Teacher Special Education - Bankstown Public School

Permanent full-time job at Bankstown Public School (Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000B350

Closing date November 12, 2025 (AEST)

Location Restwell St, Bankstown 2200 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Kimberlee Collas 02 9796 2120

About this job

Position Information

Bankstown Public School is a large multicultural school of 740 students and is located within the CBD of Bankstown. 98% of students are from non–English speaking backgrounds and there 9 are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students. There are currently 50 language backgrounds with 33% speaking Arabic, 17% speaking Vietnamese and 15% speaking Urdu.

The staff at Bankstown Public School are a highly committed and diverse group of experienced and early career teachers. There are 30 mainstream classes and a Support Unit consisting of 2 IO/AU classes, an AU class and an IM class. The school has a Community Hub coordinator who works with the community to build parent capacity to support student learning. Bankstown Public School has very strong student welfare programs and the school supports a Playtime program for preschool aged students and their parents and continues to foster and build community participation and support.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience in teaching students with additional learning needs including autism and intellectual disabilities, with proven abilities to implement strategies to meet their communication, sensory, social and behavioural needs.
2. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to contribute positively to whole school culture and work collaboratively to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents, community and external agencies.
3. Ability to differentiate the curriculum and implement individualised learning programs that are culturally responsive, inclusive and maximise student success.
4. Evidence of outstanding, flexible classroom management skills that focus on improving student engagement, creating a positive learning environment and promoting inclusive practices in all school settings.

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.

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