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About this job
Position Information
Kearns Public School sits on the lands of the Dharawal People in Southwest Sydney. The school has an enrolment of 177 students, with 7 mainstream classes and 2 support AU class. Students come from a diverse cultural community, 55% of students identify as EAL/D and 5% as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Kearns Public School fosters a strong culture of collaboration in planning, teaching, and assessing Literacy and Numeracy, with a focus on differentiating instruction to meet the diverse needs of all students. There is a strong focus on relational pedagogy to ensure our school is a place where all students thrive. The school enjoys a high level of community support and P&C.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, using evidence-based strategies to support complex communication, sensory, social and behavioural needs.
Demonstrated capacity to develop and collaborate in the planning and implementation of PLaSPs, behaviour response plans, tailored risk management plans to support the individualised learning and behvaiour of students.
Demonstrated ability to collaboratively develop, maintain and plan authentic teaching and learning experiences with the proven capacity to use data to deliver and evaluate responsive, high quality, differentiated programs for all students.
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills that promote a multidisiplinary approach with staff and positive partnerships with parents, carers, community members, support agencies, and students.
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.