Teacher Special Education - Multiple Positions - Pendle Hill High School

Pendle Hill High School is a vibrant and inclusive Years 7 to 12 co-educational school with an enrolment of 800 students from the Wentworthville, Pendle Hill, Westmead and Toongabbie communities. Our growing school enrolment includes students from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as students with a range of learning support and complex wellbeing needs.

Our school community is committed to improvement, personal best in student learning and achievement, quality teaching and equity in educational opportunities and outcomes. Our school has a solid focus on academic excellence and growth, collaborative practice, wellbeing and professional learning. Individual learning needs are addressed through a blend of high performance and mixed ability classes.

We believe active partnerships with families and the wider community are essential for student learning success and our school and our community have a strong culture of high expectations in all learning areas.

Our Support Unit currently has 5 classes - 2 Multi Categorical and 3 Autism. In 2027 our Support Unit will have an additional Autism class and an IO/AU class. Support Unit students are included in whole school programs and activities and transition initiatives.

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Position Information

Pendle Hill High School is a vibrant and inclusive Years 7 to 12 co-educational school with an enrolment of 800 students from the Wentworthville, Pendle Hill, Westmead and Toongabbie communities. Our growing school enrolment includes students from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds,



as well as students with a range of learning support and complex wellbeing needs.

Our school community is committed to improvement, personal best in student learning and achievement, quality teaching and equity in educational opportunities and outcomes. Our school has a strong focus on academic excellence and growth, collaborative practice, wellbeing and professional learning. Individual learning needs are addressed through a blend of high performance and mixed ability classes.

We believe active partnerships with families and the wider community are essential for student learning success and our school and our community have a strong culture of high expectations in all learning areas.

Our Support Unit currently has 5 classes - 2 Multi Categorical and 3 Autism. In 2027 our Support Unit will have an additional Autism class and an IO/AU class. Support Unit students are included in whole school programs and activities and transition initiatives.

Specific Selection Criteria

- Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism and complex learning, behavioural, social and/or emotional needs within a support class setting.





- Highly developed classroom management skills and a demonstrated ability to cater for diverse learning needs, maximise student growth and foster high expectations.

- Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues to support faculty priorities, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and promote a positive, solutions-focused team culture.

- Highly developed communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills, with the ability to establish and maintain productive partnerships with parents, carers, and external agencies to support positive student learning and wellbeing outcomes.

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 adju

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