Posted: 15/10/2024
Closing Date: 14/11/2024
Job Type: Casual
Location: Macquarie
Job Category: Education
Our Purpose and Ambition NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.
NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we've been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We're a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.
We're committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.
We are currently creating a world-leading centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University that represents a new era for hearing and vision loss. This nationally significant social infrastructure project will be a place to nurture, trial and share new ideas and form new partnerships that will drive better outcomes for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision.
Job Description The Role NextSense has an exciting opportunity for a Casual Teacher to join our team at our new Macquarie site. NextSense is seeking casual relief teachers with a capacity to fill short and long blocks as they become available. Successful applicants will:
Implement learning and teaching programs using knowledge of curriculum, assessment/reporting requirements and implications of sensory loss. Implement teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. Implement teaching activities that support the participation and learning of students with sensory loss and those with additional disability and adjust the teaching environment. Using current assessment data to set individual learning plans. What we can offer you Competitive remuneration Collaborative work environment Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program Desired Skills and Experience To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.
Relevant degree or recognised teaching qualification. Demonstrated experience in education. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the capacity to handle sensitive matters with tact and diplomacy. Excellent teaching practice. A current NSW driver's licence. A first aid certificate. A working with children's check. A criminal record check. You are obliged to become familiar with, and comply with child protection policies and legislation, as amended from time to time. We're here to help. If you have any further questions please reach out to our hiring manager Antonella Dolores at Good luck!
Compliance with child protection legislation is essential.
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