Teacher Special Education - Canley Heights Public School

Position Information

Canley Heights Public School is a vibrant, community-focused school located in south-west Sydney in the Fairfield local government area. The school has approximately 550 students including mainstream, special education and preschool enrolments. The four special education classes cater for students with moderate intellectual disabilities and/or autism and are included as an integral part of our whole school community. These classes are fully embedded within the school’s curriculum and culture, ensuring that students in support classes have access to the same opportunities for learning, social interaction, and participation as their peers.

The school community is culturally and linguistically diverse with just over 96% of our students coming from language backgrounds other than English. The predominant community languages are Vietnamese, Khmer, Arabic, Samoan and Chinese. Several students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (3.4%). Our students are supported by EAL/D and Community Language programs as well as targeted literacy and numeracy initiatives. The school has an ongoing commitment to the development and delivery of quality teaching and learning programs with an emphasis on all students being literate, numerate and curious. This is achieved through strong, strategic professional learning for all staff that promotes the consistent delivery of high quality, differentiated and engaging learning opportunities that cater for each student’s individual needs, passions, talents and potential.

Strong positive relationships are formed between the school and the community with regular opportunities made available for parents, the school and external agencies to work together for the needs of families. This includes forming early relationships through a school facilitated play group and offering learning and social opportunities for parents on site.

Specific Selection Criteria

Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, moderate/severe intellectual disabilities and complex, challenging behaviours with a strong commitment to inclusive education.

Ability to design, teach and report on highly specialised, differentiated teaching and learning programs to meet the objectives of each student’s Personalised Learning and Support Plan.

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 and allied health professionals.

Evidence of flexible classroom management skills and capacity to enhance student engagement and participation through planned supports that address the social, emotional, behavioural and communication needs of all 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 seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

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.