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About this job
Position Information
Holroyd School is a School for Specific Purpose (SSP) located in Merrylands, NSW. The school serves 200 students with a moderate or severe intellectual disability. Its mission is to empower students with foundational and functional skills through evidence-based learning and teaching practices and inclusive extracurricular opportunities. The school supports the wellbeing of every student through its collaboration with students, their families and other services. The school engages in a cycle of continuous improvement on its journey to improve the educational outcomes of every student, and school excellence.
Our vision is for an inclusive, empowered school community with shared responsibility for student learning and wellbeing. Enhanced student outcomes are achieved by building strong, functional partnerships and respectful relationships, with and among staff, students and their families, and local communities. We deliver high quality education in an environment in which safety is considered essential. We focus teaching and learning on foundational and functional skills, foster independence, and open pathways to continuous learning, and endless possibilities.
General Selection Criteria
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria,
1. Deep knowledge and understanding of the needs of students with moderate or severe intellectual disability.
2. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to lead teaching, learning and wellbeing to achieve student growth and attainment.
3. Demonstrated ability to build functional school community partnerships to optimise the school experience for students and achieve optimal outcomes.
4. Demonstrated ability to lead innovation and improvement on the school’s journey toward school excellence.
Conditions
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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