Teacher Special Education - Doonside Technology High School (0000B6JX)
Location: Sydney Region, Mount Druitt
Position Type: Full-time (FTE 1.0). This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; candidates may indicate desired FTE (up to full).
Closing Date: 04-Mar-2026, 5:00 AM
Job Category: Teachers
Organization: Teaching Service
Contact: Nathan Brown, 9622 2463
Doonside Technology High School is a co-educational Years 7–12 inclusive high school with a strong focus on explicit teaching strategies and comprehensive wellbeing structures. In 2026, the school has 700 students. The student population is highly diverse: 18% identify as Aboriginal, and 29% come from a background where English is an additional language or dialect. The Support Unit provides for 74 students with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. The school proudly celebrates this diversity and ensures all students are actively included in every aspect of school life.
Wellbeing and student learning support remain central to the school's strategic directions. Programs such as the Berry Street Education Model, Life Education, RoSA@Work, the Learning Support Hub, and Wellbeing Hub have been recognised with Secretary and Minister's Awards, reflecting their positive impact on student engagement, wellbeing and retention. The school has recently been acknowledged for its work in Explicit Teaching through the CESE Illustration of Practice. Additionally, DTHS has been recognised as the most improved public school over the past decade, with the highest growth in average HSC results in NSW.
In 2025, Doonside Technology High School completed External Validation, where it was deemed to be excelling in 13 of the 14 elements of the School Excellence Framework. This achievement reflects the school's commitment to delivering individualised, high-quality teaching and learning, underpinned by genuine relationships and a strong sense of belonging.
Specific Selection Criteria
* Approval to teach Autism (Secondary), and/or experience teaching children with mild to moderate intellectual disability (MIS & MOS).
* Quality classroom practice and highly developed management skills which enhance student engagement through enriched, differentiated, and individualised learning programs.
* Demonstrated capacity to contribute positively to the Support Unit Faculty and effectively collaborate to support the holistic development of students.
Conditions
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.
This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.
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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.
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