FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL COORDINATORS

To get started as a Public School PRC Coordinator

Principals nominate their school's coordinators using the Manage Staff Access (MSA) accessible through the Staff Portal. Relieving principals may need to contact EdConnect for access to MSA. 


Please contact your principal to tick approve you on the MSA application as a PRC Coordinator. 


Coordinators will then be able to log in to the PRC website using their DoE username and password.


FOR NONGOV COORDINATOR

To get started as a Non-government School PRC Coordinator

Your school principal (or their delegate) is responsible for managing the DoE accounts at your school using the Staff Management Utility (SMU) and Manage Staff Access (MSA) applications available in the DoE Extranet.  


The responsibilities include: creating new accounts, re-activating existing accounts, provisioning PRC coordinators and resetting passwords. Principals can refer to the Principal (or delegate) tasks for non-government schools guide.


Please contact your principal to create a DoE account for you on the SMU system, then grant you PRC coordinator access via MSA.  


If your principal does not have a DoE account, they can request the creation of one for themselves and any coordinators at your school by filling in this webform. Coordinators can also complete this webform on their principal's behalf, but will need their principal's Date of Birth. 


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Please note: Principal approval is required to become the PRC coordinator at a school.  It is recommended that schools have at least two coordinators.


We recommend having at least two current coordinators at your school in case of unexpected leave occurring during key times of the Challenge.

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NEW PRC COORDINATOR INFO PACK



Thank you for taking on the role of PRC coordinator at your school.


FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Delete heading, delete nongov info pack) 

Public schools do not need to enrol in the challenge - our system identifies your school as participating as soon as a student logs onto the PRC website, or a coordinator logs a book against a student's account. All students at your school will already have a PRC account connected to their DoE ID.  


FOR NONGOV SCHOOLS (Delete heading) 
Once a non-government school has held a NAPLAN examination, your school will exist in the PRC website and revelant DoE applications, Manage Staff Access (MSA) and Staff Management Utility. Once a non-government school exists in our system, you do not need to register for the PRC; your school becomes 'active' as soon as a student logs into the PRC website or a coordinator adds a book to a student's account. 


Once you have coordinator access, you will need to upload any new student accounts to your school. Student accounts only need to be created once - their accounts and passwords will remain the same until their account reaches Year 11 or their account is merged. 


I have attached our coordinator info pack, which provides a term-by-term guide of recommended tasks and links to relevant help guides or resources. This is a great starting point for your first time coordinating the PRC.


Coordinator information sessions
You may also find our coordinator information sessions useful. These provide live demonstrations of how to use the PRC website to manage your students' participation in the Challenge. You can find these sessions on The Arts Unit website.


Resources for coordinating the PRC

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, the PRC team has developed a range of new resources to embed the Challenge and reading for leisure in your school. All resources are provided as editable and adaptable Canva designs that can also be downloaded as PDFs or presentations, making them easy to customise for your school's unique context. All 25th anniversary resources can be found in our 25th anniversary resource kit and on the Arts Unit resource hub page, where you will also find our information session on using PRC resources to nurture a reading culture. 


Getting started as a coordinator

To get started, we recommend you: 

  • Familiarise yourself with the rules of the PRC 
  • Familiarise yourself with the resources available for PRC coordinators on the teacher notes page
  • Use the Tips for Coordinators for public schools or non-government schools. These documents include term-by-term guides to help you run the Challenge. These can be downloaded from the teacher notes page
  • Regularly check the PRC websiteand newsletter for updates throughout the Challenge. All coordinators are automatically subscribed to the newsletter, but you can view past newsletters here:


Once the Challenge is open, PRC coordinators can log in to the PRC website to


We recommend adding the following dates to your calendar:

  • Challenge opens to students and coordinators: Monday 23 February 2026
  • Deadline for 3-10 Challenge: Friday 28 August 2026
  • Challenge closes to student entries: Friday 18 September 2026
  • Challenge closes to coordinators: Friday 25 September 2026


The PRC coordinator at each school is also responsible for

  • Printing standard Challenge certificates in Term 4
  • Distributing Gold and Platinum certificates and any PRC medals in Term 4
  • Escalating Help Requests from Students and Teachers that cannot be answered by reference to the FAQs or Rules to the PRC team


The best pages to check on the PRC website for coordinators are the

PRC newsletters

PRC newsletters are sent to all PRC coordinators approximately twice each term with information about coordinating the Challenge. You can also view all past newsletters here: 

Public school newsletters: https://us10.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=8c6940efad798431e6a5f5e66&id=e640d724a9 

Non-government school newsletters: https://us10.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=8c6940efad798431e6a5f5e66&id=c8d6eb7334 


Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.