27 Teacher Professional Development Program : Important Dates
Teacher Notes: Today we will be looking at some of the important dates on the calendar for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia. First we start with International Mother Language Day celebrated on the 21st of February. This is a day...28 Teacher Professional Development Program : Famous People
Teacher Notes: There are many famous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia over many generations. Here are just a few to mention. Dame Mary Gilmore, the Lady on the $10 note, was a writer around the colonial times and she mentioned that the...29 Teacher Professional Development Program : Dadirri
Teacher Notes: The 2021 Australian Senior of the Year was an Aboriginal lady called Miriam Rose. Miriam was the first Indigenous teacher to work in the Northern Territory in 1975, as well as being the first Indigenous Australian woman to visit Antartica. Miriam is...30 Teacher Professional Development Program : Elder’s Wise Words
The Wandana Aboriginal Education Professional Development Program is a valuable resource filled with deep knowledge and unique perspectives. It has been thoughtfully developed over 35 years of collaboration with Aboriginal Elders and community leaders. Let’s share...18 Teacher Professional Development Program : Meeting with Parents & Carers
Teacher Notes: How can you successfully communicate and engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and carers? You can learn a lot from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators, as they are part of the community and are the link with families....03 Teacher Professional Development Program : Welcome to Country & Acknowledgement of Country
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Teacher Notes: The Aboriginal flag was created by Harold Thomas, a Luritja Man from Central Australia, in 1971. It was created as a symbol of unity and national identity for Aboriginal people during the land rights movement of the early 1970s. The Aboriginal flag was...07 Teacher Professional Development Program : Torres Strait Islander Flag
Teacher Notes: The Torres Strait Islander flag symbolises the unity and identity of all Torres Strait Islanders. The flag was designed by Bernard Namok of Thursday Island and adopted in 1992 and given equal prominence with the Australian Aboriginal flag. In the middle...08 Teacher Professional Development Program : The Dreaming
Teacher Notes: The early Aborigines have mostly oral history, although archaeologists have relics of abandoned tools and weapons and the remains of the dead to study and trace the origins of Australia’s earliest inhabitants. And although Aboriginal people are diverse...
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