Teacher Special Education - Shoalhaven High School

Shoalhaven High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Nowra on the south coast of New South Wales. The school has 649 students supported by 97 teaching and non-teaching staff. Key initiatives include a strong focus on literacy and teaching and learning strategies based on trauma-informed practice for academic engagement and wellbeing.

The school offers extension and enrichment, transition and literacy support classes to promote the academic advancement of students, while strong wellbeing, sports, arts and student representative programs contribute to the holistic educational experiences of students at Shoalhaven High School.

The school has a Support Unit of 10 classes catering for students with a variety of diagnoses, including IM, IO, ED, MC and AU. With 34% of students identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Shoalhaven High School has 2 AEO's who are an integral part in supporting our students. Programs such as Girls Mentoring and the Clontarf Academy are also accessible to students as additional support. A substantial proportion of students are from low socio-economic backgrounds (FOEI 161).

Shoalhaven High School is a Connected Communities School, for further information please visit the following link

For further information regarding the school please see the school website

About this job

Position Information

Shoalhaven High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Nowra on the south coast of New South Wales. The school has 649 students supported by 97 teaching and non-teaching staff. Key initiatives include a strong focus on literacy and teaching and learning strategies based on trauma-informed practice for academic engagement and wellbeing.

The school offers extension and enrichment,



transition and literacy support classes to promote the academic advancement of students, while strong wellbeing, sports, arts and student representative programs contribute to the holistic educational experiences of students at Shoalhaven High School.

The school has a Support Unit of 10 classes catering for students with a variety of diagnoses, including IM, IO, ED, MC and AU. With 34% of students identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Shoalhaven High School has 2 AEO's who are an integral part in supporting our students. Programs such as Girls Mentoring and the Clontarf Academy are also accessible to students as additional support. A substantial proportion of students are from low socio-economic backgrounds (FOEI 161).

Shoalhaven High School is a Connected Communities School, for further information please visit the following link

For further information regarding the school please see the school website

Specific Selection Criteria

Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Behaviour Difficulties and Emotional Disturbance, Autism and Mild/Moderate Intellectual Disabilities.

Demonstrated ability to differentiate the curriculum by developing and implementing personalised learning and support that is culturally responsive, maximises student growth, fosters high expectations and promotes student engagement.

Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to contribute to whole-school culture and work collaboratively to build positive relationships with students,



staff, parents/carers, external agencies and members of the wider community.

Demonstrated effective classroom management skills that create safe, inclusive and engaging learning environments, using flexible and adaptive strategies to support the diverse learning, communication, behavioural and wellbeing needs of students.

Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategies that support Aboriginal students’ academic and personal success, ensuring a culturally safe and supportive learning workplace.

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 - Shoalhaven High School (Nowra)
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