Learning Specialist 3 - 2 year tenure

State Government of Victoria, Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Coburn Primary School in Melton South is seeking Learning Specialists who will spend the majority of their time in the classroom delivering high-quality teaching while applying their expertise to mentoring and coaching colleagues. They will demonstrate excellence in teaching, support students’ achievement, engagement and wellbeing.

The role involves modelling lessons, observing colleagues, providing feedback, and leading school-based professional learning through Professional Learning

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum; ability to model teaching and literacy/numeracy across the curriculum.
• Expertise in high impact teaching strategies with a capacity to support teachers to evaluate learning impact.
• Model monitoring and assessment of student learning; use data to inform teaching and provide feedback.
• Interpersonal and communication skills; ability to engage with students, colleagues, parents and the school community.
• Demonstrated alignment with Department values and support for school-based professional learning.
• Authenticity, enthusiasm and a positive presence to enrich school culture.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practice.
• Model exemplary classroom practice including teaching demonstration lessons.
• Collaborate with leadership to define highly effective teaching practices.
• Lead and model whole-school improvement strategies for curriculum planning and delivery.
• Provide professional learning and develop observation/feedback processes for teachers.
• Model learning practices and support teachers to act on feedback.
• Provide evidence-based feedback to teachers to inform development.
• Offer expert advice on school professional learning context and strategies.
• Supervise and mentor student teachers and coach teachers.
• Model data-informed teaching and promote PLCs across the school.

Skills

Curriculum knowledge

High impact instruction

Data-driven instruction

Collaborative skills

Professional learning

Student engagement

Education

VIT registration eligibility

Job description

Address:Richard Road, Melton South
Telephone:[phone]
Email Address: [e-mail]
School Hours:8:50am to 3:15pm
School profile:Learn to Live

Join Coburn Primary School - A Place Where Students and Staff Thrive

At Coburn Primary School, we believe that wellbeing is the foundation for achievement. Our staff work together in a caring, collaborative environment where every child's social, emotional and academic growth is nurtured.

Set in an established garden setting in Melton South, beside the Blackwood Reserve, Coburn offers a calm environment for 580 students. Our wellbeing hub, the `World of Wonder', SWPBS focus, breakfast club, emotional learning plans and restorative practices we ensure students feel safe, supported and ready to learn.

When our students are Happy, Relaxed and Engaged the outcomes follow.

We are exceptionally well resourced with our outdoor play spaces across the school, a STEM and Performing Arts hub, wet and dry Art rooms, a modern Gymnasium and a newly built dedicated wellbeing hub for allied health services that support the school and families.

With one-to-one iPads, our specialist programs consists of STEM, Arts, Physical Education and Auslan. We also adopt strong instructional coaching across curriculum portfolios. We are a school that invests in both staff and student growth. Our Professional Learning Communities use data and evidence based practice to drive excellence across all areas.

Our values -Respect, Responsibility, Cooperation and Excellence- shape a culture of kindness and high expectations from all stakeholders. If you want to be part of a team where the new principal has a glass half full attitude, has been awarded GOLD in SWPBS for the past 4 year and ensures that she putspeople before programs and wellbeing at the heart of learning, Coburn is the place for you!

Selection Criteria

SC1Demonstrated 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.

SC2Demonstrated 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

SC3Demonstrated 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.

SC4Demonstrated 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.

SC5Demonstrated 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.

SC6: Personal Qualities and Contribution to School Culture

Demonstrated ability to bring authenticity, enthusiasm and a positive presence to the school community. (Applicants should highlight themselves as a teacher showing qualities such as resilience, creativity, humour, empathy, or teamwork that would enrich the culture of Coburn Primary School and contribute to both student achievement and staff wellbeing.)

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

In recognition of the importance of exemplary practice for improved student learning outcomes, the key roles of the Learning Specialists may include but are not limited to:

• Demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practice
• Modelling exemplary classroom practice including through teaching demonstration lessons
• Working with the school leadership team to develop a shared view of highly effective teacher practice
• Leading and modelling the implementation of whole-school improvement strategies related to curriculum planning and delivery
• Playing a key role in the provision of professional learning, including through developing processes and protocols for observation and feedback of teacher practice and peer collaboration
• Modelling effective learning practice and supporting teachers to seek, analyse and act on feedback and on their practice
• Providing evidence-based feedback to teaching staff to inform their effectiveness and development
• Providing expert advice about the context, processes and strategies that will shape individual and school professional learning
• Supervising and training one or more student teachers and mentoring and/or coaching teachers
• Modelling exemplary use of student data to inform teaching approaches
• Developing and promoting school-wide professional learning structures, processes and protocols through Professional Learning Communities
• Modelling exemplary professional learning practice included through seeking feedback from other teachers and leaders on their own classroom practice as part of critical reflection and inquiry to improve practice

Who May Apply

Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department.The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces.It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines ).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [e-mail]

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees,including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

• All staff employed by the department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.

Please ensure that your application includes:

• Aresume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers, business and home)
• Asection addressing the selection criteria and the requirements for application under the Who May Apply section
• Names and contact numbers (telephone and email if possible) of two referees who are able to attest to the claims made in your application.

Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.

Conditions of Employment

• All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx

Qualification Requirements

To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:

• The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
• if the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures'; and
• a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements (this condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian ITE program completed by the person).

Applications close Saturday 10 October 2026 at 11.59pm