ROLE:

Learning Assistants play an important role in the support of students with additional needs. They enhance the student learning experience and help students reach their full potential. Learning Assistants work under the direction of a teacher and predominantly work with students who have additional needs, this includes students with neurological and learning disorders, physical disabilities and behavioural disorders. Learning Assistants work with students from Prep to Grade 6, both inside and outside the classroom. They support students by implementing a range of teaching and learning strategies such as one-on-one or small group instruction, co-operative learning, scaffolding, modelling and worked examples. They may also be assigned to a specific student that requires one-to-one support in a variety of areas.

Learning Assistants collaborate with the class teacher to reinforce classroom teaching. They assist students with organisation, social competence, accessing activities and appropriate behaviour. The Learning Assistant may also undertake supervision of the class to enable the teacher to spend time supporting students who have additional needs.

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Applications are due: Friday 11^th September by 4pm.

ROLE:

The role of the Student Support Team at Wyndham Christian College is to provide inclusive and enhanced educational opportunities for all students. The Response to Intervention (RTI) model informs our approach to the Student Support Program and the educational resources and opportunities offered to students with disabilities in accordance with the Disability Standards for Education.

The Head of Student Support is responsible for setting vision, presenting best practice research and providing student data to the Executive team to inform strategic decisions. They will establish supportive procedures and co-ordinate, oversee and monitor students with disabilities or those with additional learning needs. They will act in an advisory role to guide Learning Assistants and teachers to plan and co-ordinate the delivery of additional support for students. The Head of Student Support will provide high-quality professional learning and recommendations for educational resources, assistive technology and assessment modifications. They will conduct screening tests for the purpose of early identification, learning intervention and student referral. The Head of Student Support will lead and deliver research-based intervention programs and coordinate learning intervention teachers and timetables. They will establish procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory authorities in relation to ILP, SSG, and NCCD.

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Applications are due: Friday 11^th September by 4pm.