Teacher Special Education Hearing Impairment (Itinerant) - Campbelltown East Public School

Position Information

Campbelltown East Public School is situated in Campbelltown, South West Sydney, and currently has an enrolment of 386 students. Among our students, 85 identify as Aboriginal, making up 22% of the total enrolment, while 122 students come from an English as an Additional Language or Dialect background, representing 32%.

Our school features 15 mainstream classes and 5 Mult categorical support classes, catering to the diverse needs of our students. The Campbelltown East Public School Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) is 143, with an Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) value of 920.

Our dedicated and enthusiastic teachers are committed to fostering student growth by providing carefully planned, relevant, and challenging learning experiences that support each child's development.

The Teacher Special Education Hearing Impairment (Itinerant) position is based at Campbelltown East Public School. It involves travelling to support students who are Deaf or hard of hearing in a range of school settings, including those prior to school age, preschool, primary school, high school, schools for specific purposes (SSP), and support classes. The suitable applicant requires their own vehicle, a current driver’s licence, and a willingness to travel between work sites.

Selection Criteria

Approval to teach Special Education - Hearing Impairment and a commitment to ongoing professional learning in the field of Deaf Education.

Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate quality, inclusive learning plans to meet the complex needs of students who are Deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) from age of diagnosis to Year 12 across educational settings.

Demonstrated capacity and willingness to engage in professional learning, including hearing technology, Key Word Sign, Auslan and augmentative communication systems to support communication and equal access to the curriculum.

Highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with a proven capacity to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with students, staff, parents, and external agencies to meet the needs of students with hearing loss.

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

Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.

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.