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Form of workPeninsula Specialist College is a dual mode setting for students with a diagnosed intellectual disability. The school caters for students 5-18 years of age in its primary and secondary departments. We offer comprehensive curriculum programs using the Victorian Curriculum F-10 and Foundation VCAL to ensure that all students achieve personal success. Every year an individual learning plan is designed for each student providing a personalised and differentiated approach to learning.
Peninsula Specialist College believes that every child has the ability to learn in an environment of dignity and respect. Students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning and become successful learners, capable of building positive relationships across the school and wider community.
All staff at Peninsula Specialist College work within multidisciplinary teams focusing on students' academic, social, and emotional goals.
Therapeutic interventions are the foundation of the educational programs at Peninsula Specialist College. Occupational Therapy based programs assist in the regulation of students' nervous systems, ensuring they are ready to learn. Every student has a functional communication modality ensuring their voice in learning. An embedded Physiotherapy program assists students with their strength, conditioning, and mobility.
Peninsula Specialist College is a School Wide Positive Behaviour School. Understanding student behaviour is a key to helping our students achieve the best possible outcomes at school, home and in the community. All staff participate in training which builds their capacity to prevent and respond to behaviour in a positive and consistent way across the school.
Our Vision
Peninsula Specialist College aims to foster students in being happy, resilient, and confidential individuals who work towards optimal independence through lifelong learning. they will be responsible, caring, and respectful members of their community who acknowledge and respect cultural diversity. Students will be positive role models who are engaged with the school and the wider community. Students will also advocate for themselves utilising effective communication.
Peninsula Specialist College students and staff will take every opportunity to ensure the wellbeing, empowerment, and safety of all.
Our Values
Our School reflects the positive behaviours of our school community. Be a learner, Be respectful, Be safe, and Be responsible. These values apply in the classroom, playground and in the community. They are implemented and expected by all members of our school community.
We are a School Wide Positive Behaviour Support School.
School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is an evidence - based framework for preventing and responding to student behaviour. It aims to create a positive school climate, a culture of student competence and an open, responsive management system for all community members. It includes analysis of data in professional learning teams, implementation of evidence-based practices and organisational systems for establishing safe, purposeful and inclusive school and classroom learning environments while providing the individual behaviour and learning supports needed to achieve academic and social success for all students.
Our school purpose is supported by the following school values that are central to the life of the school.
Be Responsible. Be Respectful. Be Safe. Be a Learner.
SC1: Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks, including co-ordination and supporting others in specific work functions relevant to the role.
SC2: Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.
SC3: Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively including a high level of written and communication skills.
SC4: Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.
SC5: Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management and other school staff in respect to the work area.
SC6: A commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.
Staffing Officer/Daily organiser.
Staffing Officer
Manage the coverage for all classes and duties for teacher and ES absences.
Ensure all new casual relief staff are shown the location of the staffroom, staff bathrooms, first aid.
Provide casual relief teachers attending onsite a printed copy of their daily work schedule with class times, class numbers, break times, yard duty times/locations, lesson plans, CRT folders
Communicate the daily bulletin, staffing absences/timetable to the whole school via Sentral.
Maintain up to date information in CRT folders.
Ensure daily changes to staff and rooms are clearly communicated using school systems and processes.
Monitor agency bookings and update the school¿s record system when Anzuk make changes to bookings.
Identify any timetable problems and find appropriate solutions, liaising with the AP and the Senior and Junior department leading teachers when required.
Forward plan replacement staff for upcoming weeks and planned leave absences.
Make Anzuk CRT/CRTES bookings via the APP on the staff mobile phone.
Manage Local Payroll staff bookings via text on the staff mobile phone.
Coordinate the daily absences of permanent staff members via the staff mobile phone.
Keep accurate records of ALL staff absences and booked casual relief staff via the shared excel spread sheet on google docs, ensuring all records are kept up to date.
Prepare and analyse reports from School databases to support decision making.
Provide new local payroll staff with all the relevant information, forms and documentation required.
Provide the business manager with all completed documentation required for new local payroll staff to commence work.
Other administrative support as required by the leadership team
Provide Education Support within a classroom between 9.30am ¿ 2:50pm
Manage the coverage for all classes and duties for ES and teacher absences.
Provide Education Support in the classroom between 9.30 am and 2.50 pm.
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
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.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, 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 family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via *******@education.vic.gov.au
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
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
This is a dual role Staffing and Education support.
