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About this job
Position Information
Coonamble High School is a Connected Communities comprehensive co-educational school with an enrolment of 180 students. This includes 75% indigenous students and a Support Unit of 5 classes. The town has a population of approximately 3000 with a vibrant sporting and community calendar providing students, families and teachers many opportunities to participate in the community. The school is situated approximately 160km north of Dubbo. Our school vision is "Empowering students to be the best they can be to live a good life."
Supported by the School Reference Group, AECG, P&C, Clontarf and NASCA Academy, the school also enjoys partnerships with key service providers to enable students to access their learning and achieve high level outcomes. Students participate in a senior compressed curriculum which offers broad subject choice. All students have personal learning plans. The school works closely with three primary partner schools to assist student transition.
Coonamble High School is a 6 point school and as such attracts additional benefits and incentives. Please refer to: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/find-teaching-jobs/choose-rural/benefits-and-incentives/how-the-benefits-work
https://coonamble-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Special Education Teacher
This role requires a Special Education teacher who can teach in one of our Mild Intellectual, Moderate Intellectual/Autism, or one of our 3 Multi-Categorical classes. Coonamble HS is a supportive environment for teachers, emphasising professional learning as one of our Strategic Directions. To ensure continuity we employ full time relief teachers to support observation, mentoring and coaching. We take pride in a highly inclusive school community. For the early career teacher, those committed to improving outcomes for Aboriginal students and those wanting to make a difference for students in a small, vibrant rural community - this presents a unique opportunity.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism (Secondary), Mild Intellectual Disability (Secondary) and Moderate Intellectual Disability (Secondary).
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to contribute to faculty planning, whole school programs, and develop positive relationships with students, staff and the wider community.
- Capacity to deliver a variety of effective and differentiated learning experiences that will result in student growth across learning outcomes.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education policies, including the Connected Communities Strategy.
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
Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (conditions apply) and a relocation support payment of $5,000 to $8,000 for eligible applicants.
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.