Teacher Transition (Itinerant) - (0.5FTE) - Yawarra Community School

About this role

Position InformationThe Department of Education supports secondary students with disability, and their families, to successfully transition from school to meaningful post-school pathways through a student-centred planning approach. This process involves strong collaboration between students, families, schools, School Services teams, and a range of community-based education, training, employment and specialist service providers. The Support Teacher Transition (STT) is a specialist role that works alongside schools to facilitate personalised transition planning for secondary students with disability. In supporting students, families, teachers and allied support staff, the Support Teacher Transition may: * Provide advice on curriculum pathways and subject selection. * Support vocational preparation and access to Higher School Certificate (HSC) Vocational Education and Training (VET) opportunities. * Provide information and guidance regarding pathways to further education, training, employment, and community participation. * Assist with transition and exit planning, including post-school options, transport and mobility, recreation and leisure activities, and access to community services. This may involve collaboration with a range of government and non-government agencies to ensure successful post-school outcomes. Selection Criteria * Approval or willingness to teach special education and demonstrated successful experience in teaching students with intellectual disabilities, autism and complex behaviour and health care needs. * Demonstrated capacity to successfully work with school Learning and Support Teams in developing and monitoring personalised transition planning and individual Transition Plans, including planning and advising students, families and schools on course and subject selection, employment, further education, mobility and recreation and leisure pursuits. * Well-developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills including experience in collaborating with government and non-government agencies. * Demonstrated ability to support collaborative consultation with schools, students, families and various agencies including the NDIS. * Ability and willingness to travel across Principal networks. * Knowledge of and commitment to the Department of Education’s Aboriginal Education Policy. ConditionsAn 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 NotesThis is a permanent part-time position of 0.5FTE (full time equivalent) 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 Additional InformationThis itinerant position is based at Yawarra Community School and provides transition support to students and schools across the Central West region. How to ApplyMerit 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. For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.