Teacher Special Education Hearing (Itinerant) - Drummond Memorial Public School

NSW Department of Education; Armidale; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Drummond Memorial Public School in Armidale, NSW, seeks a qualified teacher with Hearing Impairment expertise and Auslan experience. The role involves assessing student needs, developing targeted learning plans, monitoring progress, and evaluating outcomes across educational settings.

Applicants must hold unconditional approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education or begin the process now. The position supports permanent part‑time work and travel between worksites as needed.

Qualifications

• 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 must commence the application process when applying for this role.
• This advertisement qualifies for permanent part‑time employment; applicants seeking permanent full‑time or permanent part‑time work are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Teach Hearing Impairment (Primary/Secondary) with expertise in Auslan.
• Assess student needs and develop, deliver, monitor, and evaluate targeted learning plans for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.
• Maintain highly developed communication and organisational skills and collaborate with students, staff, parents and external agencies.

Skills

Hearing impairment

Auslan

Communication skills

Collaboration with families

Education

Full approval to teach (NSW Department of Education)

Job description

Drummond Memorial Public School is located in Armidale, in rural north NSW. The school serves 215 students across various educational settings, with 40% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander. It offers 9 mainstream classes from Kindergarten to Year 6, along with an Inclusion and Support Unit comprising of two Multi-Categorical classes, a Tutorial Centre (ATLC), and a Suspension Centre (Karayuna). The school is dedicated to enhancing student learning and wellbeing through tailored programs. The staff focuses on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and utilises evidence-informed literacy programming to support student growth.

1. Approval to teach Hearing Impairment (Primary/ Secondary). Expertise in Auslan is highly desirable. 2. Proven expertise in assessing student needs to develop, deliver, monitor, and evaluate targeted learning plans to address the complex needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students across various educational settings. 3. Highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with a proven capacity to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with students, staff, parents, and external agencies to meet the needs of students with hearing loss. 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. 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. 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.
• Recommended applicants seeking part‑time employment will be appointed at their nominated FTE.
• Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list, who are not obliged to accept.

Further information can be found on the Merit selection procedure webpage. Ability and willingness to travel between worksites. 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. 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. 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. For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.