Permanent full-time job at Mittagong Public School (Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia) Job Reference 0000AYWG Closing date August 20, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST) Location 21 Pioneer St, Mittagong 2575 NSW, Australia Type Full-Time Status Permanent Contact Aloma Stewart 0248 71 1020 About This Job Position Information Mittagong Public School, with an enrolment of 534 students (11% identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 19% as English as an Additional Language), provides a vibrant and supportive learning environment. The school emphasises quality teaching and learning, a well-rounded curriculum, and a strong focus on student well-being. Students are placed in 20 mainstream classes and three support classes. As a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school, core values of Respect, Responsibility, and Cooperation guide all well-being practices. Our dedicated teaching staff work collaboratively to deliver high-quality learning experiences, guided by best practice and data-informed approaches to improve student outcomes. Teachers plan, implement, and evaluate programs to address the diverse needs of all learners. Strong partnerships with the community, including the P&C and parent body, enhance educational opportunities. Our 2024 School Report and School Plan can be found at www.mittagong-p.schools.nsw.edu.au The Learning and Support Teacher (LaST) works closely with classroom teachers and the Learning Support Team to build literacy and numeracy skills of students within the mainstream classes and to support teachers in meeting student needs. Specific Selection Criteria Approval to teach students with learning and support needs and/or experience teaching students with learning and support needs including demonstrated ability to support school priorities, programs and teachers to meet individual student needs. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work as part of a collaborative team, building positive relationships with students, staff, parents, external agencies where student learning is the focus. Coordinate the learning support team including providing professional specialist advice and mentoring to teachers, school learning support officers and executive, including support team organisation, individual planning, data and resourcing. 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 roles and responsibilities for the Learning and Support Teacher can be found here. 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 (dandi@det.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.
