Classroom Teacher

Location Profile

Staff will be appointed to Oakwood School and not a particular campus. Staff  can be moved between campuses with consultation depending on student numbers and staffing needs. This position will be based at Ormond

We believe that all students should be able to thrive in mainstream school however we know that for a small percentage of students this is not always possible. Oakwood School provides opportunities for young people, of secondary school age who have disengaged from school or where a mainstream school learning environment is seen to be inappropriate to meet the young person¿s needs.

The background of students at Oakwood School is diverse but they have in common the experience of trauma in their lives through for example, violence, family breakdown and associated mental health issues. Often young people have not engaged in learning as a result of chronic anxiety, or specific learning or language difficulties.

Young people seeking enrolment at Oakwood School will usually be connected with a range of mental health, child protection or youth workers but have been disconnected for some time from schools and teachers.  Oakwood School provides a safe and supportive learning environment that enables young people to reconnect with teachers and learning as embodied in Oakwood¿s intent of ¿Learning, Respect and Empowerment¿.

We believe that all students would like to be attending school and learning. We have a further strong belief that ¿students will give the best that they have got¿, in other words, if they could do better at school, they would.  The intention of…