Teacher Special Education - Kellyville High School

Permanent full-time job at Kellyville High School (Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000ASD2
Closing date December 4, 2024 (AEST)
Location York Rd, Kellyville 2155 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Helen Alalikin
8824 5955

About this job

Position Information
Kellyville High School, located on the land of the Dharug People in the Hills Shire of north-western Sydney, is a coeducational comprehensive school of 870 students (10% from non-English speaking backgrounds) with an Inclusive Education Faculty of 42 students and 12 students identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
A Middle and Senior School structure supports students and staff in developing a productive and inclusive learning environment. Middle School - Years 7, 8 and 9 – has a focus on wellbeing, literacy, numeracy, school culture, adapting to high school systems and expectations and building partnerships with our local Primary Schools. The two key transition points are Year 6 to 7 and Year 9 to 10. Senior school – Years 10,11 and 12 – has a focus on wellbeing, academic rigor, school to work or tertiary studies, citizenship and building partnerships with outside agencies. 
Specific Selection Criteria

1.       Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, mild and moderate intellectual disabilities, challenging behaviours and complex needs.

2.       Demonstrated ability to design and deliver quality teaching practices and differentiated programs that respond to the requirements of students with diverse learning needs.

3.       Strong classroom management skills in dealing with challenging behaviours and an ability to foster a cohesive classroom learning environment.

4.       Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with staff and build positive relationships with all students, parents and members of the wider community.

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.

 

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