Teacher Special Education - Alexandria Park Community School

Position Information

Alexandria Park Community School is a vibrant K-12 setting with 1350 students enrolled. Located on Cadigal Country, our vision is to provide a culturally nourishing school, pay respect and honour the traditional owners of the land and celebrate our diverse community in all aspects of school life. Approximately 54% of students are from families with language backgrounds other than English and 18% are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students. APCS has a Selective Stream in Year 7 to Year 10 for high potential and gifted students. There are 3 classes within our High School Support Unit. We have strong and authentic links with the community. Our families are supportive and engaged in all aspects of the school. We are proud of the sustained partnerships we have with local government and non-government agencies including other educational providers and our local public schools.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with moderate intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, behaviour difficulties and students with autism.
• Well-developed communication skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships with students, staff, parents and external agencies to meet diverse student needs.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver personalised learning programs which provide quality feedback on student learning outcomes and use evidence-based practices, with a focus on literacy and numeracy, to maximise student engagement and promote a positive learning environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to collaborate in a team setting to develop and implement faculty and school initiatives.

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.