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About this job
Position Information
Toormina High School is a comprehensive co-educational school that includes a special education support unit. The school has an enrolment of 760 students, including 22% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and 3% language background other than English. The school is situated on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, eight kilometres south of Coffs Harbour. Toormina High School works collaboratively within the Bongil Bongil Community of Schools (BBCoS), comprising several partner primary schools located within Sawtell, Toormina, Boambee, Bonville, and Crossmaglen. A highly skilled and dedicated staff provide a wide range of learning and extra-curricular opportunities for students. We have an involved and committed P&C and AECG and enjoy strong ties to our local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with complex learning needs, including students with Autism and Behaviour Difficulties.
2. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work collaboratively, proactively and professionally with colleagues, parents, carers, school learning support officers, support agencies and the wider community.
3. Demonstrated ability to differentiate and deliver the curriculum to engage students and to develop dynamic individual education plans that respond to the social, emotional, behavioural and academic needs of each student.
4. Demonstrated capacity and understanding of meeting the educational, social, and cultural needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and those from diverse cultural backgrounds.
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.