Lucas Gardens School is a School for Specific Purposes (SSP) located in Canada Bay. We provide high-quality educational programs for students aged 5 to 18 years with a range of complex learning and support needs. Many of our students present with multiple diagnosed disabilities, including moderate to severe intellectual disability, physical disability, sensory impairments, complex behaviour needs, complex medical and health needs. The school has an enrolment of 77 students including 70% from a language background other than English and 1% Aboriginal student.
Our dedicated and highly skilled staff bring extensive expertise in special education, supporting every student to access learning in a way that meets their individual needs. Teaching and learning at Lucas Gardens School is aligned with the NSW Department of Education curriculum and is designed to ensure equity, excellence, and engagement for all students.
We believe every student has the capacity to learn, grow and succeed. Our educational programs are differentiated and individualised, promoting access to all Key Learning Areas. We are a PBL school and use the Zones of Regulation.
Approved to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with diverse learning needs
such as moderate and severe intellectual disability, autism, complex health and behaviour needs across K -12.
Ability to develop, implement and monitor personalised learning plans, behaviour support plans and health support plans across K-12.
Ability to implement and assess effective literacy and numeracy programs across K-12.
Well developed communication, organisational and interpersonal skills to engage proactively and professionally with students, staff
parents/carers and external providers.
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.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2 week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination
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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
How to Apply
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.
For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.
