Learning Support Coordinator

A Permanent Position for a Learning Support Coordintor at Fairfield School. We are seeking a highly engaging and innovative teacher with a sound understanding of the curriculum to join our team. If you would like to be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment where teachers are well supported professionally, then Fairfield would like to hear from you!

Application packs are available from our website: www.fairfieldlevin.school.nz

Applications close on Friday 13 December at 3:00pm. All applications should be emailed to amaclean@fairfieldlevin.school.nz

TIMELINE FOR APPOINTMENT

Positions advertised online Thursday 5 December

Applications for positions close Friday 13 December (3:00 pm)

Shortlisting of applicants Monday 16 December

Interviews Tuesday 17 December

Offer of appointment made by Wednesday 18th December, 2024

Position Commencement by negotiation

Learning Support Coordinator Role Description

The LSC role is intended to be a full time, dedicated role. This role will need to be able to work with and influence the school or kura leadership team. They will also need to be able to build relationships across providers within the community of the LSDM.

LSCs will work to build the learning support capability of kaiako/teachers, and to help identify and plan for the learning support needs of all of the children and young people in their cluster. This is a co-ordinating role (rather than a teaching role) but requires the incumbent to be an experienced teacher in order to know how to engage with kaiako/teachers to support the development of their practice in working with children and young people with a range of learning support needs.

The LSCs will work closely with the Ministry’s Learning Support Facilitators through the LSDM to help build core capability in schools to support the range of identified needs and to connect with a range of specialist supports and services, such as Resource Teachers, and those provided by other agencies, such as Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children, and community organisations. LSCs will also work with a range of colleagues, including gifted coordinators and other professionals, and Special Education Needs Coordinators (SENCO) where such roles are retained by schools, as part of a cluster’s learning support team.

Role Requirements

To be considered for the position, applicants will be registered teachers and have:

demonstrated successful experience in working with and including children and young people with learning support needs in the classroom
a sound knowledge, commitment to, and understanding of the learning support system and the Learning Support Action Plan priorities
the ability to engage at a school or kura and cluster leadership level
influencing skills at a working level within a school or kura and the wider cluster
understanding of te ao Māori
a current teaching practising certificate and relevant teaching qualification
met professional standards relevant to their current position.

Role Functions

support students through building an inclusive school or kura and cluster environment where all students participate, progress and make successful transitions;
support kaiako/teachers in schools and kura to lift their capability to meet the needs of learners better, and to strengthen their connections with early learning services;
support for parents and whānau to partner successfully with their school or kura and develop an understanding of learning support processes and who to contact if needed;
work with other LSCs across the cluster, and connect with the Learning Support Facilitator and wider agencies, such as Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children, to access services and resources to support learners;
work with and influence the school or kura leadership team to ensure all students receive the appropriate support to enhance their learning and progress.

Point 2 - PCT

Two part-time, fixed-term (point 2) positions are available for a Year 2 and Year 5/6 teacher. We seek highly engaging and innovative teachers with a sound understanding of the curriculum to join our team. If you would like to be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment where teachers are well supported professionally, then Fairfield would like to hear from you!

Applications close on Friday, 6 December 2024, at 3:00 pm. All applications should be emailed to amaclean@fairfieldlevin.school.nz

TIMELINE FOR APPOINTMENT

Position advertised Friday, 29 November 2024

Applications for positions close Friday 6 December 2024 (3:00 pm)

Shortlisting of applicants Monday 9 December 2024

Interviews Tuesday 10 December (from 1 pm onwards)

FAIRFIELD SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY At Fairfield School, we have spent considerable time researching, reading, and understanding educational theory and neuroscience to develop and inform our own child-centred curriculum. We also adhere to a play-based philosophy, which allows our younger children to be immersed in authentic, practical learning.

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