Teaching WA
- Working in a public school
- Teaching in a public school
- Rural and remote schools
- Teachers' stories
- Country Teaching Program
- Remote Teaching Service
- Rural Teaching Program for student teachers
- Teacher Flying Squad
- Aboriginal education
- Financial assistance for rural and remote teachers
- Return to the country
- Myths of country life
- Tips for moving to the country
- Focus on Narrogin Education District
- Metropolitan schools
- Salaries and teaching levels
- Leave and entitlements
- Benefits and support
- Eligibility to teach in a public school
- What's happening in WA schools
- Other careers in public schools
- Personal stories
Aboriginal education
More than one third of the State's Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander population live in the Perth area. However, this group represents only 1.5 percent of Perth’s metropolitan population. By contrast Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander residents make up a much higher proportion of the population in country areas. For example in the Kimberley area 42 percent of the population are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.
The Department’s Aboriginal Education and Training Directorate works with public schools and vocational education and training (VET) sectors in WA to improve the education and training outcomes of Aboriginal young people and adults.
The Directorate provides advice and support and establishes and monitors standards of Aboriginal education and training.
The branch also supports involvement and decision-making between Aboriginal communities and their local schools. There is
a range of programs specifically targeted
to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in public schools.
