Teacher Special Education - Coleambally Central School

Coleambally Central School is a vibrant K–12 rural school with approximately 180 students. The school draws students from the townships of Coleambally and Darlington Point and from a large surrounding farming area. The school site is situated adjacent to the Coleambally business district. There is strong community support available to the school and it strives to position itself within the community as a vital and viable community asset and a strong contributor to community values and ethos. Students have access to a comprehensive range of technological resources to support quality learning and the school strives to meet the present and future needs of our students in partnership with our community.

The position is based at our Tirkandi Inaburra Learning Centre. Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural and Development Centre is an Aboriginal community run centre based in Wiradjuri country offering Aboriginal boys aged 12-15 a culturally-based residential program aimed at strengthening the boys’ cultural identity, self-esteem and resilience. The centre houses a maximum of fourteen boys at one time and the boys stay at the centre on a voluntary basis for one school term (10 weeks). Whilst at the Centre the boys engage in educational, sport, recreational, health programs, life and living skills and cultural activities which have been designed to incrementally develop participant’s skills and abilities. Educational programs focus on literacy and numeracy and incorporating Aboriginal perspectives and culturally relevant language, art, dance and sport. 

The Learning Centre is staffed using a special education model, with two classes of 7 students. The educational program maintained by the school includes one Head Teacher, two Classroom Teachers and two School Learning Support Officers employed by the Department of Education and placed within Coleambally Central School’s supervision.

Coleambally Central School is a 4 point incentive school and staff are entitled to Teacher Housing Authority (THA) accommodation in Coleambally, with a 50% rental subsidy as well as additional 4 point school incentives.

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with emotional disturbance and behaviour difficulties and a knowledge of trauma informed teaching practice
• Ability to implement high quality, differentiated Literacy and Numeracy programs.
• Knowledge of curriculum and assessment, with the ability to design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs which incorporate Aboriginal culture and perspectives.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop a positive and well-managed learning environment, through the implementation of wellbeing strategies to ensure every student is known, valued and cared for.
• Demonstrated commitment to improving outcomes for Aboriginal students.

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