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About this job
Position Information
Ambarvale High School is a comprehensive Years 7-12 school with an enrolment of 840 students, which includes 95 students in our Support Unit. Our school has 35% of students identify as coming from a non-English speaking background and 12.4% identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Ambarvale High School is committed to preparing students for the 21st Century. Our school has many innovative programs which provide opportunities for students to engage in creative thinking, problem solving and student-based learning. In 2018, our school was named by ‘The Educator’ as one of the top 40 innovative schools in Australia. We are committed to engaging support for our students in all areas of their school life. Our school is characterised by deep engagement with the community, including the educational community (partner schools, TAFE and universities), Government and non-Government agencies and businesses. Inter-agency and community partnerships play a pivotal role in the school's wellbeing, academic and vocational programs.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism, mental health and complex behavioural or social needs within a support class setting.
2. Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and evaluate differentiated learning experiences to maximise engagement and learning growth.
3. Demonstrated well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively, proactively and professionally with students, families, school staff and external agencies to create positive learning outcomes for students.
4. Demonstrated successful classroom management skills with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a postive learning environment, authentic relationships and enable each individual's success.
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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
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