Candidates: Aspiring Koorie Teachers Now

Aspiring Koorie Teachers (AKT) Now supports First Nations peoples to work and learn as Education Support staff in Victorian government schools while they complete their teaching or educational support studies.

AKT Now offers eligible Initial Teacher Education (ITE) candidates various forms of support, including employment in Victorian government schools and individualised mentoring and wrap-around support. The employment and support will complement and extend upon the existing services already provided by your University.

The AKT Now employment will be as an Education Support worker for up to 18 months within a Victorian government school. The benefit of this work is how it provides immersive experience of many different classroom settings. Education support work can involve several complex scenarios in any given week. Each day, you could be alternately assigned to directly supporting a child with special needs; or to several children in one class together; or you might be floating across several classrooms providing general assistance.

The jobs are available in culturally safe schools located in regional Victoria or within metropolitan Melbourne.

Places are limited. If you're interested in applying, please complete the Expression of Interest form.

For further information please visit Become a Koorie teacher in Victoria or contact us at marrung@education.vic.gov.au if you have questions.

Candidate eligibility

Eligible candidates must:

Identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
Be a resident of Victoria or an eligible border community
Be undertaking a Certificate IV in School Based Education Support course; or be an ITE student in their third or fourth undergraduate year or a relevant postgraduate ITE course
Be undertaking a minimum of 50% equivalent full-time studyload at the time of assessment
Have a current Working with Children Check and Police Check
Be willing to undergo merit-based recruitment processes for fixed-term employment with Victorian government schools

Expression of interest form

Open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples currently undertaking ITE studies.

Please complete all fields, including signed consent at the end.

Full Name(Required)

Email(Required)

Email address where employers can reach you

Which Local Government Area do you live in?(Required)

For example, City of Maribrynong

How do you travel to work?(Required)

Select one or two as applies

My own vehicle

Public transportation

Other

In your own words, how might the AKT Now program support your completion of studies? (Required)

In your own words, where do you see yourself working in a couple of years?(Required)

Current course of study(Required)

For example, Bachelor of Teaching

Are you currently enrolled Full time or Part time?(Required)

Which is the anticipated final year of your current course of study?(Required)

Anticipated year of completion

What weekdays do you have study commitments this semester?(Required)

Can you work full time between semesters?(Required)

The employing school may want to schedule you for work at full time hours during study breaks and between semesters.

Yes

Do you have a current Working with Children Check?(Required)

Yes

Do you have a current Police Check?(Required)

Yes

Privacy statement

This Privacy Statement outlines how personal information will be handled as part of the Candidate Expression of Interest process for the AKT Now initiative.

Data collected

The full name, email address, and Local Government Area (LGA) of the candidate submitting an EOI.
Details of current course enrolment, including study load (full-time/part-time), anticipated completion year, and weekly study commitments.
Information on the candidate’s availability for full-time work between semesters.
A brief summary of how participation in the AKT Now program would support the candidate’s completion of studies.
A brief summary of the candidate’s career aspirations and intended employment path in the coming years.
Confirmation of Working with Children Check (WWCC) and Police Check status.
Preferred mode(s) of travel to work.

All information collected will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Data and Protection Act 2014 (Vic), the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Public Records Act 1973 (Vic).

Purpose and use of data collected

The purpose for collecting this information, via the Victorian Government’s Single Digital Presence (SDP) platform, is to provide schools opportunity to support future First Nations teachers through employment-based studies.

Information collected will only be disclosed to AKT Now program staff within Koorie Outcomes Division, and third-party recruitment suppliers’ authorised staff for the purpose of delivering wrap-around support services to participating ITE students in the AKT Now program. The information collected may also be disclosed to department staff who need to know in accordance with the department's privacy policy and disclosed where otherwise permitted by law.

Means of collection and storage of data

The information will be collected on the SDP platform. Only those with a need to access the information for the purposes of the project or related reporting will have permission to access the information. Your information will be stored on secure department servers and will only be used for the purposes described above.

Collected information, where indicated, will be sent in a secure manner to the AKT Now third-party recruitment suppliers, Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association Ltd and AFL SportsReady Ltd. These recruitment suppliers are subject to the same obligations as the department under Victorian privacy law to store and protect your information securely.

For further information, or to request access and correction of personal information, contact the Aspiring Koorie Teachers Now team at marrung@education.vic.gov.au.

For more information regarding access and correction to your personal information or the department’s handling of personal information please read the department’s Privacy Policy.

Consent

By completing the expression of interest form, you agree that you have read this Privacy Statement and consent to your information being collected by the department and for the department to collect your information and use and disclose your personal information and other information you have provided in the expression of interest form to the parties described, including recruitment agencies, where indicated, for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement.

I have read and understand how Department of Government Services stores information. (Required)

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Updated 30 May 2025