Teacher Special Education Vision (Itinerant)

James Fallon High School is a comprehensive 7-12 high school of approximately 690 students in Albury. It caters to a very diverse enrolment, including approximately 27% Aboriginal students. The school receives equity funding to support students from low socio-economic backgrounds, Aboriginal and English Learning students, and for students requiring low level disability adjustments. The school offers a broad curriculum and a range of student wellbeing, leadership, academic and co-curricular initiatives. The school is committed to Positive Behaviour for Learning.

The school community looks forward to achieving the school's identified improvement measures in the 2025-2028 School Excellence Plan. The school has a large integrated support unit of 8 classes, known as the Diverse Learning Faculty across the school community. The school has a Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support. The school possesses strengths in the areas of collaborative professional learning, strategic partnerships within the Albury educational community, and support for student learning. The staff possess a broad range of experiences and skills and are enthusiastic about authentic school innovation to improve learning outcomes for students.

Requirements:

• Approval to teach Visual Impairment (Primary) or Visual Impairment (Secondary) or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in Visual Impairment Primary or Secondary qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
• Demonstrated collaborative communication, organisation and management skills to liaise with a range of school based and outside agency personnel.
• Knowledge of suitable access technologies, and support training with students, teachers, school learning support officers (SLSOs) and families in the use of specialised equipment and accessibility features built into operating systems of digital technologies.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department of Education’s relevant disability policies, and policies supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students for whom you manage vision support programs.
• An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.
• Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.

This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission. Recommended applicants seeking part-time employment will be appointed at their nominated FTE. Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list, who are not obliged to accept.

Please note: The FTE selection is final. No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of offer if you are the recommended applicant. If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE of the advertised role.

For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy on Salary determination.