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About this job
Position Information
Maitland Public School, with 409 students serves a diverse school community with 21% of students identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We have 16 mainstream classes and three support classes that cater for students with mild/moderate intellectual and Mult categorical disabilities. The school has a well-established student wellbeing approach and embraces the structure of Positive Behaviour for Learning and Berry Street Restorative Practices methodologies. Teachers collaborate with APC&I’s, APs, intervention and SLSO’s to promote to development and improve the engagement of each child. The school draws students from as far afield as Singleton, Cessnock and Newcastle which places particular emphasis on parent and community participation, communication and inclusion due to the distance students travel to attend the school. We are aligned with Maitland Grossmann High School as our major feeder school partner.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach K-12 students with a vision impairment.
- Proven experience in working with and assessing students with vision impairment or blindness in an educational setting.
- Familiarity with assistive technologies and resources that support students with vision impairment.
- Experience in adapting the curriculum and teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of students.
- Ability to communicate complex information in an accessible manner to students, staff and parents.
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
Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.
Applicants seeking permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. The recommended applicant will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position). 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.
This is a permanent part time position for 4 days per week 0.8FTE (Full-time equivalent)
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.