Teacher Special Education - Colyton High School

Educationhq; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Colyton High School, part of the NSW Department of Education, is seeking a teacher to lead special education programs within its dedicated support units. The role emphasizes delivering differentiated teaching to meet individual student needs and maintaining a safe, supportive classroom environment.

Qualified applicants will hold full NSW teaching approval for special education or have relevant experience in autism and intellectual disability support.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism and moderate intellectual disability.

Skills

Special education approval

Differentiated instruction

Classroom management

Job description

Teacher Special Education - Colyton High School

Colyton High School is a comprehensive high school with a current enrolment of over 803 students including 11% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 18% English as an additional Language or Dialect and 40% Language Background Other than English students. The school is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, near St Marys and is part of the Eastern Creek Principal's Network.

Colyton High School is committed to providing comprehensive quality learning opportunities for students from a range of cultural and social backgrounds, providing an innovative and engaging curriculum. The school has an established Special and Inclusive Support Unit with one IM Support Class and two Multi-Cat (IM/Autism) Classes.

The school proactively builds and benefits from strong parent partnerships as well as community partnerships with local businesses, tertiary education institutions and non-government organisations.

About this job
Position Information

Colyton High School is a comprehensive high school with a current enrolment of over 803 students including 11% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 18% English as an additional Language or Dialect and 40% Language Background Other than English students. The school is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, near St Marys and is part of the Eastern Creek Principal's Network.

Colyton High School is committed to providing comprehensive quality learning opportunities for students from a range of cultural and social backgrounds, providing an innovative and engaging curriculum. The school has an established Special and Inclusive Support Unit with one IM Support Class and two Multi-Cat (IM/Autism) Classes.

The school proactively builds and benefits from strong parent partnerships as well as community partnerships with local businesses, tertiary education institutions and non-government organisations.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism and moderate intellectual disability.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver differentiated teaching and learning programs that meet the individual learning needs and abilities of students in a support unit setting.
• Demonstrated ability to use flexible and effective classroom management strategies to create a safe, positive and supportive learning environment.

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.