Indigenous Support Officers

Indigenous Teacher Aide & School Pathways Officer

Rochedale SHS has a school wide approach to supporting our Indigenous students This support is coordinated and led by the Indigenous Teacher Aide and the School Pathways Officer.​

Student Support

• Curriculum support in class, group tutorials, and one on one assistance
  
• Provide information on job expos and University open days for senior students
• Identify, submit and maintain QATSIF scholarships for eligible students
• Facilitate school-based traineeships and apprenticeships
• Organise and facilitate school-based cultural programs such - Deadly Choices, AIME, Gunya-Meta
• Monitoring health and wellbeing in collaboration with Guidance Officers, school nurse/ATSICHS health checks, and external agencies
• Organise cultural activities for Harmony Day, NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Week
• Facilitate connections with our local school Elders

 Family Support

• Communication with families to monitor support needs
• Sourcing of resources to support families as required
• Provide information about external support agencies
• Assist with referrals to external agencies

Teacher Support

• Identification of individual learning needs of students
• Collaboratively develop and implement adjustments to address learning needs
• Organise professional development in embedding Indigenous perspectives across the curriculum areas​