Job Description

Position Information

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Googong High School will open to year 7 and 8 students in 2027. Situated in the Queanbeyan Network on Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country, the school serves a rapidly growing, highly engaged and aspirational community, with the potential for the school to expand to cater for approximately 2000 students.

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The Special Education Teacher position will be a founding member of our Student Matters faculty, which focuses on providing holistic learning, wellbeing and logistic support to students and their families. This position will have a critical role in helping establish our first multi-categorical support class at the school. They will not only be involved in the dynamic teaching of students with specific needs, but have a key voice in the development and design of a new and growing support unit at the school.

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Googong High School is being designed around an exciting and innovative curriculum structure that is founded in Learning Sciences. As a new school with the opportunity to establish a dynamic and contemporary culture, the school is building a learning design that reflects a broad research base in effective and modern teaching practices. This includes a whole school skills framework (RECONI). These skills will translate across all our mainstream and special education settings.

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In the absence of a school plan,



interested applicants are encouraged to visit the school's website at https://googong-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ and look carefully at the information regarding the school's innovative approach to curriculum.

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Selection Criteria

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- Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students withAutism and/or Mild Intellectual Disability.
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- Ability to plan, implement and reflect on quality teaching programs that support students with complex needs.
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- Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to form strong relationships with staff, students and families.
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Conditions

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An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.

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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.

📌 Teacher Special Education - Googong High School (Prov) (New South Wales)
🏢 Teaching Service
📍 New South Wales