Teacher - Primary - Languages (Auslan) - New State

5 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Teach Queensland Full time

Australian Sign Language (Auslan) is the language of the Australian Deaf community and has a curriculum developed under ACARA for delivery in Australian schools. It is desirable that a teacher delivering Auslan as a language in a school would have native or near native Auslan skills, experience teaching Auslan and have close ties to the Deaf Community. Applicants will have a teaching qualification and be either Deaf themselves or have experience teaching Aulsan or have undertaken further study in teaching languages (specially Auslan).Auslan teachers should have:

- Native or native like proficient Auslan skills and possess a combination of teaching experience, understanding of deaf pedagogy and Auslan qualifications (e.g. diploma of Auslan)
- Knowledge of deaf culture, current politics and history
- An understanding of ethics and responsibility associated with the role and how it connects with the Australian Deaf Community
- Professional and personal relationships and knowledge, active membership of the local deaf community
- The ability to differentiate between Auslan endorsed authentic and non-authentic Auslan resources
- An understanding of an appropriate balance between the use of authentic, proficient Auslan in the classroom and the use of English to teach the metalanguage required for students to achieve in all aspects of assessment
- The department is responsible for the delivery of quality education services to all Queensland students in state schools and recognises teachers and their commitment to teaching through a range of rewards and benefits.

**Applicants for these positions must possess**:

- A relevant teaching qualification. Click here for further information on teaching qualifications
- Current full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration, as a teacher in Queensland. Pre-service/graduate teachers must have been granted provisional registration prior to commencing employment as a teacher. For more information regarding registration requirements, please CLICK HERE
- In addition to registration, teachers working in Education and Care Services (including State Delivered Kindergarten programs) require an exemption card issued by Blue Card Services. For more information on blue cards and exemption cards, please CLICK HERE.

**How to apply**:

- Enter your personal details
- Attach your current CV including contact details of two professional referees (one of whom is your current supervisor) and a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role under "How You Will Be Assessed"
- Pre-service teachers are encouraged to include completed practicum reports, mentor/referee statements, unofficial academic transcript for current course of study



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