Teacher Learning and Support - Gunnedah Public School

Position Information

Gunnedah Public School is situated 78 kilometres west of Tamworth in the New England Region of NSW.

Gunnedah Public School is a Connected Community School and has a student population of 201, 59% of whom identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The school consists of stage-based classes, one MC class, and multiple speciality spaces dedicated to supporting a variety of student needs. Many of our students come from a low socio-economic background, and the school attracts significant equity funding to improve the outcomes for those who attend Gunnedah Public.

Student participation and achievement is encouraged in the academic, cultural and sporting areas of the curriculum and recognised in both the school and local community. Through our situational analysis, we have identified a need to use data-driven practices that ensure all students have access to stage-appropriate learning.

The Learning and Support Teacher is a predominantly off-class position that will play a key role in promoting the effective inclusion of students with diverse learning needs in the school community. This position focuses on ensuring equitable access and meaningful participation for students who require varying levels of support across the curriculum and learning environment. The role involves close collaboration with teachers, families, specialists, students, and support staff to design, implement, and regularly review differentiated teaching and learning adjustments that foster students' success.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach students with learning and support needs primary and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs primary in regular classes.
• Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needed and their teachers.
• Approval to teach, with commitment and ability to design, implement and evaluate evidence-informed, differentiated literacy and numeracy programs that improve student learning outcomes, with a strong ability to analyse data to monitor progress and measure impact.
• Well-developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage with students, staff, parents and external agencies.
• Proven understanding of NCCD and funding requirements and the implementation of effective adjustments to support diverse learners and strengthen inclusive classroom practice.
• Proven understanding on Aboriginal Education initiatives that strengthen student engagement, wellbeing, cultural identity and attendance and the ability to form meaningful relationships with students, families and community.

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

The roles and responsibilities for the Learning and Support Teacher can be found here.

If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2 week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.