Position Information

Penrith Valley School (PVS) draws students from a variety of areas throughout Greater Western Sydney. The school fosters a strong culture of high expectations and positive engagement that serves a diverse community of student families and caregivers. The school population of 49 students presents with a range of complex emotional, behavioural and sensory needs and includes 50% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

The school employs a dedicated and skilled staff who deliver effective evidence-based programs to enhance academic and wellbeing outcomes for Stages 3, 4, 5, and 6.  Targeted opportunities to improve literacy, and numeracy are part of everyday school. Positive engagement and individual growth are supported by a diverse range of well-being programs. 

The PVLC School plan and Annual report can be located at the school's website http://www.penrithvalley-s.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Selection Criteria

1. Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with emotional disturbance (primary and secondary) and behaviour difficulties.

2. Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively to plan, deliver and report on highly differentiated quality teaching and learning programs that ensure academic growth

3. Demonstrated classroom management skills that support the learning, behavioural and well-being needs of a range of students.

4. Demonstrated knowledge and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal Education Policies.

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, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here. 

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.