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About this job
Position Information
Yennora Public School is located in south-western Sydney, in the Local Government Area of Fairfield and is part of the Auburn network of schools. The current population of 251 students is culturally and linguistically diverse with 94% of students from language backgrounds other than English. Arabic has a representation of 54% with the remaining population representing 26 different language backgrounds. The school's Support Unit has seven classes catering for students with moderate to severe intellectual disability, sensory needs and autism. Each class is supported by a full time SLSO. We have a passionate and cohesive team of teachers and support staff, delivering high quality education and enabling opportunities for every child to reach their potential.
The school culture is firmly focused on learning K-6 and improving literacy and numeracy outcomes for all students by developing inclusive programs. Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is integral to our school’s well-being program. PBL is an evidence-based framework that brings together the whole-school community to contribute to developing a positive, safe and supportive learning culture.
Yennora Public School staff demonstrate personal responsibility for maintaining and developing their professional standards. We understand it is the quality of teaching that makes the difference and therefore prioritise evidence-informed and differentiated professional development for teachers and instructional leaderships so as to develop all teachers as expert teachers.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with moderate intellectual disabilities and autism.
- Ability to design, deliver and evaluate differentiated teaching and learning programs for students.
- Demonstrated classroom management skills to create a positive classroom environment incorporating the consistent application of inclusive wellbeing practices that address the needs of a diverse range of students.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with staff, parents, carers and key stakeholders to improve student outcomes.
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.