Teacher Early Intervention - Wollondilly Public School

Wollondilly Public School is an innovative, dynamic and strongly inclusive primary school providing a quality education for over 390 students in Goulburn. At present, the school has 15 mainstream classes and 3 support classes – Mild Intellectual Disability (IM), Multi-Categorical (MC) and an Early Intervention Unit (EIU) which caters for preschool aged children requiring additional support before beginning school. Approximately 5% of students are from a language background other than English and 8% are proud to acknowledge their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage. Students come from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The school has a Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) of 103.

At Wollondilly, we are committed to providing rich programs to develop skills in technology, critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration to enable students to reach their full potential. Using visible learning pedagogy and our PBL values of being 'Safe, Respectful and Responsible', we are empowering students to take responsibility for their learning. The school is developing a culture of evidence based, data informed decision making and aims to build the capacity of all teachers to lead, improve learning and innovate. Wollondilly is active in the performing arts and sporting areas and provides opportunities for student participation in pursuits beyond the classroom including PSSA sports, dance, recorder and choir. Wollondilly Public School enjoys strong community support and has an active and very supportive Parents and Citizens' Association (P&C).

Through a Situational Analysis, our school has identified three strategic directions that form the 2021 – 2024 Strategic Improvement Plan;

Student Attainment and Growth: In order to improve student learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy, we will develop and sustain evidence-based, high-impact teaching strategies and implement and evaluate data-informed practice.

Contemporary Teaching and Learning: Contemporary learning prepares students across all curriculum areas and learning stages with skills and capabilities to thrive in a rapidly changing and interconnected world. Contemporary teachers know and understand the needs and talents of their students. They are flexible and select from a range of effective teaching strategies.

Connect, Succeed and Thrive: In order to improve student wellbeing and attendance we will embed processes and practices to ensure all students connect, succeed and thrive. This will be supported by strong community partnerships.

1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism, intellectual disabilities and complex behaviours in an early intervention environment. 
2. The capacity to develop and implement effective learning programs that reflect the principles, practices and outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).
3. Demonstrated capacity to develop, document, implement and evaluate Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Personalised Learning Pathways (PLPs) in collaboration with families, the school learning and support officer, outside agencies and professionals. 
4. Knowledge of and commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and capacity to meet the learning needs of complex students from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds using trauma informed, positive education strategies. 

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.

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits your attachments must be in PDF format.

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 were in effect on positions advertised from Wednesday 10th June 2020. The guidelines are located at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/roles-and-locations/roles-at-education/teaching/addressing-selection-criteria.html