Teacher - Special Education, Hearing Impairment (Itinerant) - Newling Public School (5K To 8K

Teacher - Special Education, Hearing Impairment (Itinerant) - Newling Public School (Relocation Support: $5K-$8K)
Permanent full-time position at Newling Public School, Armidale, NSW, Australia, recruited via NSW Department of Education.
Job Reference 0000B1A3
Closing date: September 17, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location: 80 Chapel St, Armidale 2350 NSW, Australia
Type: Full-Time | Status: Permanent
Contact: Alan Treton,
About This Job
Newling Public School is a progressive and successful school on the outskirts of Armidale. The school serves the community of East Armidale and provides an alternative learning centre for students who travel from other parts of the town. Newling Public School has a current enrolment of 160 students and is sitting at about 65% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students. The school caters Kindergarten to Year 6 students and promotes a supportive, caring atmosphere that provides an appropriately challenging learning environment for diverse students. Team teaching, student voice and individualised instruction are areas of focus. The school staff are firmly committed to the school's emphasis on supporting all students and improving the outcomes achieved by every student.
The Teacher - Hearing Impairment position is based at Newling Public School and travels to support students who are hearing impaired across a range of school settings, including those prior to school-age, preschool, primary school, high school, schools for specific purposes (SSP), and support classes. The suitable applicant requires their own vehicle, a current driver's licence, and a willingness to travel between work sites.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Hearing Impairment, primary and/or secondary. Auslan desirable.
Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver and evaluate differentiated learning plans to meet the complex needs of hearing-impaired students across varied educational settings.
Demonstrated capacity and willingness to engage in professional learning, including hearing technology, Key Word Sign, Auslan and augmentative communication systems to support communication and equal access to the curriculum.
Highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with a proven capacity to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with students, staff, parents, and external agencies to meet the needs of students with hearing loss.
Conditions
A Relocation Support Payment of $5,000 up to $8,000 is available for eligible applicants.
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.
Notes
Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, attachments must be in PDF format.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Education and Training
Industries: Book and Periodical Publishing
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