Position Information Nowra High School is located on the South Coast in the Shoalhaven Region. We have 855 students with a 17.5% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student enrolment, supported by more than a 100 teachers and support staff who work collaboratively with our Parents and Carers and the Nowra Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) to provide the best possible educational outcomes for all students. Nowra High School is a highly successful, comprehensive school with a long history of academic achievements, and celebrating culture, the arts and sporting excellence. Students needs are further supported through 7 Support Classes. Our school fosters a strong school spirit, within broad, creative and relevant programmes that encourage students from years 7-12 to reach their full potential. We ensure students achieve individual academic success by recognising differences in ability and talent, and encouraging all students to achieve their personal best, through our: Academically Gifted and High Potential stream, Wellbeing and Transition programs, the Talented Athlete Program and our strong Creative and Performing Arts initiatives. At Nowra High School we value partnerships that inspire learning, creativity, confidence and resilience by caring for ourselves, each other, our school and our community. Our students are given the opportunity to achieve their personal best through inclusive and equitable education while meeting their diverse learning and wellbeing needs. The successful applicant will join a dynamic Special Education Team, of 7 classes, focused on building equitable and inclusive learning opportunities across our school for students with a support class placement. Selection Criteria 1. Approval to teach Special/Inclusive Education and/or experience with teaching students with disability, including Autism (Secondary) and Emotional Disturbance (Secondary). 2. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively, proactively and reflectively with students, parents, colleagues and key stakeholders to create positive learning outcomes for students through a trauma informed lens. 3. Capacity to assess and identify student needs to differentiate teaching to ensure curriculum inclusion and maintain safe, inclusive and positive learning environments for all students. 4. Demonstrated ability to understand and meet the needs of students from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and students from low socio-economic backgrounds. 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. 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 ( dandidet.nsw.edu.au ) 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 .