Teaching Service

Reference number

0000BBFW

Occupation

Teachers

Work type

Location

Illawarra & South Coast

Salary Information

Remuneration package valued at up to $156,253.00. Base salary ranges from $90,177.00 to $137,861.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

Principal Network

Lake Illawarra South

School Name

Warilla High School

Staff Area

Shellharbour

Closing date

05 August 2026 at 4:00pm

Position Information

Warilla High School has an enrolment of 1050 students including 135 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and including 12% from non - English speaking backgrounds. The school provides a quality, comprehensive education to a diverse student enrolment, supported by an experienced staff. The school has an outstanding program to support students with additional learning and support needs and is known for its innovative student welfare programs. The school has a proud tradition of fostering academic, cultural, sporting, creative and vocational success. The schools' Special Education Unit consists of 7 classes which caters for the needs of students who require additional support.

Selection Criteria

Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience in teaching students with Autism, Behaviour Difficulties, Moderate Intellectual Disability and complex needs including mental health.

Outstanding communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with proven capacity to establish and maintain effective partnerships with students, staff at a faculty and whole school level, SLSO’s and interagency to support students with a range of complex needs.

Demonstrated ability to develop school and community partnerships to ensure flexible, innovative and student-centred programs, that are designed to meet the academic and welfare needs of individual students preparing them for post school life.





Experience in developing differentiated programs and authentic assessment practices, which directly align with student individual goals that result in students effectively engaging in their education and demonstrating safe behaviour.

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 chance.

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

How to Apply

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.

📌 Teacher Special Education - Warilla High School (Lake Illawarra)
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