Assistant Principal Special Education - Wewak Street School

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Wewak Street School is located in Albury, on the New South Wales and Victorian border. The school has an enrolment of 69 students which caters for students aged from 4 to 18 years with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities and/or autism. Some students also have language or sensory impairments and/or physical disabilities. The school has 10 classes with mixed ability of 7 to 8 students in each class, with 18% identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Each class is supported with a School Learning Support Officer.

The focus is explicit teaching of literacy and numeracy which is differentiated at point of need. The school is ensuring a greater understanding of assessment approaches using Passport for Learning and the PLAN Data platforms giving teachers and parents/carers additional support in identifying growth targets in literacy specifically reading and numeracy. Working with the Assistant principal curriculum and instruction (APCI), the…