Position Information Wentworth Point Public School is located within Sydney Olympic Park. The school opened in January 2018 and has experienced significant and rapid changes, most notably with enrolments. The school serves a culturally and linguistically diverse community with families speaking in excess of 50 languages. We currently have 88% of students from a non-English speaking background. The current school enrolment is over 740 students which includes a Support Unit. The school buildings are contemporary, modern, flexible and designed to prepare and support our students in their growth and development as lifelong learners through authentic collaboration. Our commitment at Wentworth Point Public School is to develop the whole child. To create optimal opportunities for learners, our focus is to increase every student’s sense of belonging and advocacy at school to meet the educational, social and emotional needs Selection Criteria 1) Approval to teach students with learning and support needs (primary) and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs (primary) in regular and/or support classes. Capacity to provide specialist assistance to students in regular classes with additional learning and support needs and their teachers. 2) Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with the classroom teacher to support assessment for learning of their students with additional educational needs and identify specific learning needs and targeted intervention. 3) Evidence of experience in data analysis from a variety of sources to drive individual and group evidence-based interventions to support student engagement, participation and wellbeing. 4) Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage proactively and professionally with students, parents, staff, support agencies and the wider community, as part of a collaborative team. 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 The role statement for Learning and Support Teacher may be accessed at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/teaching-and-learning/disability-learning-and-support/media/documents/last-role.pdf 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 .