Head of Special Education Services

7 days ago


Moreton Bay, Australia Education Full time

**About Us**:
Kurwongbah State School is nestled in a natural bushland setting within the local Petrie, Kurwongbah community offering the highest quality education to children from Prep to Year 6. The school motto 'Individuals Together' captures our philosophy of maximising the potential within each of our students across the breadth of academic, cultural and social aspects of school life. A warm, welcoming school culture is achieved through our school values: Caring, Honesty, Respect, Resilience and Excellence.
At Kurwongbah State School we offer award winning choral and instrumental music programs, academic enrichment, cultural and sporting opportunities encouraging students to achieve their aspirational goals. Our experienced, caring staff sustain a relentless focus on continuous improvement for all children, fostering critical learning partnerships between home and school and growing a collegial learning community which enriches our professional capability to provide the highest quality educational experience for our families. Kurwongbah State School excellence in education since 1986.

**About the Role**:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- Lead and manage the Special Education Program and/or Early Childhood Development Program to provide advice to classroom teachers for students with disability as needed.
- Provide high quality advice to the school leadership team, classroom teachers and other school staff to develop, plan and implement effective reasonable adjustments for students with disability.
- Coordinate and provide intensive targeted teaching for students requiring intervention.
- Provide, support and/or coordinate case management for students who require extensive or substantial adjustments.
- Support classroom teachers and other school staff to access departmental or other external specialist services, professional development, and supports as needed.
- Participate in school decision making processes as well as professional development to contribute to school goals, vision and planning.
- Implement and coordinate school-wide systems including data systems to monitor students with disability and record the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**How to apply**:

- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 2-pg response to the 'How you will be Assessed' section of the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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