Teacher Special Education - Chester Hill Public School

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

Job Reference 0000B3D2

Closing date December 3, 2025 (AEST)

Location Proctor Pde, Chester Hill 2162 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Daniel Belgre (02) 9644 1286

About this job

Position Information

At Chester Hill Public School we facilitate the achievement of every individual's academic potential in Literacy and Numeracy through our engaging positive and supportive learning environment. We are committed to ensuring that every student is known, valued and cared for and we strive to actively engage the school community through strengthening partnerships.

Chester Hill Public School is committed to providing innovative and enriched teaching and learning experiences. The school has 580 students with 77% coming from non-English speaking backgrounds. We have less than one percent indigenous students. Our 2025 Family Occupation & Education Index (FOEI) is 141. Term 1 of 2026 will see the establishment of our new Support Unit consisting of three Autism (Au) classes.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach special education and/or demonstrated experience or a willingness to teach students with disabilities, including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, mild intellectual disabilities, and additional communication needs.
• Demonstrated capacity to plan, deliver, and evaluate tailored programs that are engaging and culturally inclusive, with a focus on student engagement and wellbeing.
• Demonstrated expertise in classroom management strategies that effectively address the diverse learning and behaviour needs of students.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills that promote collaboration with staff and positive partnerships with parents, carers, community members, support agencies, and 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

This advertisement is for two teacher positions.

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.