Teacher Special Education - Yandelora School

Yandelora School is a newly established school. The school opened in January 2019. The school meets the needs of students with moderate and severe intellectual and physical disability, Autism, challenging behaviours and sensory impairment.

The school opened with 50 students from Kindergarten to Year 11 in 2019. By the end of the year the decision was made to open up the rest of the school, adding another 50 enrolments to the school based on evidence of the need in the community for educational opportunities for students with moderate and severe intellectual and physical disabilities, mental health and challenging behaviour.  

The school is located across the road from a mainstream primary school which opens up opportunity for integration activities, and close to a major shopping centre that enables good access for life skills programs. 

Yandelora school is recognised for its commitment to providing high-quality education for learners with complex needs.

Yandelora means "Meeting Place, a place of Peace amongst the people" and relates to a local area called Lake Yandel'ora. The place is where the tribal elders along the eastern seaboard would travel to meet, to end disputes, to organise trade and marriages. The name was given to the school to acknowledge this very special area. The school emblem is the tail feather of the Lyrebird. The lyrebird is the totem animal of the Dharawal People. The Lyrebird is a gifted mimic and is able to mimic sounds and noises of other animals. At Yandelora School we like to use every students unique voice to support them in their communication, so, like the Lyrebird we try to learn the voice or communication system of every student who attends our school. 

1. Approval to teach special education and/ or experiencing teaching students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, autism, sensory impairment, challenging behaviours and complex health care needs, primary and secondary, K-12. 

2. Demonstrated ability to design and teach quality and highly differentiated programs and develop Personalised Learning and Support Plans for students with a wide range of individual learning needs within a culture of high expectations for all students. A strong commitment to working as a member of a team to plan, implement and assess high quality compliant programs of teaching and learning.

3. Outstanding communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with the capacity to establish and maintain effective and proactive partnerships with students, parents, staff, external agencies and the wider school community. 

4. Commitment to the implementation of successful whole school wellbeing programs with the proven ability to develop positive inclusive leaning environments through highly effective behaviour management skills supporting students with a range of physical, social and emotional needs. 

5. Dedication to maintaining a culture of inclusivity responsive to the diverse linguistic, cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds of students and the histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as well as the needs of the local community. 

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 be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm full vaccination status 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.

To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits your attachments must be in PDF format.

It is anticipated that this position will commence on day 1 of the 2022. school year. 

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 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