Inclusive Education Teacher

Inclusive Education Teacher Positions

Commencement: Immediate start or as soon as practicable.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. 

Relocation assistance will be provided where applicable.

Very attract salary packaging apply plus annual bonuses.

Subsidised accommodation provided.

9 day teaching fortnight.

Primary objective
Our school is expanding quickly and we are looking for Primary School teachers to join our team. 

Context statement

Yipirinya School is the only school of its type in Australia. We are an independent, Aboriginal community school in Alice Springs controlled by an Aboriginal School Council and catering for Aboriginal students from the nearby community and outstations. The school has excellent, purpose-built classrooms, and support resources for all teachers. All classroom teachers currently have the support of Indigenous assistant teachers. The school offers a two-way learning approach (bi-lingual & bi-cultural) to education where we teach in four Aboriginal languages. Relationships-based learning, and school wide positive behaviour support are significant improvement priorities at our school.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Have a passion for inspiring young learners and helping them discover their potential.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have creativity and adaptability to keep pace with evolving educational practices.
• Focus on preventative and early intervention strategies to foster resilience and personal skills development. 
• Work with individuals and small groups both in and out of the classroom. 
• Liaise and communicate with teachers, parents and carers about students and their progress. 
• Provide learning support for a variety of groups in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy
• Observe students at risk and students with disabilities to identify strategies to assist class teacher to differentiate 
• Work with the class teacher to identify best practices for intervention strategies for students at risk/students with disabilities.
• Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with teaching teams to meet the individualised needs of our diverse learners
• Undertake Education Adjustment Program (EAP) verification processes with the families of students with disability
• Follow the whole of school Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) procedures including planning, gathering, monitoring and evaluating and reflecting upon the implementation of the process
• Liaise with medical and educational professionals for assessments, diagnoses and the implementation of support programs
• Work closely with teaching teams and School families to support students with special needs and/or learning difficulties
• Facilitate meetings with stakeholders and administrate these plans (such as Individual Education Plans; Education Support Plans etc)
• Interpret, disseminate and act upon assessments conducted by related specialists such as Speech Pathologists and Educational Psychologists
• Undertake responsibility, as a teacher, for the care of students
• Record and maintain up-to-date and accurate records of student progress
• Must have current or able to attain Northern Territory teacher registration

Further information

1. For further information please email ************@yipirinya.nt.edu.au