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About this job
Position Information
Glen Innes is a rural community on the New England Highway 100km north of Armidale. Glen Innes West Infants School is situated on the traditional land of the Ngoorabul people. The school is set on approximately 1.4ha and has a heritage-listed classroom block.
The school specialises in education for students from Kindergarten to Year 2. Its current enrolment is 20 students, of which 50% of the students are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The school plays an active role in the community through events such as the local Celtic Festival, Glen Innes Show, and Dance Spectacular.
The Teacher-Hearing Impairment position is based at Glen Innes West Infants School. It involves travelling to support students who are hearing impaired in a range of school settings, including those prior to school age, preschool, primary school, high school, schools for specific purposes (SSP), and support classes. The suitable applicant requires their own vehicle, a current driver’s licence, and a willingness to travel between work sites.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Hearing Impairment, or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Hearing Impairment qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education. Auslan desirable.
2. Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver and evaluate differentiated learning plans to meet the complex needs of hearing-impaired students across varied educational settings.
3. Highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with a proven capacity to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with students, staff, parents, and external agencies to meet the needs of students with hearing loss.
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.
Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.
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.
This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.
Please note:
• The FTE selection is final.
• No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of
offer if you are the recommended applicant.
• If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE
of the advertised role.
Recommended applicants seeking part-time employment will be appointed at their nominated FTE. Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list, who are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.