Teacher Special Education - Model Farms High School

Model Farms High School is a large co-educational, comprehensive high school in northwestern Sydney, with an enrolment of 958 students, including 1% Aboriginal students and 15% who use English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D). The school has an established record of excellence in academic and sporting pursuits as well as diverse programs in the area of creative and performing arts.

The school includes a support unit of five classes, with three Autism Spectrum Disorder classes, a Moderate Intellectual Disability class, and a Multicategory class. A second Multicategory class is being added in 2027. Model Farms High School enjoys a positive community profile based on its broad curriculum including Agriculture, effective wellbeing programs and wide range of extra-curricular activities.

The school is committed to continually improving effective classroom practice, with staff professional learning being a highly key driver. This learning is focused on literacy, numeracy, high potential and gifted education (HPGE) and differentiation, as these elements underpin student learning, engagement and achievement.

We are seeking a teacher to join our Support Unit teaching staff full-time to meet our staffing needs for our additional class in 2027. Our support unit employs a rotational teaching model where educators teach various subjects to different classes, fostering a dynamic and inclusive learning environment that is in line with a mainstream high school structure.

Specific Selection Criteria

- Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities.




- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to collaborate effectively within the team, fostering a culture of support for our students that extends beyond individual classrooms.
- Highly-developed skills in behavioural management, including the implementation of positive behavioural support systems, with a focus on student safety and wellbeing.
- Willingness and capability to teach across Life Skills curriculum, including Life Skills Stage 4 Creative Arts (Music and Art).

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 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.

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📌 Teacher Special Education - Model Farms High School (Sydney)
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