Learning Specialist Range 3 - IT/Digital TechnologiesJob posted: 24/12/2024
Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 27/01/2030
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training
Reference: 1460784
Location ProfileOFFICER SPECIALIST SCHOOL PROFILE Officer Specialist School is a purpose-built facility servicing the needs of students aged between 5-18, with mild to severe intellectual and associated disabilities in the shires of Cardinia and Casey.
The school opened in 2014 and has seen rapid growth in student population, necessitating the recruitment of new staff and expansions to facilities.
The school includes Primary and Secondary departments with classrooms, arts spaces, food technology kitchens, multipurpose areas, and extensive therapy spaces.
School staff work in transdisciplinary teams that include teaching staff, allied health practitioners, and education support staff to cater for the diverse range of student abilities and needs.
Our teaming approach provides opportunities for staff to learn from one another and share expertise.
Officer Specialist School aims to create reflective and independent learners through a learning community that provides a challenging and secure environment responsive to individual learning needs.
We believe effective learning occurs when innovative teaching staff engage students who are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning.
School values: Safe, Respectful, Friendly, Responsible
Selection CriteriaSC1 A demonstrated capacity to effectively lead teams, proactively contribute to the leadership and management of the school and promote collegiality and collective efficacy.SC2 Demonstrated commitment and capacity to actively contribute to and lead whole school improvement initiatives, major curriculum programs, and student activities.SC3 Demonstrated ability to build the capacity of colleagues, both individually and in teams, to use data to inform teaching for improved student learning across all curriculum areas.SC4 Demonstrated high-level written and verbal communication skills and high-level interpersonal skills including a capacity to develop constructive and respectful relationships with students, parents, and other staff.SC5 Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional learning for self and others to enable further development of skills, expertise, and teaching capacity.SC6 Demonstrated knowledge of and an ability to develop and implement effective behaviour management programs for students with intellectual disabilities who may exhibit challenging behaviours.RoleLearning Specialists will be highly skilled classroom practitioners who spend the majority of their time in the classroom delivering high-quality teaching and learning and have responsibilities related to their expertise, including teaching demonstration lessons, observing and providing feedback to other teachers, and facilitating school-based professional learning.
ResponsibilitiesKey roles of the Learning Specialists may include but are not limited to:
Demonstrating high-level expertise in teaching and learning practiceModelling exemplary classroom practiceWorking with the school leadership team to develop effective teacher practiceLeading the implementation of whole-school improvement strategiesProviding professional learning and feedback for teacher practiceSupervising and training student teachersModelling effective use of student data to inform teaching approachesWho May ApplyTeachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach in the specified curriculum areas.
Conditions of EmploymentAll 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.VIT LANTITETo be eligible for employment, a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching and must meet LANTITE requirements.
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