Position Information
Blackwattle Bay is the senior campus (Year 11 and 12 only) of Sydney Secondary College with approximately 800 students. The school is located on the foreshore of Blackwattle Bay, Glebe and is easily accessible by public transport. The school offers an extensive senior curriculum to cater for the needs of the diverse student body. The student population includes students in an academically selective stream, students in the support unit with a diagnosis of autism, mild or moderate intellectual disabilities, a small, but significant, and a small but significant Aboriginal student population. Blackwattle Bay students achieve outstanding academic results each year in the Higher School Certificate examinations. All students are supported by a strong welfare program.
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. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needed and their teachers
2. Demonstrated high level of communication skills to work collaboratively across all faculties with the campus
4. Proven ability to work as an effective team member as part of a large Learning Support Team
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, 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
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.