Regional Inclusion Outreach Coach Coordinator

Department of Education Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria in Footscray invites applications for the Regional Inclusion Outreach Coach Coordinator to lead the Inclusion Outreach Coaching Initiative across the Region. You will guide program delivery and ensure alignment with local objectives within the Disability Inclusion reform.

You will coordinate learning opportunities, triage school requests, and build partnerships with Area and Region coaching workforces.

Qualifications

• Desirable: Relevant experience in schools and/or education system
• Desirable: Relevant tertiary qualification in education, disability, allied health, or another relevant field
• Desirable: Understanding of evidenced based implementation science approach within Education.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates professional learning and coaching opportunities; facilitates collaborations between a range of educational settings
• Triages requests for support by schools, including managing referrals and deploying provision of support
• Directly communicate with schools and build partnerships with Area and Region coaching workforces and other personnel to ensure collaborative provision of support to schools, using a 'Team Around the School' approach
• Supports Inclusion Outreach Coaching Workforces in the delivery of coaching, including monitoring implementation
• Collects and analyses impact data to identify areas for training and continuous improvement
• Provides guidance, resources and advice to Areas and supports development of implementation tools and materials.

Skills

Decision making

Communication

Operations management

Collaboration

Strategic planning

People management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualification in education/disability

Job description

Regional Inclusion Outreach Coach Coordinator

Department of Education Victoria - Footscray VIC

The Regional Inclusion Outreach Coach Coordinator (RIOCC) leads the delivery of the Inclusion Outreach Coaching Initiative across the Region. This involves providing guidance and strategic support throughout the program lifecycle, as well as ensuring alignment with objectives in the local work area.

The RIOCC role will support the wider Regional inclusive education capability building approach, but with a primary focus on the development and delivery of the Inclusion Outreach Coaching (Learning Specialists) workforce.

Inclusion Outreach Coaching Initiative: This system initiative is a system capability initiative delivered within the broader Disability Inclusion reform. The initiative supports mainstream schools implement inclusive practices with support and expertise from 'Inclusion Outreach Coaches'. Inclusion Outreach Coaches are based in specialist schools, but a significant portion of their role is working in local network mainstream schools.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Coordinates professional learning and coaching opportunities; facilitates collaborations between a range of educational settings
• Triages requests for support by schools, including managing referrals and deploying provision of support
• Directly communicate with schools and build partnerships with Area and Region coaching workforces and other personnel to ensure collaborative provision of support to schools, using a 'Team Around the School' approach
• Supports Inclusion Outreach Coaching Workforces in the delivery of coaching, including monitoring implementation
• and evaluation data; identifying areas for training and development.
• Collects and analyses impact data and identify the need for inclusive education professional learning or areas for continuous improvement
• Provides guidance, resources and advice to Areas
• Supports the development and use of Inclusion Outreach Coaching implementation tools and materials.

Attributes:

The successful applicant will have high level decion making skills, communication skills and operational service delivey management skills. Applicants will require strong collabortion and strategic planning skills, alongside people management and stakeholder engagement sills.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience:

Desirable: Relevant experience in schools and/or education system

Desirable: Relevant tertiary qualification in education, disability, allied health, or another relevant field

Desirable: Understanding of evidenced based implementation science approach within Education.

About the Division:

Student Wellenbing & Engagement Division (SWED) is responsible for promoting and implementing regional and statewide consistency in areas relating to Wellening and Enaggement.

The Division consists of several branches:

• Mental Health Reform
• LOOKOUT
• DIsability Inclusion
• School Inclusive Practice
• Youth Justice

About the Department:

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education

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