Intensive School Support Team Leader

The Schools and Regional Services (SRS) Group is the face of the department across Victoria. Successful outcomes for children and young people are at the centre of everything we do.

There are Regional and Area teams in locations throughout the state. The Area teams lead our place-based approach to service delivery and are responsible for managing this delivery through our schools and early childhood providers in local communities right across Victoria.

SRS provides an interface between the department's central office and our service providers, ensuring that policy intent and outcomes are delivered on-the-ground.

SRS promotes and supports partnerships across our system, regional early childhood services, schools and other education providers to deliver high-quality services and outcomes.

SRS has a strong focus on driving operational performance, accountability, workforce leadership and policy implementation.

The Teaching, Learning and School Performance sub-group is led by the Assistant Deputy Secretary and has two divisions:

·         Curriculum and Teaching Practice Division: responsible for providing curriculum, teaching and learning policies, processes, services and resources to government schools; and

·         School Performance Division: responsible for the frameworks and programs relating to government school performance and priority programs that support improved school performance.

The subgroup is often required to provide surge capacity to support emerging priorities.

It works with other key areas of the department, including Policy Strategy and Performance, School Education Programs and Support, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership (the Academy) on matters related to curriculum, teaching, learning and school performance.

The School Performance Division has two branches:

·         The School Performance Branch leads state-wide coordination of frameworks and initiatives for improving the performance of government schools. This includes overseeing the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes 2.0 and associated processes including School Strategic Plans, Annual Implementation Plans and School Annual Reporting, school reviews, and key programs including the ISS initiative

·         The Priority Programs Branch leads initiatives targeted to priority initiatives that support improved school performance. This includes the Tutor Learning Initiative, Middle Years Literacy and Numeracy Support, the Student Excellence Program and a range of other targeted programs, including Professional Learning Communities.