Core: Culturally responsive teaching is designed to develop teachers’ understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy and how to confidently embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures into the curriculum.
The course includes:
- Five units of engaging, self-paced content.
- A range of theory, real-world examples, and pedagogical applications.
- Short videos, multiple-choice questions, and reflective activities.
Teachers will:
- Develop their capacity to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students through culturally responsive teaching.
- Strengthen their ability to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in a way that promotes reconciliation.
Overview of units
Unit 1: Confronting bias
Explores the impact of biases in education. Teachers learn how to identify and interrogate their own biases.
Unit 2: History of Indigenous education
Unpacks the history of educational policies and practices aimed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Unit 3: The power of language
Demonstrates how language may be used to empower students or undermine them. Teachers develop an understanding of deficit discourse and strengths-based language.
Unit 4: Selecting resources
Teachers use the AIATSIS Guide to evaluating and selecting resources as a framework to identify educational resources that could be used to promote cultural safety and cultural responsiveness.
Unit 5: Effective teaching
Applies teachers’ learning to developing a pedagogical practice that is effective for not only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, but all students. Teachers reflect on how to teach about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures in a manner that promotes respect and reconciliation.
Benefits
For teachers
Core: Culturally responsive teaching allows teachers to work at their own pace through content, with an accompanying workbook to support their learning. It starts with personal reflection and developing contextual understanding before moving on to look at the practical implications of continually improving teaching practice. Engaging with short videos, interactive activities and reflective questions supports teachers in their journey towards culturally responsive teaching.
For schools
Build staff and leadership capacity in culturally responsive teaching by embedding Core: Culturally responsive teaching into the professional learning program of your school.
For education departments and bodies
Build institutional capacity in culturally responsive teaching by embedding Core: Culturally responsive teaching into the professional learning program for educators, school leadership, and departmental staff.
How does the course meet teachers’ professional learning needs?
Core: Culturally responsive teaching is aligned with AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
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Focus area 1.4 Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Design and implement effective teaching strategies that are responsive to the local community and cultural setting, linguistic background and histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
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Focus area 2.4 Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Provide opportunities for students to develop understanding of and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages.
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Focus area 3.3 Use teaching strategies
Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking.
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Focus area 3.5 Use effective classroom communication
Use effective verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to support student understanding, participation, engagement and achievement.
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Focus area 4.1 Support student participation
Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.
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Focus area 4.4 Maintain student safety
Ensure students’ wellbeing and safety within school by implementing school and/ or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
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Focus area 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs
Use the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and advice from colleagues to identify and plan professional learning needs.
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Focus area 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning
Undertake professional learning programs designed to address identified student learning needs.
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Focus area 7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities
Meet codes of ethics and conduct established by regulatory authorities, systems and schools.
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Accredited for seven-hours of professional learning by NESA (NSW) and TQI (ACT).