Position Information
Leeton High School has an enrolment of 460 students with 19% of the student population being of Aboriginal heritage. The school has also experienced a steady increase in EAL/D enrolments in recent years.
Located on Wiradjuri land, Leeton High School is well-resourced, set on attractive and spacious grounds and offers a diverse curriculum to meet the needs of students to prepare them for a productive and successful future. The school takes great pride in delivering a variety of academic, sporting, cultural and vocational opportunities and boasts excellent creative and performing arts programs available to all students. Leeton High School is a Positive Behaviour for Learning school promoting the core values of being respectful, responsible, learners.
The school's Strategic Excellence Plan evidences a collective commitment to improving student growth and attainment, quality teacher practice and collaboration and a renewed drive to enrich learning and wellbeing for greater engagement and success.
Leeton High School values and works to strengthen collaborative partnerships with our school community as a proud member of the Leeton Community of Public Schools.
Selection Criteria
1.Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience in teaching students with Autism, Mild Intellectual Disability and complex needs including behaviour and emotional support and mental health.
2.Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively to develop quality differentiated teaching and learning programs, resources and individualised learning, behaviour and wellbeing plans, to maximise student growth and promote high expectations for all students.
3.Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment.
4.Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to establish effective partnerships with parents, community, support agencies and colleagues to achieve improved outcomes for 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.
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.