Job Description
Job Description - Teacher Special Education - Palmers Island Public School *****BCJQ)
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Teacher Special Education - Palmers Island Public School - ****BCJQ
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Location
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Regional NSW
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Number of Positions
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1
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Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $156,******. Base salary ranges from $90,****** to $137,******, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.
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School Name Palmers Island Public School
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Principal Network Clarence Valley
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Staffing Area Clarence/Coffs Harbour
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FTE *****
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Contact Phone number **********
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Contact School Admin - ********
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Closing Date
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09-Sep-****, 6:00:00 AM
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Job Category
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Teachers
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Organisation
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Teaching Service
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Position Information
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Palmers Island Public School is a small rural school located in the Lower Clarence Valley, with a current enrolment of 50 students. Student enrolments have fluctuated over time, and this transient trend is anticipated to continue. In ****, approximately 14% of students identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The school has a FOEI of 135 and an ICSEA of 934, reflecting our low socio-economic rural school context. Palmers Island Public School has 2 MC support classes and 2 mainstream classes and is committed to providing a highly inclusive, supportive and individualised learning environment where every student is known, valued and supported to achieve their potential.



Our school caters for a diverse range of learners and is committed to ensuring equitable access to high-quality education for all students.
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Specific Selection Criteria
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Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism and mild to moderate intellectual disability, using evidence-based strategies to support complex communication, sensory, social, behavioural and learning needs.
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Demonstrated capacity to collaboratively develop and implement individualised supports, including PLaSPs, behaviour response plans and tailored risk management plans, with a robust understanding of student wellbeing, complex behaviour and trauma-informed practice.
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Demonstrated ability to design, deliver and evaluate high-quality, differentiated teaching and learning programs, using data, explicit teaching, evidence-based practice and high expectations to improve students' academic, social and behavioural outcomes.
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Highly developed communication, interpersonal and collaborative skills, with the capacity to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and build positive partnerships with students, staff, parents/carers,



external support agencies and the wider community to promote an inclusive school culture.
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Conditions
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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.
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Special Notes
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Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
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About the NSW Department of Education
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education's Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
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We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.

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