Teacher Special Education - Ajuga School

Ajuga School, located in Glenfield, is a school for specific purposes that caters for 63 students from Kindergarten to Year 12 who have a complex trauma background and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Currently there are five primary and four secondary classes in operation. Each class is staffed with a teacher and a School Learning Support Officer.

Ajuga School is a setting that invests in relationships and provides space and time to create, sustain and repair connections with students and their families. Students are empowered to better understand how thoughts and feelings drive behaviour and are supported to understand and label their emotions, reframe and develop in ways that increases their capacity to make positive choices.

Ajuga School staff work within a Trauma Informed Education Model. The school and its community have high expectations and value the provision of a variety of learning experiences including: GREEC Sustainability initiative, Music Therapy, Creative Arts, Sport, Social Skills, and an inclusive curriculum across all Key Learning Areas.

1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Emotional Disturbance Primary and Secondary, Autism Primary and Secondary and Behavior Difficulties
2. Knowledge of Aboriginal education and the ability to support and engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, their families, and broader Aboriginal community. 
3. Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan, implement and evaluate individualised teaching and learning plans and programs across all Key Learning Areas which reflect the needs and aspirations of individual students.
4. Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to positively contribute to our whole school culture by working collaboratively with staff members, students, families, and all stakeholders

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.

From 8 November 2021 all Department of Education employees undertaking relevant work, including any work conducted on a NSW school site, will be required to meet mandatory double vaccination requirements against COVID-19. The successful candidate for this position will be required to meet mandatory double vaccination requirements prior to the Department of Education finalising the appointment of the candidate and entry on duty. Further information on the Department’s COVID-19 response is available at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19.

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, 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.