Teacher in Learning & Support - Tomaree High School

Position Information

Tomaree High School is part of a unique educational facility in NSW. Tomaree Education Centre incorporates Tomaree High School, Tomaree Public School and the Tomaree Campus of the Hunter Institute of Technology (TAFE). Over 2000 people attend the centre each day.

Tomaree High School currently has 1207 students, including 46 in the Support Unit and 95 Aboriginal students. Co-operation and collaboration between the three stakeholders is a feature of this facility. Tomaree High School provides a comprehensive education to the youth of the Tomaree Peninsula where emphasis is placed on student welfare, academic achievement, sporting and social development, and use of technology in learning in an ordered student friendly environment.

Tomaree High offers a diverse range of subjects across the school, catering to a wide variety of interests and abilities. This includes ta support unit of seven classes. Tomaree High is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (P.B.L.) school. PBL is a school-wide behaviour initiative which employs a whole school systems approach to address problem behaviour and reduce its effect on student outcomes and on the school community as a whole. PBL encourages positive behaviour from students, which has been shown to improve their self-concept and motivation to learn.

Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach students with learning and support needs (secondary) and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs (secondary) in regular classes. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs and their teachers.
• Proven capacity to support teachers to differentiate classwork and assessments so that learning and engagement is personalised for all students.
• Skills and experience to effectively use data to plan, implement and evaluate individual student learning plans so that students have the ability to demonstrate growth and improvement in literacy, numeracy and behavioural outcomes.
• Highly developed organisational and interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively to build positive relationships with students, staff and parents.

Conditions

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.

Special Notes

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

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