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About this job
Position Information
Ryde Public School is located in the heart of the city of Ryde. The school is set on large grounds with buildings that reflect the long history of the school. Sandstone buildings and modern classes blend to provide 21st Century learning environments. The students at Ryde Public School enjoy a holistic education that provides opportunities in the arts, sport and academics and nurtures social and emotional development. Staff at Ryde Public School support a diverse range of learners. The students in the mainstream classes learn together with the 4 Support Classes (2 MC, 1AU and 1IM) and 2 Gifted and Talented (OC) classes. Increased urban renewal and development in Ryde is supporting the growth in enrolments with current enrolment of 520 students. The school community reflects the rich cultural diversity of the city of Ryde. The school is proud that many families have their first Australian school experience at Ryde. Over 86% of enrolments are from language backgrounds other than English and over fifty language backgrounds are represented in our school population.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach special education and/ or experience teaching students with mild to severe intellectual disability, Autism Spectrum and complex learning needs.
- Highly developed organisational and effective interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to work as part of a collaborative team of staff, parents and external providers.
- Demonstrated ability to utilise student assessment data to develop, implement and evaluate differentiated and innovative individual learning and behaviour plans in line with the current DOE curricula.
- Demonstrated ability to build and contribute to a positive school culture and school-wide wellbeing practices with a capacity to make a broader contribution to whole school activities.
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
This advertisement is for three (3) classroom teacher positions.
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.