AddressYawarra Community School is an SSP school located in Dubbo and is part of the Wambuul Macquarie Network. Yawarra Community School currently caters for the learning needs of 54 students K-12, with a moderate or severe intellectual disability, and autism. The school has 43% of the student population Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
There are currently 8 classes, with the possibility of growth.
With a strong focus on student and staff wellbeing, curriculum and assessment and developing the functional communication of our students, staff prioritise building their knowledge and skills in these areas.
Yawarra Community School values its strong sense of community and works collaboratively with parents, carers, allied health and local support services to deliver holistic support for students with complex needs.
Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with moderate/severe intellectual disabilities, autism, physical impairments, challenging behaviours and complex healthcare needs for students in K-12
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work in a collaborative team, establish relationships with parents, community, and support agencies.
- Demonstrated successful experience in teaching students with intellectual disabilities, autism and complex behaviour and health care needs.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal Education policy and capacity to meet the leaning needs of complex students from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
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.
This advertisement is for two classroom teacher positions.
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.
