Classroom Teacher (Early Years) - Australia

Niddrie Autistic School (NAS) is seeking full-time or part-time team teachers to join our early years specialist autism education setting. This is a fixed term 2-year contract.

We provide a caring learning environment that enables each child to be celebrated for who they are, experience positive self-esteem and achieve their best.

Selection Criteria:

• Be suitably qualified with an Education Teaching Degree – Early Career Teachers welcome to apply
• Be registered or have the ability to be registered with VIT (Victoria Institute of Teaching).
• Ability to provide current and relevant teaching references from Middle Management/Executive Leadership level
• Applicants to this role must have work authorization in Australia.

Please note only suitable applicants will be contacted.

About Niddrie Autistic School 

Niddrie Autistic School is a government school in North West Melbourne, Australia and has at its foundation a reputation for providing an exemplary early years (Prep - Grade 3) intensive educational program for autistic students. We value the importance of positive relationships with children and their families to work together to provide a welcoming educational environment that nurtures each child’s strengths and interests, builds on their social communication and aims for personal best academic achievements.

Members of staff have high expectations and a belief that every child can learn and achieve. The school has profound expertise in developing and implementing Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) and in assessing and monitoring the learning of students to ensure the goals in IEPs are achieved. Internal structures such as teaching teams and coaching/mentoring provide a supportive environment to educators.

In 2024 the enrolment is 128 students. Eighty-two percent of these enrolments were boys and 18% of students come from a Language other than English background. The majority of students travel from a wide geographical area and travel to Niddrie by a contract bus service. As Niddrie Autistic School provides an educational program for autistic students from Prep to year 3, ensuring these students make a successful transition to further educational contexts from Year 4 is a vital focus, not only of their program while at Niddrie Autistic School, but also in the following years.

We have recently revised our school values, these values permeate our day-to-day life at NAS:

• Respect: is a core value that is demonstrated in the way we communicate and relate to the children, families and staff. 
• Learning: we acknowledge we are all learners and value continuous reflection and growth with the aim to support the students to achieve their personal best. We provide an environment where children and adults feel safe to learn.
• Collaboration: our team teaching roles enable professional conversations and support that means as a teacher you are able to provide intensive and individualised teaching programs, develop strong communication with families and see the children flourish. Collaboration with Speech Therapists and Occupational Therapists enriches your knowledge and teaching program.
• Individuality: we recognise and value individuality, we see the strengths that each person brings to the school community. Our program firmly has the child at the centre and each child has an individual learning plan and each educator is appreciated for the skills they bring to the school.
• Understanding: We seek to deeply understand each child, their interests, strengths and how they learn best and use this information to provide an engaging learning environment. We also seek to understand our own professional strengths and areas for learning to provide a school community that supports everyone.