Integration Aide in Traralgon

Kosciuszko Street Primary School offers a dynamic and friendly environment where students and staff can grow in a safe, vibrant, and invigorating culture. Our moral purpose is to 'empower all students to learn and achieve,' ensuring a bright and active future. We achieve this by providing students with a high-quality education that is both engaging and inclusive.

Our dedicated team of educators is committed to fostering a love for learning and personal development in every student. Through offering a diverse range of academic opportunities and extracurricular activities, we aim to build a strong foundation of factual knowledge and critical thinking skills. We believe in instilling values of respect, resilience, and responsibility, which are essential not only for their school years but also for their future endeavours.

We have a strong focus on academic achievement and implement an explicit direct instruction model throughout the curriculum, ensuring all students have access to an informative and extensive curriculum. Our teachers are trained using current research, with a strong focus on the Science of Reading, Cognitive Load Theory, and Explicit Direct Instruction.

Traralgon (Kosciuszko St) Primary School is located at the west end of Traralgon, the Latrobe Valley’s largest town, 160 km southeast of Melbourne. The school offers 320 students an attractive, safe, and settled environment with spacious grounds. The school has 44 staff members, including Classroom Teachers, Specialist Teachers, and Education Support Staff.

Kossie has developed a comprehensive approach to student well-being through the development of our School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support Program (SWPBS). Students are explicitly taught appropriate behaviours and how to self-regulate. Our school takes pride in our four values: Be Respectful, Be Resilient, Be Ready, and Be Responsible.

Selection Criteria:

• SC1 Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks.
• SC2 Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.
• SC3 Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a team environment.
• 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.
• SC6 A commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

Responsibilities may include:

• Provides routine support for teachers including assisting with planning of student routines.
• Supports communication between teachers and parents.
• Provides basic physical care and wellbeing support for students.
• Addresses immediate behavioural presentations relating to specific students within a classroom setting.
• Provides basic support and supervision for individuals or groups of up to 4 students.
• Supports teachers in the coordination of educational programs.
• Provides medical intervention support to a student/s, under specific conditions.
• Provides specialised communication support for students and teachers.

Who May Apply: Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

Diversity and Inclusion: The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service.

Child Safe Standards: Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students.

DE Values: The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights.