promoting teaching as a deadly profession

How to make teaching deadly? Marketing teaching as a career

presented by

A/Prof Tracey Bunda, Simone Ulalka Tur, Jackie Wurm Yunggorendi First Nations Centre, Flinders University

Yamaiyamarna Paitya

Teachers are deadly! conference

Adelaide, 10 July 2012

acknowledgement

to country

We acknowledge the Kaurna people – the traditional owners of the lands and waters on which the city of Adelaide was built.

Tarndanyunga Kaurna Yerta

We have shelter, food and an income from living on Kaurna lands. We also have love, care and a sense of being a part of an extended family made by Aboriginal people and white friends because we are on Kaurna country. We are grateful. This is an expression of respect and we view any acknowledgement as a significant and symbolic marker of cultural protocol.  

introduction

• Yunggorendi First Nations Centre• recruiting/supporting/teaching/research/engaging• over 280 alumni after 21 years

outline

1. MATSITI project “Tellin’ the stories of teachers; tellin’ the stories of teaching”

2. reflect on personal and professional journeys into teaching

3. staying on the teaching path

4. recommendations

MATSITI / more Aboriginal teachers project

• “Tellin’ the stories of teachers; tellin’ the stories of teaching”

• digital / historical archive of Indigenous teacher education voices

• to engage Indigenous students & advisers

• encourage students to consider teacher education as a future career

journeys into teaching

• the power of story• Angelina’s story

Atninkarle Apurte-irrerelte-aneme akaltye-irreretyeke

big mob – together – to learn – in this place

journeys into teaching - reflection

• best promotion of teaching as a career is being a deadly teacher!

• ACTIVITY: map your teaching career• to create a conference display

my teaching career Keyword:  

 Keyword: 

OR?   OR?

Keyword: Keyword:

staying on the teaching path

• keyword/s-> leading to recommendations

• top 3

prompting your thinking for developing recommendations

• supporting others’ journeys as teachers• who should take action?• when should action be taken?• by whom and who for?• why action is important

recommendations

To promote more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers

we recommend that…

thank you

• Long Way Home – sustenance for your journey

• www.flinders.edu.au/yunggorendi

• www.facebook.com/YunggorendiCentre