Teacher Special Education

Permanent full-time job at Inverell High School (Inverell, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia).

Job Reference 0000B0V7

Closing date September 17, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)

Location Brae St, Inverell 2360 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Karina Hutchings

02 6722 3777

Position Information

Inverell High School is a rural, comprehensive, co-educational high school with an enrolment of 485 students. A significant number of our students are from a low SES background and 30% identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. Our school provides learning environments that cater for individual student learning needs, as well as opportunities that allow all students to develop to their full potential. We have a Support Unit including classes for mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, as well as four Multi-Categorical classes. A strong and well-recognised culture of inclusion and achievement is supported by extensive wellbeing initiatives. The school ensures students have a balanced, well-rounded education with access to a diverse range of academic, sporting and cultural opportunities. There is a strong tradition of student and parent participation, and the school maintains productive links with local businesses and organisations.

• Approval to teach and/or experience teaching special education that will allow you to perform duties to support the learning needs of students with emotional disturbance, behaviour difficulties, Autism, mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, with a trauma informed practice approach.
• Demonstrated ability to develop Personalised Learning and Support Plans to maximise student growth, promote high expectations and ensure engagement to meet the diverse needs of students, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
• Demonstrated successful classroom management with a flexible and open approach, creating a positive learning environment that promotes student wellbeing, authentic relationships and success, including collaborative practise with families, student and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in designing differentiated programs that respond to the social, emotional, behavioural, academic and communication requirements of students with complex learning and behavioural needs.

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.

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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion. New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.