Education Support Aide: Collaborative Student Success

State Government of Victoria, Australia; City of Greater Shepparton; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Strathmerton Primary School in rural Victoria is seeking an Education Support class employee to assist teachers and students on a 9:00 am to 1:30 pm, Monday to Friday. The role operates under supervision, following school guidelines and policies, and may coordinate the work of education support staff within the area.

The position involves routine tasks to support learning, health and wellbeing support, basic care, and assisting with educational programs, while ensuring supervision remains with a

Qualifications

• Ability to coordinate and support others in work functions as per guidelines.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a team, with high level oral and written skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine support for teachers including assisting with planning of student routines
• Supports communication between teachers and parents
• Communicates with teachers on routine matters related to students and/or other responsibilities
• Provides basic physical care and wellbeing support for students such as toileting, meals, and lifting
• Communicating with student/s to support comprehension of basic tasks and information
• Addresses immediate behavioural presentations relating to specific students within a classroom setting aligned to school policy and procedure
• Provides basic support and supervision for individuals or groups of up to 4 students within a classroom setting
• Supports teachers in the coordination of educational programs independently or under minimal supervision, including rostering and organising the work of aides, providing routine coordination, guidance, and support to other student support staff, liaising with external providers of support services about clearly defined support needs and resources, assisting teachers with the communication of student outcomes and educational programs
• Provides medical intervention support to a student/s, under specific conditions, with appropriate training and guidance
• Provides specialised communication support for students and teachers in areas such as AUSLAN and braille

Skills

Team collaboration

Oral & written communication

Guidelines compliance

Job description

Strathmerton Primary School in rural Victoria is seeking an Education Support class employee to assist teachers and students on a 9:00 am to 1:30 pm, Monday to Friday. The role operates under supervision, following school guidelines and policies, and may coordinate the work of education support staff within the area.

The position involves routine tasks to support learning, health and wellbeing support, basic care, and assisting with educational programs, while ensuring supervision remains with a