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About this job
Position Information
Greystanes High School (1100 students) including 62% Language Background other than English is a high performing comprehensive school that includes a special education support unit (40 students).
The school strives to support excellence in all areas of student endeavour, through a commitment to quality teaching and targeted wellbeing programs. An experienced and dedicated staff strive to create a caring and supportive learning environment that provides a diverse curriculum, with innovative programs that engage and challenge all students. The school prides itself on a culture of positive relationships for learning, student harmony and an inclusive school community.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability.
2. Quality classroom practice and highly developed management skills which enhance student engagement through differentiated and individualised learning programs.
3. Well-developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills with the capacity to work collaboratively and empathetically with teachers, support staff, parents/carers and stakeholders to build and enhance a culture of inclusivity.
4. Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate quality individual personalised learning support and behaviour plans to facilitate improved student learning outcomes.
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.