Teacher Special Education - Cairnsfoot School

Cairnsfoot School is a purpose-built facility for Specific Purposes located in Brighton-Le-Sands. The school caters for the learning needs of 101 students from K-12 with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and complex needs such as autism, challenging behaviours, physical disabilities and health care needs. The school has a diverse student enrolment from a range of socio-economic backgrounds with 70% having a Language Background other than English.

About this job

Cairnsfoot School is a purpose-built facility for Specific Purposes located in Brighton-Le-Sands. The school caters for the learning needs of 101 students from K-12 with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and complex needs such as autism, challenging behaviours, physical disabilities and health care needs. The school has a diverse student enrolment from a range of socio-economic backgrounds with 70% having a Language Background other than English.

Position Information

Cairnsfoot School is a purpose-built facility for Specific Purposes located in Brighton-Le-Sands. The school caters for the learning needs of 101 students from K-12 with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and complex needs such as autism, challenging behaviours, physical disabilities and health care needs. The school has a diverse student enrolment from a range of socio-economic backgrounds with 70% having a Language Background other than English.

Specific Selection Criteria





- Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Moderate and Severe Intellectual Disability (Primary and Secondary), Autism Spectrum Disorder and physical disability.
- Demonstrated ability to differentiate the curriculum and to design and implement functional learning plans as part of the teaching and learning cycle.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with parents/carers and work collegially with staff and service providers to develop and deliver effective learning programs.
- Proven capacity to deliver effective positive behaviour support programs integrating communication and socialisation for learning.

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.

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

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.

If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.

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