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About this job
Position Information
Scone High School is a comprehensive high school educating 350 students from diverse backgrounds. 27% of students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Our school has 8 Support classes meeting a wide range of needs. Our school values are Respect, Resilience, Responsibility, Relationships, Represent and these expectations are supported through trauma informed practice. Proud of our ongoing history of graduates gaining places at universities, apprenticeships, traineeships, and employment our school consistently performs in the area of post school pathways. We are committed to continually improving the opportunities available for our students and graduates.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience in teaching students with Autism, Behaviour Difficulties, Moderate Intellectual Disability and complex needs including mental health.
Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, promoting student wellbeing, authentic relationships, and success.
Demonstrated ability to contribute to the development of faculty goals, creating a solutions based culture.
Highly developed interpersonal and organisational skills to build positive relationships with parents and external agencies.
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.
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