Inclusion Outreach Coach

Location: Western Region | Daylesford

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1449344

**Location Profile**:
Portland Bay School is a government special development school for students with an intellectual disability between the ages of 5 -18 years, serving the Western District community around Portland, Victoria. The school aims to develop students that enjoy healthy, happy and productive lives by supporting students, academic, social, personal and interpersonal learning in a safe environment.

The school operates primary and secondary school departments situated on the same campus and provides comprehensive individual programs in communication and literacy, mathematics, physical education, the arts and life skills. Some of our specialist programs include bike education, work experience, community service, sailing, cooking, fundamental motor skills, camps, swimming, art, music and gardening.

The school is situated in new facilities at 77 Henty St Portland which is close to the town centre. The school features 8-modern learning studios, hospitality kitchen, multi-purpose room, gymnasium, sensory rooms and courtyard, basketball court, playground, manual activities area and arts room.

The school enrolment is currently 73-students.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated high level experience in inclusive education practice (teaching and learning), building school staff capability and developing processes for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration.
- Demonstrated experience planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based intervention strategies for students with disabilities and providing feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development.
- Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to teaching students with disability and diverse learning needs in a range of school settings.
- Demonstrated ability to provide explicit advice to teaching staff to assess and monitor student achievement and learning progress in line with the Victorian curriculum, and support teaching staff with effective strategies to engage with parents and families, including reporting on student progress.
- Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people.
- Ability to provide leadership, professional learning and coaching that informs and influences the work of others involved in the engagement and wellbeing of children and young people.

**Context**

The Disability Inclusion reform agenda announced in the 2020/21 State Budget will invest more than $1.5 billion into the Victorian Education system over four years. This investment will support the Department of Education (the Department) to further improve outcomes for schools and students with disability and diverse learning needs. A key initiative under the reform is the Inclusion Outreach Coaching initiative, which supports schools to implement inclusive practices, guided by Inclusion Outreach Coaches (Learning Specialists).

**Classification**
- Teacher Class (Learning Specialist) - Range 3_

The successful applicant will be a highly skilled classroom practitioner who continues to spend the majority of their time in schools and classrooms 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 Specialist class employees 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.

For more information on the responsibilities of a Learning Specialist Range 3 employee, please visit:
**Role**:
Inclusion Outreach Coaches are based in specialist schools and partner with mainstream schools for defined periods, to provide coaching support to school leadership and staff aimed at strengthening inclusive practices. Coaches partner with the schools to increase their capability to implement preventative, evidence-based strategies that benefit all students. Together, the coach and school use data to identify a goal to work towards and plan and monitor for improvement and sustainability. Coaches collaborate with Departmental regional team members in a team-based response to the identified need. There is an emphasis on Tier 1 preventative, system change practices. Coaches do not work directly with students or provide individual stu