Position Information
Rose Bay Secondary College, Years 7 -12, is a partially selective, coeducational high school in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, with a student population of approximately 1150 students in 2025. The school has a focus on high academic achievement and quality teaching in a rich learning environment. The College has an enviable reputation for the breadth of its subject offerings and excellence in the HSC.
Inclusion, advocacy and opportunity are key values of the College. The College has a support unit, the Inclusive Education Faculty (IEF), for students with special educational needs. The Calmer Classrooms framework underpins a positive proactive wellbeing response to support engagement and belonging for our students. The College services a multicultural community with over 50 language backgrounds other than English spoken in the home. EAL/D support and targeted support for learning is a key delivery of the College through our Learning Hub.
The College works closely with our partner primary schools and enjoys active and supportive parent involvement including the coordination of significant programs in music (MEP), sports, homework club, chess and debating. An extensive co-curricular program caters for diverse student interests including sport, dance, drama, debating, Duke of Edinburgh, music, film and student leadership.
Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach students with learning and support needs (secondary) and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs (secondary) in regular classes.
2. Demonstrated capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs and their teachers.
3. Demonstrated capacity to oversee and coordinate the daily operations of a learning support team, including managing school learning support officers (SSLOs), to ensure effective and efficient operations.
4. Strong collaboration and communication skills to effectively work in partnership with staff, families, and departmental and external agencies in identifying and addressing the additional learning needs of students.
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.
The role statement for the Learning and Support Teacher may be accessed
at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/disability-learning-and-support/media/documents/last-role.pdf
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 (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
Recent 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.
📌 Teacher Learning and Support (Secondary) - Rose Bay Secondary College
🏢 NSW Teaching Service
📍 Sydney