Teacher Special Education - Chatswood High School

EducationHQ; Willoughby; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chatswood High School in Sydney's north shore is seeking a Teacher Special Education to join our diverse learning community. The role requires approval to teach Special Education and experience supporting students with autism and complex needs; you will employ evidence-based strategies to foster safe, inclusive classrooms and promote student wellbeing.

Applicants must engage with parents and external agencies, maintain WWCC clearance details, and be prepared for a permanent or flexible FTE

Qualifications

• Approval to teach Special Education and/or experience supporting students with autism, challenging behaviours, and complex needs.
• Effective classroom management using inclusive strategies to support wellbeing and engagement.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues to drive continuous improvement and team culture.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with parents, carers and external agencies.

Skills

Approval to teach Special Education

Classroom management

Collaborative teamwork

Communication & Organisation

Job description

Teacher Special Education - Chatswood High School

Chatswood High School is a partially selective school located on Sydney's north shore. Students benefit and thrive from our diverse and differentiated curriculum designed to maximise every student's potential. Chatswood High School has a current enrolment of 2260 students, including 81% students from a non-English speaking background. The high school has several components that make it a dynamic and complex educational institution. The Year 7-12 component of the high school is made up of a mainstream enrolment who are our local students. Entry into Year 7 can also be made through the High Performing Students Unit into the Academically Selective Stream. The third mode of entry into the school is through the Department of Education Access Program that allows entry into one of the classes in the Support Unit. There are four support classes for students diagnosed with autism and intellectual disabilities. Chatswood High School utilises explicit teaching to support teaching and learning across the school.

About this job

Position Information

Chatswood High School is a partially selective school located on Sydney's north shore. Students benefit and thrive from our diverse and differentiated curriculum designed to maximise every student's potential. Chatswood High School has a current enrolment of 2260 students, including 81% students from a non-English speaking background. The high school has several components that make it a dynamic and complex educational institution. The Year 7-12 component of the high school is made up of a mainstream enrolment who are our local students. Entry into Year 7 can also be made through the High Performing Students Unit into the Academically Selective Stream. The third mode of entry into the school is through the Department of Education Access Program that allows entry into one of the classes in the Support Unit. There are four support classes for students diagnosed with autism and intellectual disabilities. Chatswood High School utilises explicit teaching to support teaching and learning across the school.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. 1. Approval to teach Special Education and/or demonstrated experience supporting students with Autism, challenging behaviours, moderate and mild intellectual disability, and complex learning and wellbeing needs, including students with mental health needs.
2. 2. Proven ability to implement effective classroom management using flexible, responsive, and evidence-based strategies that foster a safe, inclusive, and positive learning environment, while promoting student wellbeing, engagement, strong relationships, and successful learning outcomes.
3. 3. Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues to support faculty priorities, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and promote a positive, solutions-focused team culture.
4. 4. Highly developed communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills, with the ability to establish and maintain productive partnerships with parents, carers, and external agencies to support positive student learning and wellbeing outcomes.

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.

This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.

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Please note:

• The FTE selection is final.
• No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of offer if you are the recommended applicant.
• If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE of the advertised role.

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.