Learning Specialist Range 3

Department of Education Victoria; Glengarry; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Glengarry Primary School in Victoria seeks a Learning Specialist who will spend the majority of their time in the classroom delivering high‑quality teaching and learning. The role includes teaching demonstration lessons, observing and providing feedback to teachers, and facilitating school‑based professional learning.

They will model excellence in teaching, mentor colleagues, and work with leadership to advance curriculum planning, assessment, and student wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum and ability to model exemplary teaching across the curriculum.
• Expertise in high impact teaching strategies that support student learning growth.
• Ability to monitor and assess student learning and provide feedback to students and parents.
• Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills for collaborative relationships with staff and families.
• Model behaviours consistent with Department values and support school-based professional learning.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate high‑level expertise in teaching and learning practice.
• Model exemplary classroom practice including teaching demonstration lessons.
• Work with leadership to develop shared views of effective teacher practice.
• Lead and model whole‑school improvement strategies in curriculum planning and delivery.
• Provide professional learning and feedback processes for peer collaboration.
• Provide evidence‑based feedback to teaching staff to inform development.
• Offer expert advice on context, processes and strategies for professional learning.
• Supervise and mentor student teachers and coaching colleagues.

Skills

Curriculum knowledge

High impact teaching

Data‑informed feedback

Interpersonal skills

Department values

Education

VIT registration

Job description

Department of Education Victoria – Glengarry VIC

24h ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Glengarry Primary School is a rural school of approximately 160 students, located only a short drive from Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland, Victoria. Our school was established in 1888 and is situated in the middle of the community orientated township of Glengarry. We are proud to be an integral part of the Glengarry and district community with our student population drawn primarily from the township of Glengarry and its surrounding towns.

Vision

At Glengarry Primary School, we are empowered learners and respectful community members who embrace challenge and celebrate growth.

Values

• Respect - caring for yourself, others and the environment and taking responsibility for your actions
• Resilience - being able to problem solve and progress through challenges
• Collaboration - working effectively to achieve a common goal
• Progress - growing as a person and as a learner
• Joy - finding your own happiness and helping others find theirs

We have 7 classrooms and run 4 separate specialist classes which includes Physical Education, Art, STEM and Kitchen Garden. We employ 19 staff members which include a Principal, Assistant Principal, Disability Inclusion Learning Specialist, 8 classroom teachers, 2 specialist teachers, 5 Education Support staff, a wellbeing officer, and 2 administration staff / business manager.

We have strong Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) both as a Junior (P-2) and Senior (3-6) school, along with a whole school PLC which focuses on whole school priorities and building teacher capacity. We are proud to have a deep focus on building teachers¿ knowledge and skills to support the learning of our students.

Selection Criteria

SC1

Demonstrated 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.

SC2

Demonstrated 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

SC3

Demonstrated 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.

SC4

Demonstrated 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.

SC5

Demonstrated 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.

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 (seeWorkplace 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*******@education.vic.gov.au

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:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values

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:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Other Information

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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 https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal

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).

Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.