Teacher Special Education – Mudgee High School

Mobile; Nice (CA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Mudgee High School is seeking a suitably qualified Teacher Special Education to join the NSW Department of Education Teaching Service. This rural high school serves over 800 students from Years 7–12 and offers a broad, rigorous curriculum with strong community links.

Applicants must hold full teaching approval to teach special education, including autism and behaviour support, and are encouraged to.apply before the closing date.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach Special Education with NSW Department of Education is required.
• Ability to develop and deliver effective and engaging teaching programs for students with diverse abilities.
• Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, authentic relationships, and enable each individual’s success.

Responsibilities

• Ability to develop and deliver effective and engaging teaching programs for students with diverse abilities.
• Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, authentic relationships, and enable each individual’s success.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to collaborate effectively within a team and contribute to fostering a positive school culture that enhances learning and wellbeing outcomes for students.

Job description

Teacher Special Education – Mudgee High School – 0000BDW1
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Location

Regional NSW
Advertisement Number A900158731

Number of Positions

1
Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $156,253.00. Base salary ranges from $90,177.00 to $137,861.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.
School Name Mudgee High School
Principal Network Mudgee
Staffing Area Bathurst
FTE 1.000
Contact Name Karen Quinn
Contact Phone number [phone]
Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

28-Oct-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service
Position Information Mudgee High School is a rural comprehensive school catering for more than 800 students from Years 7-12, 13% of whom identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The school is in the Central West of New South Wales in a region well-known for its tourism, agriculture and mining. Mudgee High School has served the local community for more than 100 years and possesses a well-respected history of academic, cultural and sporting achievement. In 2023, external validation judged the school as excelling in several areas.

The comprehensive curriculum offered at Mudgee High School allows students to access a wide range of courses for both university and non-university pathways, with an excellent track record for transition success. Stage 5 elective courses are vertically integrated, broadening further what the school can offer. Mudgee High School has a strong relationship with the broader community, and enjoys a supportive Parents and Citizens’ Association and an equally supportive local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group.

Each year, Year 12 students engage in charity fundraising that involves the entire community and has been recognised nationally. The school boasts modern science laboratories, trade training facilities, technology workshops, creative and performing arts facilities, gymnasium, a wellbeing centre, and a well-appointed library resource centre, all of which work well to support the engagement and development of its students.
Specific Selection Criteria 1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism and behaviour difficulties.

1. Ability to develop and deliver effective and engaging teaching programs for students with diverse abilities.

2. Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, authentic relationships, and enable each individual’s success.

3. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to collaborate effectively within a team and contribute to fostering a positive school culture that enhances learning and wellbeing outcomes for students.

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.