Head of Special Education Services - Brisbane, Australia - Teach Queensland

Teach Queensland

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Brisbane, Australia

2 weeks ago

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About the School

Ascot State School is a highly respected Independent Public School, built on a rich tradition of excellence within a vibrant school community.

We ensure that students have opportunities to achieve their maximum potential in a happy, caring and safe environment. We are proud of our outstanding student outcomes.

Our high-quality education assists our students to love learning, develop a sense of responsibility, understand the past and embrace the future.

Our curriculum vision is to ensure that we prepare every child for a successful future, harnessing innovation, creative thinking and diversity.

Ascot has an engaging and challenging curriculum, catering for all students. Our priorities are to promote critical thinking through exploration, inquiry and play.
About the Role
As Head of Special Education Services, you will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:

Manage and coordinate the delivery of high-quality advice and support provided by the Special Education Program and/or Early Childhood Development Program.
Lead and manage the Special Education Program and/or Early Childhood Development Program to provide advice to classroom teachers for students with disability as needed.
Provide high quality advice to the school leadership team, classroom teachers and other school staff to develop, plan and implement effective reasonable adjustments for students with disability.
Coordinate and provide intensive targeted teaching for students requiring intervention.
Provide, support and/or coordinate case management for students who require extensive or substantial adjustments.
Support classroom teachers and other school staff to access departmental or other external specialist services, professional development, and supports as needed.
Participate in school decision making processes as well as professional development to contribute to school goals, vision and planning.
Implement and coordinate schoolwide systems including data systems to monitor students with disability and record the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability.
Form and maintain partnerships with parents, other government agencies, and community groups to support students with disability.
Manage human, financial, facilities and curriculum resources to achieve goals.

For a full list of mandatory requirements please see the attached role description.

Interested? To apply:

Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor)
Attach a maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities under the "how you will be assessed" section in the attached role description.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
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