Professional Learning Team Leader Special Education , Palmerston

As a member of the College leadership team, provide innovative educational leadership and management to implement curriculum, wellbeing and educational programs at Palmerston College Special Education Center.

Professional Learning Team Leaders Curriculum should inspire students, staff and community members to optimise learning and engagement of all students.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Enact the College vision with a focus on a shared respectful culture that challenges, sets high expectations of both students and teachers, build capability skills so they can directly support all teachers to improve classroom instruction, student engagement and capable and independent learners.

2. Provide coaching about teacher professional practice, knowledge and engagement of Special Education teaching teams.

3. Models effective teaching practices through expectations for all staff to achieve high standards and build their capacity through professional development and performance management.

4. Lead, coordinate and facilitate the implementation of Department of Education systemic requirements and supported whole college evidence-based approaches, specifically implementation of Explicit Instructional Model and/or embedding Schoolwide Positive Behaviour Support Framework in the Special Education Center.

5. Develop relationships with families and community groups to promote the college and its role in the wider community.

6. Work with other PLT Leaders, Assistant Principals, Heads of Campus and College Principal to drive the development of education at the College.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

1. Demonstrated capacity to model best practice secondary teaching and learning within a Special Education environment.

2. Proven ability to build the capacity of self, others and high performing teams through high level coaching and/or mentoring around curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and the use of student data to inform teaching and learning in a Special Education setting.

3. Demonstrated ability to manage, in partnership with the College Executive Leadership Team, innovation and school improvement to achieve College improvement across both campuses.

4. Demonstrated ability to understand contemporary educational research relating to school improvement in particular School-wide Positive Behaviour and Explicit Instructional Model and demonstrated effective implementation of school based and system wide policies and procedures.

5. Demonstrated ability to build a shared culture of high expectations, while developing and maintaining effective interpersonal and cross cultural relationships within and beyond the College community.