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The Wiltja Program provides an opportunity for Anangu students to access urban
secondary schooling including opportunities for personal extension and
the completion of SACE courses.
• Accelerated Literacy• Attendance, Retention and Destination• SACE• Numeracy• Vocational Education• Residence/School Partnerships• Information Technology• Wellbeing• Relevant and Dynamic Curriculum
• Geosciences • Pitjantjatjara• Doorways to Construction• Social Science• Radio Broadcasting
Anangu parents
Aboriginal Lands District
DECS
Teachers
PYEC
AEWs
SSOs
Nganampa Health
SAPOL
Tri-state Anangu Communities
Anangu Coordinators
Radio Adelaide
PIRSA
FACS
TAFE
Woodville High
School
Community Schools
Wiltja Residence
Wiltja School
Wiltja StudentShine SA
DEEWR
Gateways
Youth Opportunities
National
•Viable Economies•Meaningful Employment•A shift away from passive welfare •Health
Local• Student leadership• Post secondary pathways• Future SACE• Continuously improving literacy and numeracy
Community representative
Wiltja is a school for Anangu that helps our children stay and finish Year 12. We like the way Wiltja works to improve opportunities for our students and are pleased with their progress. Wiltja has been working for our children’s futures for a very long time and is helping to keep our communities strong.
Signed: Katrina Tjitayi, Director, Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Education Committee
Aboriginal student representative
My name is Patrick Walker and I come from Oodnadatta. I first came to Woodville in Year 11 to finish my SACE. I’ve been encouraged and supported by others to succeed in my goals, and I am now a graduate. The Accelerated Literacy program has helped me to read and understand Shakespeare (Macbeth) and poems by Wordsworth.
Signed: Patrick Walker, SACE Graduate 2007, Wiltja Program.
Aboriginal educator representative
As an Aboriginal man of Ngarrindjeri descent, an Aboriginal Education Worker with over 10 years experience, and a flourishing tertiary student of teaching, I sincerely verify the enduring success and achievements of the Wiltja program. For over 25 years Wiltja has serviced Anangu adolescents with its commitment to empowering the future generations of Indigenous peoples of 30 different remote communities.
With its consistency, focus on student retention and key quality educational outcomes, the Wiltja Program has achieved notable accomplishments in Year 9 student retention and the creation of relevant SACE subjects with a literary focal point across the curriculum.
Regular Year 12 graduates are also a declaration of success with five graduates in 2007 and a total of 31 graduates since 1998. Coupled with a strong positive school ethos adopted by its staff, the Wiltja Program is a beacon of achievement and a case in point for all Indigenous schools Australia wide.
Signed: Michael Morrison Aboriginal Education Worker, Wiltja Program.
