Ed Support Level 1-range 2 (Whittlesea)

**Overview**: **Work type**:Part time

**Salary**:Salary not specified

**Grade**:Ed Support Level 1-Range 2

**Occupation**: Education and Training

**Location**: Whittlesea

**Reference**: 1467852

**Location Profile**: **Location Profile**
- School Background
- A New Beginning_

Edgars Creek Primary School is currently in its fourth year of operation, located at 45 Macedon Parade, Wollert, in the City of Whittlesea. This area is part of the northern growth corridor of Melbourne, with major housing development present. The school opened in Term 1, 2021 providing for 400 students from Prep (Foundation) to Year 6. It is anticipated that our student enrolment will be in excess of 850 students in 2025.

Edgars Creek Primary School is part of a community precinct. It is adjacent to the Ganbu Gulinj Community Centre and Edgars Creek Secondary School. An Early Learning Centre is also within this area, providing families with convenience as all the services are co-located. This provides the opportunity for lifelong learning and strong community connections from birth to adulthood.

Families are supported by first contact at birth with the provision of Maternal and Childcare Health services, continuing with the availability of a range of parenting support programs, including community playgroups, cultural groups, Kindergarten, and specialist allied health services such as speech therapists and early intervention professionals. Linking with these services is paramount in ensuring a supportive transition program is offered between kindergarten and primary school.

Strong links between our students¿ primary and secondary education have been established as a result of the co-location of our school and Edgars Creek Secondary College. Learning across the schools is maximised, with students, teachers, and families able to share learning opportunities, unique experiences, resources, assisting us to foster powerful community links.
- Educational Vision_

Edgars Creek Primary School aims to fully develop each young person academically, socially, emotionally, and physically, so they are well adjusted students who perform to the very best of their ability in all areas. We believe this can be best achieved in a happy, caring, safe and stimulating setting with the mutual commitment, support and cooperation of teachers, parents, students, and the wider school community. We begin with the end in mind: every child who attends Edgars Creek Primary School will become an active learner on their way to becoming a successful adult.

The physical design of Edgars Creek Primary School supports the school¿s vision of a Professional Learning Community. This ethos underpins the approach to teaching and learning and whole school operations. The design and intent of learning spaces facilitate a Professional Learning Community approach, enabling educators to collaborate, implement high-impact teaching strategies and reflect on the impact on learning in a continuous improvement culture. Learning Communities are designed around modifiable spaces that accommodate multiple learning approaches and can flexibly respond to the requirements of students and teachers, creating a sense of shared ownership, inclusion, and everyday learning.
- Design Principles_

New school facilities in Victoria are designed with the following key elements incorporated into the school ethos and design: **Community: Context and Culture**

Establishing a sense of place and community; a framework for the development of an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable urban structure, empowering strong, diverse communities.

**Commitment to Whole of Life Learning and Living**

An understanding that life-long learning is most successful when it is inclusive of children, parents, neighbourhoods, wider communities, and global citizenship. It must reflect the values, vision and aspirations of all members of the endeavour.

**Collaboration Between Stakeholders**

Partnerships with the City of Whittlesea, Early Learning and community service providers, other schools, with parents, students, business and industry, the community and the DET allowing for better return on investment, better implementation, interaction, and ideas.

**Integrating Evidence-based Knowledge of High Impact Learning and Teaching Research and Strategies**

Opportunities to privilege seamless planning, professional interaction, and student engagement in learning. Encourage quality professional learning opportunities and the conditions for capturing practice, building practice excellence, knowledge sharing and collaboration through team structures, collaborative design, planning and teaching and peer observations and feedback.
- Edgars Creek Primary School seeks to recruit staff who:_
- _ Share a passion for teaching and/or working with children_
- _ Display a positive attitude and enjoy team collaboration_
- _ Relate positively to students, parents/carers and staff_
- _ Demonstrate a commitment to Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qmx8s