dare to lead south australian newsletter june 2010 · report will be on the sa section of the...
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DARE TO LEAD SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CONTACTSJo Mason m: 0413 152 751 e: [email protected]
Jacquie Taylor m: 0412 787 106 e: [email protected]
Russ Jackson m: 0488 074 004 e: [email protected]
The last few months have been fairly busy
with a few key highlights.
We held a very successful Early Years
Leaders’ Conference at EDC recently, with over
80 people attending. It is clear that SA’s leaders
in early years education have much that they can
offer to the rest of Australia! The Conference
Report will be on the SA section of the website
shortly. We are very grateful to Tina Quitadamo
and Darren Siwes from Western Adelaide Region
for their tremendous help with planning and
running the conference.Remember that August 4th is Na1onal Aboriginal
& Islander Children's Day (NAICD). The theme for this
year is ‘Value Me, Value My Culture’. The website
hGp://www.snaicc.asn.au/children/default.cfm?
loadref=5 has plenty of details.
We have also been working with the Catholic
and Independent sectors in looking at the
Aboriginal perspectives of the new Australian
History curriculum. The ‘shape paper’ for the
new Geography curriculum was recently
released for public comment until 27th August.
This will guide the curriculum writers.
Recently we supported the APY Lands who
have begun to look at how the new science
curriculum can be implemented
Chris Harvey is leaving Dare to Lead to take
up a position in the Northern Territory. For the
remainder of the year Jo Mason will be our main
SA contact.
DARE to LEADSouth Australian Newsletter
June 2010
“Henrik Ibsen:A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” Henrik Ibsen
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The Dare to Lead Excellence in Leadership in Indigenous EducaEon Awards have been presented annually since 2004. The awards recognise schools that demonstrate high levels of effecEve leadership, Indigenous community involvement and improvements in targeted outcomes.
These schools demonstrate focused, data-‐driven, strategically-‐planned acEviEes with measurable outcomes for their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The winning schools are determined by a panel of Indigenous and non-‐Indigenous educators which assesses each school's applicaEon against set criteria. Winners are announced at a formal ceremony. Achievement award-‐winning schools receive $1000 and a cerEficate. High Achievement award-‐winning schools receive $6000 plus a commemoraEve plaque.
Past South Australian winners include:
Raukkan Aboriginal School Ceduna Area School Indulkana Anangu School Port Augusta Secondary ChrisEes Beach Primary Mimili Anangu School Rostrevor College Cowandilla Primary Glossop High School Kensington Gardens Pre-‐school Carlton R-‐9 School Wiltja Program Point Pearce Aboriginal
This year there were two South Australian schools which received awards -‐ Marree Aboriginal School and Loxton Pre-‐school Centre. CongratulaEons to Nicky Prosser (Marree) and Mandy James(Loxton) for gecng recogniEon for the great work they have done (and are conEnuing to do!
Dare To Lead Excellence Awards
(L-‐R)
Nicky Prosser (Marree Aboriginal School), Mandy James, (Loxton Pre-‐school Centre) Chris Harvey, Jacquie Taylor (Dare to Lead SA), Jo Mason (Dare to Lead Na1onal Coordinator).
The framed cerEficates, signed by Julia Gillard, former DEEWR Minister, have recently increased significantly in value!
Ambassador AwardKaurna Elder, Uncle Lewis O’Brien was honored with an award for his services to the Dare to Lead Project at the recent conference in Brisbane.
Uncle Lewis has been a strong supporter of the project for a number of years.
He was presented with his award by Rob Nairn, Principals Australia Board member
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PERAMANGK ROCK ART TOURLast weekend, Jo Mason and Chris Harvey aiended the Peramangk Rock Art Tour, which was organised by the Adelaide Hills Magazine. Robin Coles, author of The Ochre Warriors and Isobelle Hunter, Peramangk
Custodian, led the tour.
About 30 educators and interested members of the public aiended the tour, which we adverEsed to Adelaide Hills Dare to Lead schools in our last newsleier. Unfortunately over 100 people missed out as the tours can only accommodate small numbers.
This shows the eagerness for people to find out more about the Peramangk people, parEcularly teachers, who for some Eme have been frustrated by the lack of suitable resources.
WEA runs these tours four Emes a year. However, there are some real dilemmas in increasing the number of tours. Increasing the number of tours increases the chances of vandalism as more people know the locaEon of the sites.
The official launch of Coles’ book ‘The Ochre Warriors’ was held recently and this book will prove invaluable to educators. Both Robin Coles and Isobelle have indicated that they are willing to come and talk to school.
You can contact Robin Coles on 0428 113 039Robin Coles explaining how a shelter might have been used by Peramangk people.
Quartz was used by Peramangk people in the construc;on of tools. Many sites that we visited had evidence of tool construc;on
Many trees showed evidence of being ‘cut’ by Peramangk -‐ the sec;ons being used to make containers, or in some cases, canoes.
hXp://hahndorf.wikispot.org/Peramangk -‐ a useful website
Deadly Yarns is a series of four DVD’s, put out by Ronin Films. Each DVD contains five short filmsPrice per package (all 4 DVDs) is$225 for Secondary Schools, TAFE Colleges, or $75 each.You can order on the their website -‐ www.roninfilms.com.au . They have the biggest range of Indigenous films in Australia -‐ well worth a look!