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Teacher Special Education - Spring Farm Public School

Teacher Special Education - Spring Farm Public School

NSW Department of Education

Sydney

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
28 June 2022

Job overview

Location

 Sydney Region   

 
Advertisement Number A900108980

Number of Positions

 1
Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $130,336.00. Base salary ranges from $73,737.00 to $117,060.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.
School Name Spring Farm Public School
Principal Network Camden
Staffing Area Campbelltown
 FTE 1.000

Contact Name Fiona Wylie
Contact Phone number 0246583057

Closing Date

 29-Jun-2022

Job Category

 Teachers

Organisation

 Teaching Service 
Position Information 

Spring Farm Public School is a new and contemporary school in the middle of a rapidly growing housing estate near Camden, in Sydney's south-west. The traditional custodians of the land are the Dharawal people.

The school's population currently comprises 790 students from an increasingly diverse cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. There is a 26% LBOTE (Language Background other than English) population, with students coming from 48 different backgrounds. The school has 54 ATSI (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) students. The school includes a support unit comprised of 2 Multicategorical classes and 2 classes catering for students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities.

Spring Farm Public School is built to support and enhance quality and engaging teaching and learning, where an innovative and collaborative learning culture is embraced. At Spring Farm Public School we aim to: provide quality and engaging education for all students; provide students with the academic and social skills to contribute to and create positive futures for themselves and the broader community; and encourage students to become global citizens and lifelong learners. Students are afforded the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of extra curricular activities in the Arts, Sports and leadership and public speaking opportunities. The students, staff and community are currently working collaboratively to make the school the hub of the community with local residents able to share the facilities such as local church groups, dance groups and the karate group who hire the school hall.

The school is focused on improving student outcomes in literacy and numeracy through high expectations, effective assessment and feedback and rigorous data analysis. Teaching and learning will reflect evidence based practice in the pursuit of excellence. Spring Farm Public school is committed to developing meaningful and collaborative partnerships between students, staff and the community and a shared sense of responsibility for student attainment, growth and wellbeing.

The school's staffing entitlement in 2022 is 47 teaching staff and 8 non-teaching staff. The school employs a Business Manager and Community Liaison Officer (CLO) from school funds. 30% of our staff are in their early career as teachers.

  
Specific Selection Criteria 
  1. Approval to teach special education and/ or experience teaching students with Moderate and Severe Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder and complex learning needs from diverse cultural backgrounds.
  2. Capacity to design, communicate and implement personalised learning and support plans that are responsive to the academic, social, emotional, communication, personal care and behavioural learning needs of students.
  3. Demonstrated understanding of trauma informed practices and experience in supporting student's emotional regulation and calmly managing challenging behaviours.
  4. Ability to deliver high quality, differentiated literacy and numeracy programs across multistage classes using evidence-based and data informed practices.
  5. Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to work within a team and to contribute to a positive school culture with a capacity to make a broader contribution to whole school activities.
  6. Highly developed organisational and effective interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to work as part of a collaborative team of staff, parents and external providers to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.
  
Conditions 

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.

 
Special Notes 

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.

 

About NSW Department of Education

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About the NSW Department of Education

At the NSW Department of Education, we aim to be Australia's best education system and one of the finest in the world. As the largest provider of public education in Australia, we deliver high-quality educational services to two-thirds of the NSW student population, preparing young people for rewarding lives as engaged citizens in a complex and dynamic society.

With nearly 100,000 employees across the state, our school and corporate workforce help build Australia’s best education system by developing student centred policy, designing schools of the future and supporting children and young people in NSW public schools. 


Work in a diverse range of school settings

With more than 2,200 schools throughout the state educating more than 780,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, there are opportunities to work in a diverse range of school settings – primary, secondary, selective, hospital, sporting, agricultural and schools for specific purposes.


Make a difference in your community

NSW public schools are at the heart of every local community with our students and staff representing a diverse range of cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds. The NSW Department of Education strives to create learning and working environments that are inclusive and supportive of all. 

We respect and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia and are committed to increasing knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal histories, cultures and experiences.


Career enhancing opportunities

One of the great things about working with the department is accessing ongoing professional development as well as opportunities to enhance your career. With multiple scholarship, sponsorship and career enhancing programs available, the opportunities are endless with the NSW Department of Education.


Visit teach.nsw.edu.au to find out more.

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