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About this job
Position Information
The Special Education Teacher (English) delivers high-quality, differentiated English instruction to students from Year 7 to Year 12 across hospital wards, classrooms, and remote learning environments. This role is central to supporting the English curriculum throughout the school by adapting teaching methods to meet the diverse learning needs, health conditions, and variable enrolments of our students. The teacher works collaboratively with medical teams, families, and school staff to develop personalised learning pathways that address each student’s educational and wellbeing goals. This position plays a crucial role in ensuring continuity of learning, student engagement, and smooth transitions during hospital stays and re-entry to census school or alternative educational/vocational pathway.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approved to teach English (7-12) and willing to teach all subjects (with support) across all school stages (K–10), adapting pedagogy to students’ developmental and medical requirements.
Demonstrated skill in delivering education in multiple modalities responding flexibly to dynamic enrolment patterns.
Strong leadership in curriculum development and pedagogical improvement within English teaching.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with health professionals, families, and school personnel.
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
Staff working in schools within hospitals and youth justice centres must follow any vaccination requirements of NSW Health and Department of Communities and Justice respectively.
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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