Teaching for community – Tellin’ the stories presented by Ali Gumillya Baker, Roland Wilson

and Jackie Wurm

Yunggorendi First Nations Centre, Flinders University

and Matthew Kauschke, Urrbrae Agricultural High School

More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative (MATSITI) 2013 national forum A Deadly Career!

Adelaide, 15 October 2013

acknowledgement of placeWe acknowledge the Kaurna people – the traditional owners of the lands and waters on which the city of Adelaide was

built. 'Tellin' the stories' project was produced on Kaurna land  

outline

1. context

2. 'Tellin’ the stories’

3. project strategies

4. engagement

5. messages

6. findings

7. change strategies

Yunggorendi First Nations Centre

• recruiting/supporting/teaching/research/engaging• over 300 Flinders University alumni after 22 years

context

Briney Lampard

Middle & Secondary Teacher, Marree Aboriginal School & Flinders graduate

project strategies

'Tellin’ the stories of teachers: Tellin’ the stories of teaching'

•Aboriginal led project•engaging community members about teaching •celebrating education heroes•better support for Aboriginal people in schools

engagement campaign

• digital keeping place

• flinders.edu.au/tellinthestories

key messages

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PPYDp8kOzzw

project findings

Matthew’s story

Matthew has worked as an Aboriginal Education worker in schools since he was 18 and is also training to be a teacher

thank you / engage with us

Ideas for making schools and universities safe spaces through:

1.Indigenising teacher training

2.resourcing ongoing networks

http://www.flinders.edu.au/yunggorendi/tellinthestories/tellinthestories_home.cfm

www.facebook.com/YunggorendiCentre