Aboriginal Education
Ministers for Education have made improving the outcomes for Aboriginal students their top priority for MCEETYA over the next three years.
The Commonwealth Government Priority Areas.pdf
The Catholic Education Aboriginal Education Program Team consists of three Education Officers.
The Education Officers:
- support schools to explore and learn about Tasmanian Aboriginal Cultural Perspectives through visits to Aboriginal Special Sites,
- invite Aboriginal Speakers and Artists to work with students,
- assist teachers to prepare teaching and learning activities for all classes.
The Catholic Education Office works closely with TAEA – the Tasmanian Aboriginal Education Association to ensure all Aboriginal students are supported to achieve their potential.
All Catholic schools have an Aboriginal Perspectives Key Teacher (APKT) whose role is to support teachers to implement Aboriginal cultural perspectives learning sequences in their classes. Professional development is provided for AKPT’s to enable them to support staff to have a respectful and appropriate understanding of Aboriginal perspectives.
Many Catholic secondary colleges have an Aboriginal Student Support Teacher (ASST) whose role is to support all Aboriginal students in their school. The ASST assists Aboriginal students access appropriate programs provided by the school and other agencies in consultation with parents and caregivers.
Additional State Funded Programs 2008
Application Form - Aboriginal Education Program 2008 - Individual Student Support
Application Form - Aboriginal Education Program 2008 - New initiatives