Position Information Sir Joseph Banks High School is a comprehensive high school, enrolment of 931 mainstream students, Support Unit of 72 students catering 3 Intellectually Mild and 2 Intellectually Moderate and 2 Autism classes. We are a vibrant and proudly inclusive, multicultural learning community (84% NESB), with 29 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island students, built a strong learning culture of Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity and Success.Excellence: utilise a range of cultural and language backgrounds as opportunities to deepen, enrich student learning.Innovation:building teacher capacity through professional learning teams and working on Future Focused Learning and implementing Project Based Learning, Visible Learning and Growth Mindset as part of curriculum.Opportunity:Learning community developed strong partnerships with primary partners through development of a Community of Schools, local, metropolitan and global businesses through Australian Business Community Network, TAFEs and universities.Success:high growth achieving top 1% for growth in literacy and numeracy between Years 9-12. Last 8 years, students on ATAR pattern of study has attained offers at university of their choice. Selection Criteria Approval to teach and/or demonstrated experience in teaching students with autism, mild and moderate intellectual disability. Demonstrated skills and experience in classroom management and an ability to support effective student wellbeing practices with a demonstrated understanding that every child is known, valued and cared for. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to collaborate and work as a dynamic member of an experienced faculty team engaging with school learning support officers, parents, carers, teachers, external agencies and the wider community 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 .