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About this job
Position Information
Barrenjoey High School’s vision is to consistently provide a high-quality education in a safe and nurturing environment, offering students the opportunity to excel in their individual areas of interest. With a current enrolment of 906 students, the school is committed to creating a supportive space for learning and growth.
Through strong community collaboration and partnership, Barrenjoey High School strives to develop respectful future citizens, leaders, and lifelong learners who embody self-awareness, pride, confidence, and resilience. The school offers a personalised educational experience through consistent processes and innovative strategies, enhanced by dynamic teaching practices that nurture the intellectual, creative, social-emotional, and physical needs of every student. Barrenjoey High School is dedicated to fostering an environment where respect, effort, and challenge are foundational values, encouraging students to pursue excellence and reach their full potential.
The newly established Support Unit at Barrenjoey High School includes two Autism classes and one Multi-Categorical class, providing a range of support options for secondary students, from full attendance in the support unit to supported integration within mainstream classes.
Teachers with a passion for Special Education in a secondary setting are encouraged to apply.
Specific Selection Criteria
2. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to work collaboratively and professionally with staff, parents/carers, external support agencies and the wider school community to build and enhance a culture of inclusivity and excellence.
3. Demonstrated ability to develop, differentiate and deliver learning programs that support a diverse range of student needs using evidence-based practice.
4. Demonstrated successful classroom management with a flexible and open approach, creating a positive learning environment that promotes student wellbeing, authentic relationships and 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 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.