Program Coordinator - Follow the Dream at WA Public School Jobs - WA State Education Jobs.

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This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 4, 2025

At Karratha Senior High School (SHS) we empower every student to embrace opportunities, build resilience, and contribute positively to society.

Karratha SHS is an independent public school for students from Years 7 to 12. We pride ourselves on delivering quality education to a diverse population of approximately 1270 students who live in Karratha and surrounding towns. Our well-maintained facilities create an inviting and inclusive environment for all students. Our diverse team of educators, range from enthusiastic graduates to Level 3 classroom teachers and Senior teachers. The school has developed a strong local reputation for over 50 years for producing responsible, engaged, compassionate young people who graduate to become contributing members of our society.

Karratha SHS offers excellent programs for students to pursue music, drama, art, sport and outdoor education. Our state-of-the-art Technologies building provides excellent facilities for students to learn valuable skills for careers in trades industries.

Our school has 4 priority areas which drive our day-to-day operations:

• Conditions for learning: Maintain a safe and inclusive learning environment to support students' learning, wellbeing and engagement
• Curriculum and teaching: Support high quality teaching and learning in all classrooms
• Build staff capability: Identify, develop and support our workforce through consistent, high-quality leadership
• Strong community partnerships and relationships: Enhance engagement practices with parents, families, community stakeholders and external agencies

We are committed to teaching and learning excellence in every classroom. Our whole-school instructional model ensures consistent, high-quality teaching that supports all students to achieve success and pursue their aspirations. We aim to create an environment where students are challenged, engaged, and supported with their learning. With a focus on explicit teaching, teachers provide clear, consistent and purposeful lessons across all year levels to reduce variability and ensure every student experiences high quality instruction in every classroom. Formal and informal instructional coaching and support is provided to all teachers.

Underpinning our teaching is a strong focus on trauma informed practice and the use of Positive Behaviour strategies to ensure all students are well supported.

Find out more about our school by visiting karrathashs.wa.edu.au and more about Karratha by viewing the video below.

Karratha SHS has an exciting opportunity for a leader with demonstrated expertise in Aboriginal education as Program Coordinator of the Follow the Dream Program.

Follow the Dream is a program of the Polly Farmer Foundation (PFF), a not for profit organisation delivering strength-based educational programs in selected schools across Australia. For over 25 years, in partnership with the Department of Education and program sponsors, the PFF's Follow the Dream Program has provided academic and mentoring support to aspiring Indigenous students. The Karratha Follow the Dream program (known locally as the Gumala Mirnuwarni Education Project) was the Foundation's very first program, established in 1997. Since inception, the program has grown throughout Western Australia and beyond, enabling thousands of students to achieve secondary school graduation and successfully transition to post-school training and employment.

The Karratha Follow the Dream Program Coordinator plays a key role in leading and managing the delivery of the program. The role of the Program Coordinator involves identifying students for participation and managing the selection process, case managing each student, including monitoring and supporting their school progress and working closely with classroom teachers and within classrooms to ensure student academic success and general wellbeing, developing individual learning plans with each student, providing subject advise and career guidance and information, arranging extra-curricular enrichment activities, managing the enrichment centre, selecting and supporting the tutors, establishing and working with the local steering committee, and engaging parents, teachers, school staff and other key stakeholders. The successful applicant will be required to show an understanding of the program intent, requirements, and an appreciation of issues regarding Aboriginal education, students, and cultural perspectives.

Working for the Department of Education comes with a wide range of benefits designed to support both your professional and personal well-being. These benefits include competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, extensive training and career development opportunities, and attractive leave provisions. Here are some of the key benefits you will enjoy:

• Attractive Country Teaching Program Allowance of $8 020 a year
• District allowance of $9 449 a year
• Temporary Attraction and Retention Incentive of $4 824 see info below
• 12 percent employer contributions to superannuation
• 12 weeks' vacation leave (school holidays)
• More than 20 days of other leave, including sick leave and carers' leave
• Subsidised accommodation where applicable
• Free relocation
• Travel concession
• Air-conditioning subsidy

Teachers and School Administrators employed at Karratha Senior High School in 2025 are eligible to receive a temporary Attraction and Retention Incentive of $4 824 (pa, gross - to be adjusted pro rata for FTE and tenure). Eligible staff will receive a percentage of this payment on commencement at the school, with the remainder paid at the end of the school year. Staff must remain employed in the location until the end of the school year to be eligible to receive the second payment.

The temporary ARI payment is in addition to other incentives that may apply in this school.

Find out more about the benefits by visiting professional and personal benefits.

For additional information to all allowances and housing please contact Housing and Transport at ***************@education.wa.edu.au or on (08) 9264 5***.

Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Ashley Eversden, Principal, on (08) 9182 69***or emailing ***************@education.wa.edu.au.

If advertising in the holidays, please contact Ashley Eversden on 0429 080 ***.

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.

To work with us, you must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
• hold registration with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
• obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
• consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education's Screening Unit before you start.

More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website or in the attached application package.

Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

Apply online in two easy steps:

Step 1:Select Apply for Job

Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one (1) being your current line manager.

Step 2: Attach your documents

Your application should include:

• A CV of up to three (3) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
• A five (5) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF
• 1. Extensive knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning practices, particularly relating to Aboriginal students and their communities.
• 2. Extensive skills and experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating learning programs and strategies at a school, region or system level.
• 3. Capacity to manage physical and financial resources.
• 4. Ability to provide strategic leadership that builds capacity, deals effectively with change and generates innovative solutions related to achieving educational outcomes.
• 5. Highly developed written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to conduct research, prepare reports and establish effective working relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve planned outcomes.

It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.

Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.

For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education's Recruitment team on (08) 9264 41***for assistance.

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SA998889

Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.

The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Friday, 31 October 2025

Job Info:

• Company: WA Public School Jobs - WA State Education Jobs.
• Position: Program Coordinator - Follow the Dream
• Work Location: Karratha WA
• Country: AU

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