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About this job
Position Information
Windsor High School is a comprehensive school with around 650 students, located in the Hawkesbury. It's student body includes approximately 20% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and 8% from language backgrounds other than English. The school includes a support unit for students with intellectual disabilities.Over the past six years, the school has focused on building strong systems in curriculum, student wellbeing, and teacher professional learning. It promotes a positive learning environment and a culture centred on improving outcomes for students. The school benefits from an active P&C, maintains a strong partnership with the local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG), and continues to strengthen ties with the Aboriginal community.
Specific Selection Criteria
• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with complex needs, including autism, behaviour disorders, mild to moderate intellectual disability and mental health.• Demonstrated ability to differentiate curriculum and pedagogy to effectively support a range of student learning needs, across a variety of subjects, whilst creating a classroom environment that utilises evidence-based practices.• Demonstrated ability in interpersonal, communication and organisational skills with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively and inclusively to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents, external agencies and the wider community.• Knowledge, skills and experience in developing, implementing and monitoring Individual Education Plans, Behaviour Plans and Transition Plans to cater for the social, emotional, sensory and communication needs of students.
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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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