Teacher Special Education - South Sydney High School

South Sydney High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school with a strong learning culture, situated in Maroubra with an enrolment of 800 students. Care, Opportunity and Success underpins our philosophy, where our staff have high expectations of themselves and all students. 

The school caters to the learning and wellbeing needs of a diverse socio-economic and multicultural community where 44% of our students have a language background other than English and 5% of students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. South Sydney offers a well-rounded, balanced education that offers outstanding opportunities through to the HSC and beyond, including well-established student leadership programs, a dynamic Student Representative Council (SRC) and an active Prefect body.

2027 sees the commencement of an Inclusive Learning Centre at South Sydney High School.

Co-curricular activities provide opportunities for students to excel and develop their talents. This includes: an extensive music program, a High Potential and Gifted Education Program and other enrichment opportunities for students. South Sydney High School works towards creating a framework that encompasses the broad range of curriculum requirements in each KLA and embeds quality teaching practices. Teachers are given the opportunity to use a range of evidence-based teaching practices in their classrooms to support successful student learning across a broad range of areas. Students are able to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills effectively across all KLA's and Big Picture Academies to ensure individual success. School resources are strategically aligned to maximise impact across the school in the three strategic directions and to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with Autism, Emotion Disturbance (Secondary), Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities (Secondary).

• Demonstrated ability to design and successfully implement effective and engaging teaching and learning programs across multiple key learning areas to cater to a diverse range of student abilities in a support setting. 

• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated capacity to build positive, collaborative relationships with staff, students, parents/ carers and external providers. 

• Demonstrated successful classroom management with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, promoting student wellbeing and authentic relationships. 

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 is for 3 full-time teacher positions

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.