Head of Department

6 months ago


Moreton Bay, Australia Education Full time

**About Us**:
At Mitchelton Special School we provide educational programs for students aged between 3 and 18. All students who attend our school have been diagnosed with an Intellectual Disability and many have also been diagnosed with additional disabilities such as Autism, Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment and/or Physical Impairment.
Mitchelton Special School students, families and staff are proud to be part of the connected and caring Mitchie community. We strive to enact our school vision of 'live to learn, learn to live' in every teachable moment. Our teaching and learning standards are excellent, and we are committed to providing differentiated, age-appropriate motivating learning opportunities for all of our students. We use a variety of pedagogies to assist our students to reach their learning goals such as Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL), Community Based Learning (CBL) and Explicit Teaching.

**About the Role**:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- Develop a curriculum framework in alignment with Australian Curriculum V9 focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Build the capacity of all educators in the effective, inclusive and robust delivery of the Australian Curriculum to improve learning outcomes for all students.
- Engage staff in intentional collaboration around the rigorous development and implementation of the Australian Curriculum V9.
- Lead the effective and consistent implementation of high-yield reading pedagogies across the school, inclusive of, but not limited to, coaching, modelling, co-teaching, observing practice and providing feedback and support.
- Support teachers with Intensive, individualised instruction in a highly structured and specialised manner for KLA's taking in to consideration Individual curriculum plans (ICP - DYL-P), ICP - Highly individualised curriculum plan (HICP) and Personalised learning plans (PLP).

The successful applicant will have a thorough understanding of the Australian Curriculum and the effective use of data to inform teaching and learning.
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 written response to the below 3 statements:

- Capacity to lead and collaboratively develop curriculum plans that align with Version 9 of the Australian Curriculum.
- Demonstrated capacity to develop and manage interpersonal relationships and establish productive partnerships to build curriculum leadership of teachers.
- Capacity to use strategic thinking and analytical skills to contribute to teachers understanding of teaching strategies and research based pedagogical practices associated with Individual curriculum plans (ICP - DYL-P) and ICP - Highly individualised curriculum plans (HICP).

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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