Learning Specialist: Targeted Teaching & Senior Curriculum

Department of Education Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunshine College in Victoria seeks a Learning Specialist Targeted Teaching to strengthen teaching practice and improve student achievement across VCE studies, excluding English and EAL. The role involves coaching teachers, analyzing achievement data, and implementing evidence-informed teaching across both campuses.

You will work with curriculum leaders and VCE teachers to promote high academic expectations, support professional learning, and drive school improvement with a focus on literacy,

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Curriculum and Teaching Practice: Support teachers and curriculum leaders to strengthen the quality and consistency of curriculum delivery, instructional practice and assessment across VCE studies.
• Curriculum and Teaching Practice: Promote high academic expectations and aspiration among teachers and students, ensuring learning experiences provide appropriate challenge, support and extension for all learners.
• Curriculum and Teaching Practice: Identify effective teaching, assessment and curriculum practices within individual subjects and support opportunities to share and adapt these approaches across the College.
• Student Achievement and Learning Growth: Work collaboratively with VCE teachers and curriculum leaders to analyse SAC results, examination performance, study scores and other relevant achievement data to identify strengths, trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Student Achievement and Learning Growth: Support teachers and teams to translate student achievement data into targeted improvements in teaching practice, assessment, feedback and examination preparation.
• Student Achievement and Learning Growth: Identify opportunities to improve achievement across the full range of student abilities, including supporting students at risk of underachievement and extending high-performing students.
• Instructional Leadership and Teacher Capacity: Build teacher capacity through coaching, mentoring, modelling effective classroom practice and providing evidence-based feedback.
• Instructional Leadership and Teacher Capacity: Facilitate collaboration between VCE teachers and curriculum teams to share effective teaching strategies, assessment approaches and practices that contribute to strong student outcomes.
• Instructional Leadership and Teacher Capacity: Work with curriculum leaders to identify professional learning priorities and support the implementation of evidence-informed teaching practices.
• Instructional Leadership and Teacher Capacity: Collaborate with the Learning Specialist Targeted Teaching to strengthen curriculum progression, academic expectations and preparation for senior secondary learning.
• School Improvement and Program Evaluation: Support the implementation and evaluation of senior curriculum improvement initiatives aligned with the College's Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan.
• School Improvement and Program Evaluation: Monitor trends in student achievement and evaluate the impact of teaching and assessment practices, using evidence to inform ongoing improvement.
• School Improvement and Program Evaluation: Identify and share examples of effective practice and strong student outcomes, supporting their application across relevant learning areas.
• School Improvement and Program Evaluation: Actively contribute to relevant College teams and communicate achievement trends, improvement priorities and progress to college leadership.
• Other Duties: Undertake additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the principal.

Job description

Sunshine College in Victoria seeks a Learning Specialist Targeted Teaching to strengthen teaching practice and improve student achievement across VCE studies, excluding English and EAL. The role involves coaching teachers, analyzing achievement data, and implementing evidence-informed teaching across both campuses.

You will work with curriculum leaders and VCE teachers to promote high academic expectations, support professional learning, and drive school improvement with a focus on literacy,