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About this job
Position Information
At Strathfield South High School, we pursue excellence and equity through a commitment to every student meeting and exceeding their potential. This is achieved by setting high expectations for both students and staff, and employing innovative and differentiated curriculum structures. We aspire for our students to embrace their learning journey at school and beyond. We aim to be recognised for our focus on continued improvement in collaboration with our aspirational community.
We are an inclusive and proud comprehensive public high school with a Support Unit which has 12 classes, located in Sydney's inner west. Our school community reflects modern Australia, with students from all corners of the world. The school population of approximately 600, with 80% of students from a non-English speaking background. We cater for international students who elect to attend Strathfield South High School to take advantage of the learning opportunities available. We have a large Support unit of 8 Autism and 4 Hearing Support classes supported by a Deputy Principal, Inclusion and Support. We celebrate and champion diversity, and work collaboratively with our community to ensure all students develop a deep understanding and empathy for the cultural backgrounds of themselves and others.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and complex challenging behaviours, with a strong commitment to and passion in inclusive education.
2. Evidence of exemplary programming and planning to integrate students’ Personalised Learning and Support Plan (PLSP) goals.
3. Demonstrated classroom management skills and capacity to enhance student engagement and participation through planned and evaluated PLSPs that respond to the social, emotional, behavioural, and communication needs of all students.
4. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills that contribute to a culture of inclusivity through proactive collaboration with students, colleagues, parents/carers, school learning support officers, external agencies and the wider school community.
Conditions
Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (Conditions Apply). The Recruitment Bonus will be paid on a pro rata basis for permanent part-time teachers and executive staff. The maximum recruitment bonus available for a position is $20,000, including any job share arrangements.
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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.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.