Teacher Special Education - Verona School

Verona School is an intensive learning support setting with 105 students in Years 5-12. Teachers at Verona are valued for their willingness to teach across subject areas, their compassion to support our most vulnerable and their ability to engage with students, staff and our community. With two campuses, Stage 3 - Stage 6 classes, trade and hospitality facilities and much more, Verona prides itself on its strong collective efficacy, its commitment to equity and our individualised and holistic approach to education. 

Verona's students come from diverse backgrounds and cultural groups. With 30% of students in Out of Home Care, 30% Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander, 30% with Language Backgrounds Other than English.

The position of Teacher Special Education is open to all teachers with experience delivering mainstream education with intensive supports.

1. Approval or willingness to teach Special Education and/or experience teaching students with complex behavioural, emotional, mental health, autism and diverse learning needs.
2. Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and differentiate quality teaching and learning programs to improve student engagement and learning outcomes.

3. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement Personalised Learning Plans, Behaviour Support plans and wellbeing strategies that promote student growth, high expectations and engagement for a range of student learning needs. 

4. Demonstrated interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, with the capacity to work collaboratively with students, staff, parents/carers and external agencies.

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.

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.