Teacher Special Education - Girrakool School

Girrakool Education and Training Unit (ETU) is a School for Specific Purposes (SSP) located within the confines of the Frank Baxter Youth Justice Centre. The school caters for a maximum of 90 male students ranging in ages from 15 – 21 years. Classes contain a maximum of 6 students with one teacher and one School Learning Support Officer (SLSO). All students have been committed by the courts to custodial sentences of varying lengths or are on remand awaiting court. Students present with diverse cultural backgrounds and a range of educational needs including behaviour difficulties, mental health issues and diagnosed disabilities. Girrakool ETU has a strong focus on wellbeing and personalised learning that meets the transitional needs of students. The school provides a supportive teaching and learning environment through strong policies and procedures focussed on safety and security. Aboriginal students currently represent approximately 52% of the total school enrolment. The school works collaboratively with Youth Justice and various community agencies in meeting the educational and transitional needs of students.

• Approval to teach  special education and/or experience teaching students with Behaviour Difficulties, Emotional Disturbance (Secondary) and Mild Intellectual Disabilities (Secondary).

• Willingness to teach Mathematics (Years 7-10) with a demonstrated ability to deliver high quality, differentiated programs that meet the individual needs of our students.

• Highly developed, communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with the capacity to work collaboratively and build positive relationships with students, colleagues and key stake holders.

• Knowledge of and commitment to the Departments Aboriginal Education policies, with a proven ability to authentically embed Aboriginal histories and cultural perspectives into teaching programs.

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, 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.