Resources for cross-cultural training for educators

Aboriginal Education Training and Development Resource School Support Document (1998)

Constructing Futures - Optimising Aboriginal Student Outcomes

Towards Reconciliation: Activities for Reconciliation Week (1998)

Reconciliation: Walking And Working Together, Towards The Future. A Guide For Schools (2000)

Our Story: Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training Program for the Education Sector (1997)

Community Approaches to Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Student Behaviour Management: A Guide For Schools (1998)

Aboriginal Education Training and Development Resource School Support Document (1998)

Author: Bev Stubbs
Publisher: NSW Department of School Education

A collection of thought-provoking resource material divided into nine sections:
1. Historical sources
2. The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
3. The Separation of Aboriginal Children from their Families
4. Reconciliation
5. Aboriginal Languages and Aboriginal English
6. Aboriginal Studies
7. Health Issues
8. Resources
9. Bibliography

There is a tenth section where users can record and keep their own notes.

Apart from being an excellent resource, the material contains thought- and action-provoking questions. While the kit has been developed for use throughout New South Wales, much of the content could be adapted and applied in other States and Territories.

The support video It's About Time, It's About Changes … and it's about time won the International Communications Film and Video Competition (Intercom) Gold Plaque. It presents snapshots of schools working to achieve educational outcomes through three focus areas: Aboriginal students; staff and students; and Aboriginal communities.

Constructing Futures - Optimising Aboriginal Student Outcomes

Course developers: Aboriginal Education
Publisher: South Australian Department of Education, Training and Employment
(An updated revision of the 'Teaching Aboriginal Children an Students' course, 1997.)

A series of workshops aimed at improving learning outcomes for Aboriginal students. It includes:

• Achieving equitable outcomes o Building on success
• Blueprints for future partnerships
• Constructing future pathways
• Creating successful outcomes

Towards Reconciliation: Activities for Reconciliation Week (1998)

Publisher: Department of Education, Training and Employment, SA

This kit (booklet, posters, video) was prepared for use in childcare centres, preschools and schools during Aboriginal Reconciliation Week. Of particular interest for teachers is the list of eight key issues for reconciliation and key questions for practice. It contains Early Childhood, Junior, Primary and Junior Secondary activities as well as the words to heaps of songs such as 'From Little Things Big Things Grow'. These activities need not be confined to a particular week as they can be used in broader contexts and adapted for individual needs. The kit was distributed free to South Australian Schools and bulk copies were provided to interstate school systems.

Reconciliation: Walking And Working Together, Towards The Future. A Guide For Schools (2000)

Publisher: Education Queensland

This Guide provides Aboriginal protocols and Torres Strait Islander protocols, what reconciliation means for schools and an overview of ten reconciliation issues. A suggested process for 'Reconciliation through Education' is provided in a table format, with strategies for use in the classroom, with students, and in the wider school community. Related Education Queensland policies and guidelines are listed, followed by an indication of where resources can be located. Acknowledgement: Indigenous Education Programs, Education Queensland.

Our Story: Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training Program for the Education Sector (1997)

Publisher: Department of Education, Western Australia; Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University of Technology, WA; Catholic Education Office of Western Australia; AISWA (Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia Inc.

'Our Story' is a training package designed for delivery to teachers and support staff who have direct contact with Aboriginal students, their caregivers and communities.

Community Approaches to Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Student Behaviour Management: A Guide For Schools (1998)

Publisher: Education Queensland

The purpose of this resource booklet is to assist educators to pursue more culturally appropriate and inclusive strategies to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student behaviour management issues in schools. In particular the document advocates increased involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community people, particularly Elders, in the development and implementation of school behaviour management processes.
Acknowledgement: Indigenous Education Programs, Education Queensland.