yule brook college & aboriginal community agreement
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YULE BROOK COLLEGE & ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY AGREEMENT. Working collaboratively to improve educational outcomes for Aboriginal students. Basis of agreement is founded on the following understandings …. Importance of Reconciliation and Cooperation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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YULE BROOK COLLEGE&
ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY AGREEMENT
Working collaboratively to improve educational outcomes for
Aboriginal students
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Basis of agreement is founded on the following understandings …
• Importance of Reconciliation and Cooperation
• Acknowledgement of uniqueness of Aboriginal culture
• Education is the key to the future
• (Importance of) strong and positive relationships
• Commitment to … a spirit of cooperation and harmony
• ALL Aboriginal students graduate
• YBC is a “no shame” college
• Encouraging students to take pride in self & family
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Re-engaging the community
Parent & community requests
For students• NAIDOC Week
• Fair treatment for behaviour issues
• Substitutes for suspension
• Rewards
•Consultant group
For Parents • Aboriginal person on Council
• Aboriginal people involved in decision making
• Parent Committee
• Meeting place
• Local mentors
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Underpinning school planning
Priorities
Pedagogy (How we teach & learn)
Pedagogical approaches which will promote collaborative and conciliatory relationships
Community (How we relate to one another)
… to promote mutual respect, and build capacity for students to participate in the community.
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Supporting strategies
Cooperative Learning in all classes
Pastoral care program promoting a student-centred focus; implemented through a uniform program
Behaviour management strategies based on the principles of Restorative Justice
Build and enhance partnerships which support these priorities
Coherent whole-school teaching & learning program – personalised and related to student passions and the real world (Big Picture)
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Other actions and responses
Annual NAIDOC Commemoration
Aboriginal person and parent of Aboriginal students recruited for College Council
Aboriginal Education Council (Community members, parents, students & teachers)
Recommitment to Community Agreement
Partnership with Clontarf Football Academy
ABC of two-way literacy and learning – professional development; action research and genealogy
Indigenous meeting circle – partnership with local government; consultation with Noongar Action Committee
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Some statistics
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60
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2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008
Growth of Indigenous enrolments
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Graduation of Indigenous students Year 10
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5
10
15
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25
30
2001 2006 2008(anticipated)
Graduates