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About this job
Position Information
Gledswood Hills Public School, is a large and rapidly growing school, housed in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility located in South Western Sydney. It is part of the Macarthur Network of Schools for the Department of Education. 978 students are enrolled at Gledswood Hills Public School, where students from a Language Background Other Than English (LBOTE) make up 51% of the school population and 3% of students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Our school motto is 'Together We Can' and reflects our school culture of inclusion, collaboration and belonging. Our school is dedicated to providing a caring and quality learning environment with a commitment to developing the whole child. Future-focused pedagogy and innovative practices that engage and inspire students to be problem solvers form the foundations of our school plan and strategic directions. For more information on our school, please visit: https://gledswoodhills-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach students with learning and support needs (primary) and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs (primary) in regular classes. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs and their teachers.
Demonstrated expertise in assessment, differentiation and data-informed practice, with the ability to collaborate with teachers to analyse data and design, implement and evaluate personalised learning and support plans, and teaching and learning adjustments.
Proven capacity to implement inclusive wellbeing and behaviour support practices that create safe, supportive and culturally responsive learning environments that enhance student engagement, wellbeing and positive behaviour.
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to positively contribute to the school culture by working collaboratively with staff members, students, families and external agencies.
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
The roles and responsibilities for the Learning and Support Teacher can be found here.
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 and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.