Teacher Special Education

Bossley Park High School is a large co-educational high school proudly serving the South Western Sydney community since 1988. There are 1100 students in the school, 82% of the student population come from a language background or dialect other than English, 62% of students are learning English as an additional language and 10% of students are from a refugee background. The major cultural groups are Arabic, Spanish, Assyrian, Italian, Eastern European, and Southeast Asian backgrounds. The school has a Disability Support Unit catering to students with physical and/or intellectual disabilities.

The school is recognised for its broad curriculum including programs that support the development of talent and high potential in a range of areas, including visual arts, robotics, accelerated mathematics, performing arts - dance, music, and drama, and a selective talented football program for both boys and girls. The school also offers HSC Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses in Construction, Business Services, Hospitality, and Entertainment Industry to cater to a variety of career pathways. We foster strong partnerships with universities, businesses, and community groups to provide further opportunities and experiences to strengthen learning and engagement for our students. The school prides itself on outstanding academic success, high-quality teaching and learning, and the inclusion of STEM education across the curriculum.

Bossley Park High promotes Positive Behaviours for Learning to support a safe, respectful learner code. It is well respected in the community for its positive learning environment, strong student wellbeing, leadership initiatives, and engagement programs that nurture students to connect, thrive, and succeed.

1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, autism, complex needs, and challenging behaviours.

2. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated capacity to build positive partnerships with families, support staff, interagency personnel and colleagues, and work collaboratively to enrich the culture of the whole school environment.

3. Demonstrated ability to develop, differentiate and deliver learning programs that support a diverse range of student needs through the use of evidence-based practice, including the planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised learning plans.

4. Demonstrated experience supporting the well-being of students and implementing positive behaviour support strategies to create a positive learning environment that caters for a diverse range of students.

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.

About the NSW Department of Education

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 ) 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.