Education Support Assistant

$65,000 - $72,000 yearly

Plenty River College

South Morang

Job Description

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Education Support Assistant who is passionate about empowering young people. The Education Support Assistant contributes to the effectiveness of learning by assisting teachers with the day-to-day operation of the classroom. Working under the direction of a teacher and in collaboration with the wellbeing team, the Education Support Assistant provides support to a small group of students or to individual students, particularly students with learning needs, disabilities, or disorders to overcome educational barriers and strengthen their ability to achieve their learning outcomes.

The position also assists the classroom teacher with the monitoring and management of student behaviour as well as undertake logistical tasks to ensure the efficient operation of the classroom.

Duties:

• Under the direction the classroom teacher, prepare and maintain teaching and learning resources as required.
• Provide general administrative assistance including updating case notes and class programs, photocopying of teaching materials, compiling student records, assisting in organising off‐site activities, ordering of appropriate equipment as required and completing class attendance records for each session.
• Provide information to the wellbeing team about students’ personal, social, and emotional difficulties, while maintaining confidentiality and privacy.
• Maintain a supportive culture with students, safeguarding their health and safety.
  Create and manage a caring, supporting, purposeful and stimulating environment that is conducive to students learning
• Maintain a supportive culture with students, safeguarding their health and safety.
  Create and manage a caring, supporting, purposeful and stimulating environment that is conducive to students learning.
• Create a safe learning environment for all students by providing supervision during on-site and off-site education activities.
• Provide supervision and assistance at special events e.g. excursions. This will be determined by the nature and severity of the student’s disability, disorder or learning need.
• Actively support and promote independence (Not to do for the students what the students can do for themselves)
• Play an active role in contributing to an organisational culture of child safety by participating in practices that reduce the risk of child abuse; adherence to processes for responding to and reporting suspected child abuse; implementing strategies to identify and reduce or remove the risk of child abuse and providing an environment for the participation and empowerment of children

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Plenty River College

Who we are:

Plenty River College is an independent specialist senior secondary school, delivering the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC), and VCE Vocational Major (VM). We provide a safe and inclusive learning environment for young people aged 15-20 years.

Vision statement:

Plenty River College’s vision is to empower students to achieve, through education, their personal best and to become positive, confident and productive members of our globalised world.

Mission Statement:

The College’s mission is to assist students to develop life and work skills and achieve their learning by:

• re-engaging students in education
• fostering students social and emotional development
• providing a supportive and safe environment for them

Our Core Values are:

• Passion for learning and teaching
• Empowerment
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Kindness

Child Safe Statement of Commitment:

Plenty River College has zero-tolerance policy for child abuse and is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children.

The College is dedicated to fostering a culturally safe environment for:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
• Children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Children with disabilities

Any staff member who violates the Child Safe Code of Conduct may face disciplinary action, which may include suspension or termination of employment.

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