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About this job
Position Information
James Meehan High School
58 Harold Street Macquarie Fields 2564
James Meehan High School is a community based comprehensive secondary school with a population of approximately 446 students situated at Macquarie Fields. The school is culturally diverse with 29 cultural groups represented, across 27 language backgrounds. Fifty per cent of students have a language background other than English. Thirty‐two per cent of students are from a Pacific Islander background, while another 14% are Indigenous. The school provides the opportunity to engage students from low socio‐economic status communities through a variety of high-quality programs including literacy development, student support, technology and quality teaching. Strong welfare programs and community involvement include proactive links with the Pacific Islander and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. A Special Education Unit consists of six classes which serves the needs of students with intellectual and emotional disabilities, and autism.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach special education and/or experience in teaching students with Autism (Secondary), Behaviour Difficulties, Mild Intellectual Disabilities and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with a focus on teamwork, effective communication and building relationships with students, colleagues, parents, external personnel and the wider school community to improve outcomes for all students.
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver high quality, differentiated programs that cater for the individual social, emotional, cultural, sensory, behavioural, communication and the academic requirements of students with diverse learning needs.
- Strong evidence of inclusive classroom practices, which promote high expectations, quality relationships, and a positive approach to preventative behaviour management, to meet the needs of all 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 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.