This is a permanent full time position commencing Term 1, 2027

Harrisdale Senior High School is one of the largest and fastest growing secondary schools in Western Australia, with more than 2,400 students across Years 7 to 12, approximately 180 teaching staff and 70 support staff. Now in our tenth year, we have grown quickly in both size and reputation while holding to our commitment to Excellence Everywhere. We draw students from diverse cultural, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds into a learning environment built on high expectations, aspiration and achievement.

We are recognised for strong academic performance, high-impact teaching and a genuine commitment to the intellectual, creative, social and personal development of every student. Dedicated pastoral care, active community engagement and our values of Care, Respect, Responsibility and Excellence shape daily life here.

Our comprehensive Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) program sits alongside high-quality General and Vocational Education and Training (VET) pathways, so students can pursue the destination that suits them. Specialist programs include Gifted and Talented (GAT), the Harrisdale Extension Academic Program (HEAP), and specialised Music and Sport programs in Cricket, Netball and Volleyball, supported by a wide range of clubs, teams and enrichment opportunities that extend students at state, national and international level.

We are proud of the culture built over our first decade, and teachers are central to it.

Watch our School Showcase Video for an insight into our facilities, programs, staff,



students and culture of Excellence Everywhere.

School Showcase Video: https://vimeo.com/(phone hidden)/35f8626709

Find out more about our school by visiting harrisdaleshs.wa.edu.au or Schools Online

The Role

Harrisdale Senior High School is seeking an accomplished, innovative and highly collaborative leader for the position of Program Coordinator, Gifted and Talented and Academic Extension. This Level 3 position will provide strategic and operational leadership of the school’s Gifted and Talented Academic Program (GAT), the GAT Learning Area and the Harrisdale Extension and Academic Program (HEAP).

The Program Coordinator will promote contemporary, research-informed practice and ensure gifted and high-ability students experience appropriate academic challenge, acceleration, enrichment and wellbeing support. Working closely with the Associate Principal responsible for GAT, Heads of Learning Area, Teachers, Student Services, Students and Families, the successful applicant will lead program improvement, strengthen teaching practice and build a culture of academic excellence, innovation and student agency.

Key responsibilities may include:

- providing strategic and operational leadership of GAT and HEAP,



ensuring alignment with Department of Education requirements, contemporary Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC) research and evidence-informed practice, and the school’s strategic priorities for excellence in teaching and learning;
- leading the GAT Learning Area, fostering collaboration, shared accountability and continuous improvement in curriculum, teaching practice, student achievement and enrichment;
- collaborating with Heads of Learning Area and teachers to design, implement and evaluate innovative, evidence-informed curriculum, pedagogy and assessment that provide acceleration, differentiation, enrichment and appropriate intellectual challenge;
- leading the integration of Design Thinking, entrepreneurial capabilities, creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving across GAT and HEAP through authentic, real-world learning;
- supporting teachers to embed high-impact teaching strategies, higher-order thinking and inquiry-based learning that provide academic rigour, depth, complexity and opportunities for advanced learning;
- coordinating targeted professional learning in gifted education, differentiation, curriculum acceleration, Design Thinking, entrepreneurial education and the social and emotional needs of gifted students, aligned with the school’s pedagogical framework;
- using academic achievement, progress, engagement and wellbeing data to monitor student performance, identify opportunities for acceleration, evaluate program effectiveness and guide improvement;
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📌 Program Coordinator (Armadale)
🏢 Department of Education, Western Australia
📍 Armadale