Teacher Special/Inclusive Education - Cecil Hills High School

Cecil Hills High School is a comprehensive coeducational high school in a growth area of south–west Sydney. The student enrolment of over 1400 students (Year 7 to Year 12) includes 85% of students from a non–English speaking background. The school has 1% of students who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The school proudly has a support unit consisting of six classes and is expanding to seven classes in 2024. The main languages spoken at home are Vietnamese, Arabic and Serbian. The school is experiencing significant enrolment growth, and this is expected to continue into the future. The proposed Western Sydney Airport is in the school's drawing area and will provide significant employment and training links when constructed. The school has an outstanding reputation for quality teaching and learning, which fosters a productive learning environment, with a history of academic success and high expectations in all curriculum areas. The school has a highly committed staff and an environment where academic success and student wellbeing are at the forefront of decision–making. School website: https://cecilhills-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/

1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience in teaching students with emotional disturbance and disabilities including severe intellectual disabilities, mild and moderate intellectual disabilities, autism, and/or physical disability.

2. Demonstrated well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively, proactively and professionally with students, parents, colleagues and key stakeholders to create positive learning outcomes for students.

3. Demonstrated capacity to collaboratively plan, implement and evaluate individualised student learning plans that reflect the learning, social and wellbeing needs of students.

4. Demonstrated ability to differentiate curriculum and pedagogy to effectively support a range of student learning needs.

5. Demonstrated experience supporting the wellbeing of students and implementing positive behaviour support 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.
 

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.