AddressPosition Information
Canley Vale High School is a co-educational, comprehensive High School in South West Sydney, proudly serving the local diverse, multicultural community. The school successfully caters for the academic, social and emotional needs of approximately 1588 students including 96% students from a non-English speaking background and six students of Aboriginal heritage. The student population is composed of enrolments from local, international and new arrivals to Australia.
The school community is highly aspirational and educational partnerships with the local community and a range of organisations support student success. The school is recognised as a high performing school, successfully delivering excellence in education and effectively contributing to the broader educational community.
The Special Education Unit consists of four classes comprising students with diagnosed autism spectrum disorder and other complex support and learning needs.
Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with autism spectrum disorder, moderate intellect disability, and other complex support and learning needs (secondary).
Experience in the development, implementation, and review of individual education plans that address the social, emotional and education needs of each student in collaboration with the student, their family and those working with them.
Proven quality classroom practice with knowledge of effective and inclusive teaching pedagogy, including life skills, to cater for the diverse range of abilities within a support faculty classroom.
Strong organisational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated capacity to build positive, collaborative relationships with staff, students, parents/carers and external providers.
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.
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, 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 (*****@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.
