Western Australia

ICPA (WA) has been instrumental in achieving many of the educational initiatives from which country residents now benefit :

• Funding for travel to and from boarding schools/hostels.
• Improvements in student/teacher ratios.
• State living away from home allowance.
• Constant monitoring of curriculum.
• The Retired Educator Volunteers for Isolated Students
• Education scheme (REVISE WA) 
• Residential Care Certificate requirement in boarding schools/hostels
• State of the art replacement for HF radio in Schools of the Air.
• Programs to encourage teachers to the country.
• The introduction of Support Teacher Learning staff (STLs) to address student learning difficulties

Membership helps to ensure issues relating to rural and remote education continue to be kept on the government’s agenda. These relate to:

• School Bus services.
• Acting teaching positions.
• Priority Country Areas Programme (PCAP) funding.
• Assistance to students going into apprenticeships.
• Early Childhood – in home care/mobile units.

Join your local Branch or become a Lone Member if there is not a Branch near you.

• Federal
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Western Australia