**:
**Education Improvement Leader
- Diverse Learners Role**

This exciting role is critical in supporting schools to meet the educational needs and aspirations of students with with characteristics associated with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning difficulties such as dyscalculia and dyslexia ('diverse learners¿) across their Region. All support provided by the role is focused on the mainstream school system. The role is focused on the whole-school practice change. The role does not work directly with students or provide individual student support.

The EIL-DL role focuses on four key objectives:

- Objective 1: Support the identification of schools¿ strengths and areas for development in meeting the learning and wellbeing needs of diverse learners
- Objective 2: Support strategic planning to build on their schools¿ strengths and areas for development to better meet diverse learners¿ wellbeing and learning needs
- Objective 3: Support schools to implement their strategic plans to better meet diverse learners¿ wellbeing and learning needs
- Objective 4: Support the monitoring and evaluation of a school¿s efforts in meeting the needs of diverse learners

EIL-DLs achieve these objectives by:

- supporting school leaders to build the capabilities required to meet the educational needs of diverse learners through whole-school approaches
- supporting school leaders to consider diverse learners in whole-school improvement planning and implementation, including with consideration for the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes, data analysis and curriculum planning and delivery
- helping school leaders to support the professional learning of their staff to help them meet the educational needs of diverse learners
- leveraging links with and support for other Area and Regional colleagues to support a wholistic, integrated multi-disciplinary approach to school improvement
- collecting and analysing data and identifying opportunities to further strengthen system support to meet the educational needs of diverse learners
- travelling across their allocated Region, as required, to fulfil their duties
- other duties, as required.

To ensure state-wide consistent and evidence-based practice, these practices are delivered in accordance with centrally determined DLH support models, processes and tools. For further information on the role, please contact the Position Contact.

**Responsibilities**:
**Strategy and service delivery development**
- Support school leaders to confidently meet the functional needs of diverse learners through action at the whole school level.

**Facilitating and maintaining effective regional relationships**
- Facilitate internal and external relationships to initiate and implement system change in accordance with the DLH priorities, models of support, processes and tools.
- Bring lived experiences and 'student voice' representing diverse learners into Area/Regional strategic school support work.
- Support and foster change across the Region, including through the exchange of information, and through proactive advocacy for lifting learning and development outcomes and achievement for diverse learners through supporting practice improvement and capability building at the whole school level.

**Specialisation - Planning for the learning and development system (Prioritise, plan and manage for results to support the educational needs of diverse learners)**
- Contribute to the implementation of the state-wide DLH goals to support the provision of education to better identify and meet the learning and wellbeing needs of diverse learners.
- Broker partnerships and networks at the local level to improve whole school inclusive practices for diverse learners.
- Facilitate integration across the sectors to ensure that diverse learners make secure transitions from early childhood into primary school, primary into secondary school and from secondary school to further education or employment.

**Who May Apply**:
The recruitment of the Leading Teacher is open to any teachers with a current VIT registration.

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