Building My Future
(Mark Heiss and Brigid Taylor)
Before we start…
 Bennelong’s
 Exemption
as?
 With
famous girlfriend was?
Certificates were often referred to
regards to Government Policy, name some
differences between “Protection” and
“Assimilation”
 Name Australia’s first indigenous female Olympic
Gold Medallist
Acknowledgement
Video of opening school
mass
Our Story
Marist College Pagewood
7-
12 systemic boys school founded in the Marist
tradition of St Marcellin Champagnat.
College Enrolment 2013: 651
Indigenous Student numbers growing:
Low
2011
2012
2013
25
30
43
SES school situated in the South Eastern
Suburbs of Sydney.
ESL – 43%; SWD – 8%
College is ably led by innovative Exec and dynamic
principal David Mc Innes
Our Time Together
 Examine
our schoolwide approach
 Examine
the formal
and informal
curriculum
 Explore
the
possibilities
Our School-Wide Approach
Activity 1 – Think, group, share
 If
TIME and MONEY were NOT a factor in your
school approach to Indigenous Education, what
strategies would you implement?
 Think
about how you could raise awareness around
Indigenous issues in your community and promote
academic achievement in your students.
 Write
your list on the paper provided
School-Wide Approach
Raised
the profile of
Indigenous Culture
through exposure –
it’s an expectation
by all in the school
community.
School-Wide Approach
Acknowledgement
Country
Ngalangiil
of
Ngarandhii
(We sit down to
listen)
Visual
Representation
through colours,
art work and flag
School-Wide Approach
Parent
meetings
and gatherings
Student meetings
and gatherings
Immersion
Experience
Our
goal is to
make indigenous
issues and
discussions the
norm, the “exotic”
is gone.
Activity 2 – Partner work
Now
TIME and MONEY are a
factor in your school approach to
Indigenous Education, what
strategies would you implement?
Activity 3 - Programming
Devise
a six month Programme
using the blank timetable provided.
Formal and Informal
Curriculum
Support, ACARA
and Awareness
Formal Curriculum
Personalised
Learning Plans (PLPs) for ALL
Indigenous Students.
Targeted Intervention for all new indigenous
Year 7 students – we check lay of land AND
After intervention, if the students has not
improved, then;
In-class support from the Indigenous Liaison
Officer and Academic Support Teacher.
Cross Curriculum Priorities
ACARA
Cross –Curriculum Priorities Aim
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
cultures
 The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander priority
provides opportunities for all learners to deepen their
knowledge of Australia by engaging with the world’s
oldest continuous living cultures. Students will
understand that contemporary Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander communities are strong, resilient, rich
and diverse. The knowledge and understanding gained
through this priority will enhance the ability of all
young people to participate positively in the ongoing
development of Australia.
Cross Curriculum Priorities
Think;
every
subject across the
school has to
implement these
priorities. We have
to do it.
Cross Curriculum Priorities
History
Aust
Curriculum
does not mandated
teaching
colonisation and
contact in Stage 4.
However we need to
teach ATSI history
and culture?
Video
of HSIE
coordinator
Our HSIE
Coordinator
Cross Curriculum Priorities
Leads
me to;
Leave
in History
curriculum? (not
mandated)
Go fully across the
Curriculum as
ACARA would like?
Do nothing?
Activity 4:
How will you implement the Priority?
Discuss
the options you have in your own
school context of integrating and
addressing this cross curriculum priority
in each of the Stage 1 subjects:
English
Science
Use
Maths
History
the Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Sheet provided
Informal Curriculum
Boys
Education/Outdoor Education –
Retreats/Camps
Indigenous Student Meetings
Dance Classes
Art Classes
Cooking Classes
Immersion
Informal Curriculum
Immersion 2012
Activity 5
You
were asked previously to create
a six month programme based on
funding and time commitment in your
particular context.
Compare
your programme with ours.
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Student Meeting
(01/03/2013)
Student Meeting
(29/05/2013)
Student Meeting
(23/08/2013)
Student Meeting
(01/11/2013)
Message Sticks
Opening Ceremony
(22/03/2013; 6:30pm)
Goodjarga Workshop – Stage 4
(22/05/2013)
Art Classes
Immersion Year 11 to NT
Goodjarga Workshop – Stage
4
(06/03/2013)
Cool Purple Kookas Cooking
classes
Goodjarga Day – ALL
(23/08/2013)
Camp/Retreat (Dec)
Writing Workshop
(12/04/2013)
Stage 4: 9-10:30am
Stage 5/6: 10:30 – 12pm
Parent Dinner – coincide with
end of Cooking lessons
NT visit to Pagewood
EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES
Share ideas around
how we can support
our Indigenous
students
academically and
culturally within our
schools based on
everything you have
heard here.
Ideas
Questions and comments