Koorie Education Team Leader

Occupation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services

Location: Hume - Greater Shepparton

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Location Profile COLLEGE PROFILE

Greater Shepparton Secondary College was formed by the merger of four secondary colleges in Shepparton and Mooroopna, as part of the Shepparton Education Plan. A new College in Hawdon Street will be completed and ready for occupation in 2022. A Rural Annex is also an integral component of the College and has been created to serve the needs of the students requiring more supports than are available in the mainstream settings.

Greater Shepparton City Council (GSCC), located 180 kilometres north of Melbourne, with a population of 66,000, is the fifth-largest city in regional Victoria and consists of Shepparton City, Mooroopna and Tatura. 75% of the municipality's population live in Shepparton and Mooroopna. The area is a culturally and linguistically diverse community with almost one quarter of the population born overseas, including recent arrivals and refugees from Africa and the Middle East. It has Victoria's largest concentration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people outside of Melbourne. There are over 6,000 businesses and a workforce of 30,000.

• Approximately 2500 students arranged in nine houses of 300 year 7-12 students.
• New school facilities with contemporary shared teaching and learning spaces and specialist areas
• Hubs for specialist subject delivery, including a STEM Enterprise Centre of Excellence, and student wellbeing
  The location of the new College is the site of the existing Shepparton High School in Hawdon Street, Shepparton. The site offers many opportunities being in close proximity to the Shepparton Campuses of Latrobe and Melbourne Universities and Goulburn Ovens TAFE, and to commercial and cultural precincts. This will support the development of student pathway options and community engagement.
  This is a significant career opportunity to reframe the trajectory of a community through prioritising the education of its young people with a focus on creating high quality engagement, pedagogy and facilities.
  The transformational change involved in the development of the new Secondary College will require an applicant with skills that support a high level of engagement and consultation with students, staff, parents and the broader community as the culture, learning focus and organisation of the campus are developed, implemented and refined.
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Selection Criteria SC1 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents school staff and external parties

SC2A willingness to be fully involved in the school community and the ability to develop and initiate programs to support Koorie students.

SC3 Ability to liaise with students, families and key stakeholders and develop strong working relationships.

SC4 Work with key staff in the development of cultural specific programs and activities

SC5 Ability to lead a team of Koorie Educators (one per neighbourhood)

Role

• Oversee the cultural supports provided by the Koorie Educator Team
• Oversee operational alignment to Marrung Aboriginal Education Plan
• Oversee the Koorie Educator Team s implementation of key policies and programs, including the Student Engagement & Wellbeing policy, Child Safe Policies, Inclusion and Diversity policy, and Mandatory Reporting processes.
• Oversee the coordination of regular Koorie Family Engagement activities
• Oversee the inclusion of Aboriginal cultural events and activities within the college
• Support teaching staff to embed Kaiela Dhungala First People s Curriculum
• Lead and manage the Koorie Educator Team to support students and staff
• Support the Koorie Educator Team to participate in the case management meetings within their Neighbourhood
• Ensure Koorie Educator Team members have a clear allocation of responsibility as part of their Neighbourhood s case management processes
• Hold regular Koorie Educator Team Meetings to review progress from case management meetings and to allocate additional responsibilities
• Engage additional staff within college as required including wellbeing staff, MEA s, careers staff, sub school and house leaders.
• Support the Koorie Educator Team to engage with area staff as required including Koorie Education Support Officers
• Student aspirations
• Providing professional supervision individually to the Koorie Educator Team members on a regular basis as agreed with team members.
• Coordinating Koorie Educator Team participation and engagement in Koorie specific transition activities
• Coordinating Koorie Educator Team participation and engagement in Koorie student IEPs and SSGs
• Maintain Koorie community stakeholder list including individuals, organisations and networks that provide relevant cultural supports in education and pathway opportunities.
• Manage bookings for college s Community Hub.

Team facilitation responsibilities:

• Plan and facilitate regular team meetings focused on discussion and evaluation of Koorie student wellbeing and engagement in learning.
• Schedule meetings, develop meeting agenda and keep team on task.
• Regularly provide a summary of meetings to school leadership
• Manage the allocated budget.

Responsibilities The Koorie Education Team Leader will lead the team of Koorie Educators within the College (one per Neighbourhood). The role includes supporting the development, coordination and implementation of the GSSC Aboriginal Inclusion Plan.

• Work with the Principal team to provide leadership and modelling of college values across the college
• Work with the Principal team to include Aboriginal perspectives in curriculum, planning and college operations
• Attend and actively contribute to Wellbeing & Inclusion Leadership meetings and all other relevant college meetings and events including Cultural Inclusion Working Group meetings, Kaiela Dhungala First Peoples Curriculum meetings
• Contribute to professional learning at the college.
• Conduct performance reviews of a number of staff.
• Other duties as directed by the Principal.

Who May Apply This role is an identified position and is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants only

Confirmation of the Indigenous status of applicants may be requested.

The Department of Education and Training is committed to taking positive action to eliminate

discrimination to the greatest possible extent. It recognises that discrimination can cause social and

economic disadvantage, and the achievement of substantive equality may require the taking of special

measures. To this end, the Department of Education and Training considers these positions to be a

special measure for the purposes of section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).

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)

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.

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• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
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