Leading Teacher - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Engagement and Wellbeing (Middle Years)

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Location Profile At Mill Park Secondary College, our primary focus is enhancing the academic, social, and emotional well-being of every student in our community. Our curriculum actively promotes creative thinking, encourages students to strive for excellence, and offers a diverse array of learning opportunities. We are a thriving school community that provides a wide range of outstanding programs. Our college comprises approximately 1000 students across two campuses: the Middle Years Campus (Years 7-9) situated in Mill Park, and the Senior Campus (Years 10-12) located in Epping. We are deeply committed to the child safe standards, ensuring the safety and empowerment of children. We hold the values of safety, happiness, and empowerment for both students and our dedicated staff and volunteers in the highest regard. At Mill Park Secondary College, we uphold four core values: Respect, Responsibility, Achievement, and Enjoyment. These principles serve as the foundation for all interactions among our staff, students, parents, and the broader community. Together, we work collaboratively to support the growth of our students academically, socially, and emotionally. Our school is recognised as an exemplar for the Berry Street Education Model, specifically designed to foster the progressive development of students' physical, psychological, social, and emotional capacities. We prioritise the active involvement of students in our community, emphasising student voice and agency. Students actively participate in the co-development of our Teaching and Learning Model, Student Engagement Model, and School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) Framework. We strive to establish strong partnerships with families, recognising the valuable skills and values they bring to support student growth. Our dedication to open communication, a growth mindset, and individual goal-setting ensures that families are actively engaged in creating plans for student development. Mill Park Secondary College offers an extensive and diverse range of curriculum options at all year levels. The Middle Years curriculum prepares students thoroughly for their Senior Years, where they have the opportunity to select from a wide array of electives. This allows them to specialise in areas that align with their interests and passions, including the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Vocational Education and Training (VET), and Victorian Certificate of Education Vocation Major (VCE VM). Our school also has partnerships with both Latrobe University and Melbourne University, enabling students to complete university-level subjects while in Year 12. For gifted and talented students, Mill Park Secondary College provides a Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) Program that commences in Year 7 and continues throughout secondary schooling. This program caters to students known for their accelerated learning abilities and capacity for exceptionally high standards of performance. We offer a wide range of extracurricular opportunities in areas such as leadership, performing arts, music, sports, and various clubs to enrich the overall educational experience of our students. Selection Criteria • SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum. • SC2 Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation 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 monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. 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 leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement. • SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole-school practice and contribute to the provision of whole-school professional learning. • SC6: Demonstrated capacity to lead the development, implementation and evaluation of a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework that strengthens student engagement, wellbeing, attendance and inclusion through evidence-informed Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 practices. Role The Learning Specialist - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Engagement and Wellbeing (Middel Years) will provide strategic leadership to strengthen the college's whole-school approach to student engagement, wellbeing and inclusion through the implementation of a comprehensive Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework. Working collaboratively with the Engagement Team, Wellbeing Team, and external agencies, the successful applicant will lead the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 wellbeing and engagement supports across the Middle Years Campus. The role will ensure that clear systems and processes are in place to enable the early identification of students requiring additional support through the effective use of student data. The Learning Specialist will work to ensure interventions are targeted, coordinated, monitored and evaluated to maximise student engagement, attendance, wellbeing and educational outcomes. The Learning Specialist will support the ensure a proactive, preventative model of student support by embedding consistent systems, strengthening staff capability and ensuring interventions are responsive to student need. Responsibilities The key responsibilities of the Learning Specialist - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Engagement and Wellbeing (Middle Years) may include, but are not limited to: • Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the college's Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework for engagement and wellbeing across the Middle Years Campus. • Developing and maintaining a clearly documented continuum of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 engagement and wellbeing interventions, ensuring staff understand referral pathways, eligibility criteria and intervention processes. • Working with leadership and staff to strengthen universal (Tier 1) practices that promote positive student engagement, attendance, belonging and wellbeing. • Establishing systems that enable the early identification of students requiring Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention through the use of attendance, behaviour, wellbeing, engagement and academic data. • Leading regular data reviews to identify emerging trends and students requiring additional support, ensuring timely intervention. • Monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of interventions using student outcome data and recommending adjustments where required. • Working collaboratively with Year Level Coordinators, the Wellbeing Team, Inclusion Team and classroom teachers to coordinate targeted supports for students requiring additional intervention. • Building staff capability through professional learning, coaching and collaborative problem-solving in the implementation of MTSS practices and engagement strategies. • Supporting the collection, analysis and presentation of engagement and wellbeing data to inform school improvement planning and strategic decision making. • Ensuring that the college is managing risk in line with Department requirements, and that an organisational culture of child safety is being strengthened and embedded at all times. • Providing visible and supportive leadership to the school community at all times, in line with the values of both Mill Park Secondary College and the Department of Education. • Any other duties as required by the Principal. 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 [email protected] 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 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). Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools . Other Information The Acting College Principal warmly invites prospective applicants to attend an information session at our Middle Years Campus, located at 9¿25 Moorhead Drive, Mill Park, on Thursday, 6 August 2026, commencing at 4:30 pm. The session will include a guided tour of the campus, followed by an opportunity to participate in a question and answer session to learn more about the College and the available opportunities. If you would like to attend, please RSVP by contacting Karlie Carroll on (03) 9409 8222 or via email at [email protected] to reserve your place.