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About this job
Position Information
At Boggabri Public School, "we Educate, Enrich, and Empower". Boggabri is a small town in north-western New South Wales. It is part of the Narrabri Shire and lies between Gunnedah and Narrabri on the Kamilaroi Highway. The school has an enrolment of 99 students across five classes, with approximately 34% of students identifying as Aboriginal. The school's commitment to excellence is reflected in the core values of Respect, Cooperation, Honesty and Fairness, which permeate every aspect of our school life. Our skilled educators foster a vibrant, safe, and caring environment where every student is support through personal learning plans, catering to Indigenous students and those with learning difficulties. The school specialise in personalised support and celebrate academic and athletic accomplishments. Embracing cultural diversity, our students are part of a community with a rich history of support since 1883. Our partnership with a proactive P&C enhances our resources, ensuring that our students are well-equipped for their future endeavours. In 2025, the school is establishing their first Multi-Categorical class and we are looking for a passionate classroom teacher to join our team in this role.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach special education and/or experience in teaching students K-6 with complex learning and support needs including Autism, Mild Intellectual Disability and/or Moderate Intellectual Disability.
Demonstrated skills and experience using a range of inclusive classroom management and wellbeing approaches to cater for the communication, sensory, social and emotional needs of students.
Ability to plan and effectively implement personalised learning, behaviour and support plans with all stakeholders to support the behavioural, social, sensory and wellbeing needs of diverse learners.
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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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.