Teacher Special Education (Autism) - Picnic Point High School

NSW Government; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 93.000 - 142.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NSW Government, through Picnic Point High School, seeks an Inclusive Education Teacher (Autism) to lead targeted support for neurodiverse students in years 7–12. The role focuses on curriculum access, sensory accommodation, and developing self-regulation skills within a specialist classroom in a large high school.

Key responsibilities include creating Personalised Learning and Support Plans, and collaborating with families and external agencies to ensure consistent implementation across home and

Formación

• Approval to teach Inclusive Education and experience working with students on the Autism spectrum, particularly those requiring sensory and executive functioning support.
• Proven ability to develop, implement and review Personalised Learning and Support Plans through data-driven Tier 3 interventions.

Responsabilidades

• Establish a specialist classroom for neurodiverse students within a comprehensive high school.
• Develop and implement Personalised Learning and Support Plans; review regularly.
• Collaborate with parents, carers and external agencies to ensure consistent approaches across home and school.

Conocimientos

Interpersonal skills

Self-regulation support

Data-driven interventions

Curriculum adaptation

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

Teacher Special Education (Autism) - Picnic Point High School (0000BET0)

Teacher Special Education (Autism) - Picnic Point High School - 0000BET0

Location

Sydney Region

Number of Positions

1

Closing Date

25-Nov-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

The Inclusive Education Teacher (Autism) provides targeted support for Neurodiverse students from Years 7-12. This class focuses on accessing curriculum while accomodating indivudual sensory needs, teaching self regulation skills and working with key stakeholders to enhance learning and develop skills for life after school.

Key responsibilities include establishing a specialist classroom for neurodiverse students within a comprehensive high school, developing and implementing Personalised learning and Support Plans and working collaboratively with parents, carers and external agencies to ensure a consistent approach across the home and school environment.

Picnic Point High School is an inclusive and caring school catering to the diverse learning needs of students in mainstream and inclusive education classes. Currently there are approximately 900 students enrolled with 40 identified ATSI students.

Our Inclusive Education unit in 2027 will have seven classes which will support students with intellectual, behavioural and emotional needs as well as students with Autism.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach Inclusive Education and experience working with students on the Autism spectrum, particularly those requiring sensory, self regulation and executive functioning support.
• Proven ability to develop, implement and review Personalised Learning and Support Plans through data driven Tier 3 interventions to enhance student learning and wellbeing.
• Highly developed evidence based classroom practices with the capacity to support learning through modelling and explicit teaching of self regulation strategies.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster positive realtionships with students, families, staff and external professionals.
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, the Department of Education Aboriginal Education policies and practices.

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 available here .

Application must be written with a minimum of 10 point font, with standard business margins (approximately 2.5 cm from each side of the document. Total page length must not exceed 2.5 A4 pages.

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 .

Advertisement Number

A900159548

Principal

Network Bankstown

Staffing Area

Bankstown

FTE

1.000

Contact Phone number

02 9772 1700

Contact School Admin

99999999

Total Remuneration Package

Remuneration package valued at up to $160,942.00. Base salary ranges from $92,882.00 to $141,997.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge theircontinued connection to their country and culture.