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About this job
Position Information
At James Busby High School we foster a harmonious school culture that focuses on life-long learning, collaboration and inclusivity. This vision stems from our core values of Excellence, Respect, Equality and Safety.
JBHS is a diverse and inclusive co-educational comprehensive high school located in south-west Sydney with an enrolment of 540. Our student body is multi-cultural, with 81% of our students coming from a language background other than English and 7% identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Our school includes a large Special Education Unit comprising 10 classes supporting students with a variety of additional needs including mild to moderate intellectual disability and autism.
We are committed to delivering outstanding teaching and learning through a strong commitment to excellence and equity. Underpinning our commitment are our extensive student support structures, our position as a HPGE partner school and a whole school approach to trauma-informed practice.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with autism, mild and moderate intellectual disabilities, with a strong commitment to and passion for inclusive education.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and evaluate differentiated learning experiences to maximise engagement and learning growth.
- Well developed communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build positive partnerships with students, families, carers, school staff and external agencies to improve student outcomes.
- Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, authentic relationships, and enable each individual's success.
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.