AddressWellington High School services a rural community in Central New South Wales and provides a comprehensive curriculum for Years 7 to 12 in a caring and supporting environment, providing programs which cater for students of all abilities. It is the sole provider for Years 11 and 12 in the Wellington area. The school has 320 students, 64% of whom are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 3% LBOTE. Significant funding is received by the school through the Resource Allocation Model. Wellington High School is a Restorative Practice School and "Achievement for All Students" is a focus of all school programs. Currently the school has the capacity to cater for 6 support classes supporting students in years 7 to 12 focusing on targeted individual support. Our focus is on providing all members of our school community with a safe and caring environment in which students can access quality teaching and learning.
Through the Situational Analysis, we were able to identify the following areas as those for explicit future planning: the use of data to inform teaching practice, improving the engagement of our students and community to increase the achievement of learning outcomes and the adoption of more explicit teaching practice.
Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience or willingness to teach students with autism (secondary) and/or additional learning needs. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs.
Highly developed interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to build positive relationships with teachers, school support staff, students, and parents.
Ability in developing, implementing, and evaluating individualised learning, support and wellbeing plans, in partnership with staff, students, and families.
Ability to provide specialist professional support to build the capacity of colleagues to improve teaching and learning specifically for students with additional needs.
Proven commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policies and the Inclusive Education Statement.
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
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