Head of Special Education Services
1 day ago
About the School
Oxenford State School is a state primary school located on the Queensland Gold Coast. The school was established in 1987. Oxenford State School is an inclusive coeducational learning environment, with a growing reputation for excellence and innovation. We have developed a culture and strong emphasis on focused learning, high expectations and celebrating success, to ensure all students are reaching and surpassing their academic potential. At Oxenford, we strive for a safe, respectful, responsible and caring learning environment that enables our students to be independent and confident life-long learners.
About the Role
As the Head of Special Education Services, you will play a vital role in developing the quality of teaching and learning and developing solid strategic practices for managing resources to achieve positive student learning outcomes. The successful applicant for this position will possess strong relational capabilities to ensure successful leadership across the school as well as participating in leadership of whole-school strategic initiatives.
As Head of Special Education Services, you will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:
- Manage and coordinate the delivery of high-quality advice and support provided by the Special Education Program.
- Lead and manage the Special Education 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.
- Form and maintain partnerships with parents, other government agencies, and community groups to support students with disability.
- Manage human, financial, facilities and curriculum resources to achieve goals.
For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.
**Interested? To apply**:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
- Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities identified in the attached role description.
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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
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