Position Information
East Hills Boys High School is a comprehensive boys high school in the South Western area of Sydney with a current enrolment of % from non-English speaking backgrounds, including international students). The school's core values are Respect, Responsibility and Learning. The school's focus is maximising student learning outcomes with a continuing commitment to literacy and numeracy. The school has a proud tradition of strong academic achievement and excellence in the fields of sport and creative arts. The school's wellbeing program is supported by the Berry Street Education Model.
Selection Criteria
* Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, Behaviour Difficulties and Emotion Disturbance and demonstrated excellence in individualised classroom teaching practice.
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively, proactively and professionally with colleagues, parents and carers, SLSO staff, external support agencies and the wider community to achieve positive student outcomes.
* Demonstrated classroom management skills and capacity to enhance student engagement and participation through planned and evaluated PLSPs that respond to the social, emotional, behavioural, and communication needs of all students.
* Commitment to creating a classroom that is inclusive of a range of students, including the cultural and educational needs of students from diverse backgrounds.
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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.