Teacher Learning Support - Blacktown Boys High School

Educationhq; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

EducationHQ is seeking a Teacher Learning Support at Blacktown Boys High School to contribute to inclusive education for a diverse student body. The role focuses on delivering supports and differentiation to address literacy and numeracy needs, and to enable all students to access the curriculum.

The successful candidate must have unconditional full approval to teach and will work with staff, students, and the community to promote an inclusive learning environment and positive student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach students with learning and support needs in a secondary setting and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs in regular classes in a secondary setting.

Job description

Teacher Learning Support - Blacktown Boys High School

Blacktown Boys High School is a partially selective public secondary school for boys in Years 7–12, located on Darug land within walking distance of Blacktown CBD. With approximately 908 students, the school has a diverse student population, including 22.8% of students from non-English speaking backgrounds and 1.8% Aboriginal students.

The school provides a range of educational pathways through academically selective classes, a High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) class, mainstream classes and an Inclusive Education Support Unit, which includes two Multi-Categorical (MC) classes and one additional support class.

Blacktown Boys High School is committed to academic and creative excellence, student wellbeing and developing confident, resilient young men. Key priorities include literacy and numeracy, differentiated learning, explicit teaching, collaboration and inclusive practice. With strong educational outcomes, a supportive and inclusive culture and increasing enrolments, the school provides a dynamic and diverse learning environment focused on supporting every student to achieve their potential.

About this job

Position Information

Blacktown Boys High School is a partially selective public secondary school for boys in Years 7–12, located on Darug land within walking distance of Blacktown CBD. With approximately 908 students, the school has a diverse student population, including 22.8% of students from non-English speaking backgrounds and 1.8% Aboriginal students.

The school provides a range of educational pathways through academically selective classes, a High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) class, mainstream classes and an Inclusive Education Support Unit, which includes two Multi-Categorical (MC) classes and one additional support class.

Blacktown Boys High School is committed to academic and creative excellence, student wellbeing and developing confident, resilient young men. Key priorities include literacy and numeracy, differentiated learning, explicit teaching, collaboration and inclusive practice. With strong educational outcomes, a supportive and inclusive culture and increasing enrolments, the school provides a dynamic and diverse learning environment focused on supporting every student to achieve their potential.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach students with learning and support needs in a secondary setting and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs in regular classes in a secondary setting.

• Demonstrated ability in providing a range supports and differentiation to address a variety of student needs and create an inclusive learning environment

• Capacity to work with staff, students and the community to enable all students to access the curriculum appropriately, including to address literacy and numeracy needs

• Demonstrated ability to identify and support student needs through diagnostic and assessment data, including designing, implementing and evaluating individual learning plans

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are availablehere.

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.

If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.