Teacher Professional Development Program
Empowering educators to teach Aboriginal perspectives with confidence, cultural respect, and meaningful understanding.
$100 per teacher (1 year Subscription)
Working closely with Aboriginal Elders & Community Leaders
Inspired and guided by Aboriginal Elders, our Wandana Aboriginal Education PD Program is a precious gift of rare knowledge and unique insights. Respectfully and mindfully crafted from over 35 years of working closely with Aboriginal Elders & community Leaders.
With the sole intention to build long term sustainable relationships where Wandana supports you to:
- Empower Teachers, inspires students and leaves a lasting Legacy!
- We invite you to join us on this infinite learning journey together
What you will learn
Empowering educators to teach Aboriginal perspectives with confidence, cultural respect, and meaningful understanding. Professional learning designed to support schools in delivering authentic Aboriginal education aligned with the Australian Curriculum.
Build confidence. Strengthen understanding. Teach with respect
Key Features
Curriculum-Aligned and Classroom Ready
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, providing practical strategies, lesson ideas, and resources teachers can use immediately.
Delivered by Aboriginal Educators
Professional learning guided by Aboriginal knowledge holders, ensuring cultural authenticity, lived experience, and respectful perspectives.
Practical, Hands-On Learning
Engaging activities that model how to confidently teach Aboriginal histories, cultures, and perspectives in meaningful ways.
Builds Teacher Confidence and Cultural Understanding
Supports educators at all experience levels to teach Aboriginal perspectives respectfully and with confidence.
Includes Ready-to-Use Resources and Ongoing Support
Teachers leave with adaptable classroom materials, cultural insights, and tools to continue learning beyond the session.
Cultural Features
Connection to Country
Understanding the deep relationship between people, land, water, and environment, and how this shapes identity and responsibility.
Cultural Protocols and Respectful Practice
Learning how to respectfully acknowledge Country, use appropriate language, and engage with Aboriginal perspectives safely.
Living Knowledge Systems
Recognising that Aboriginal knowledge, including storytelling, art, tools, fire, seasons, and language, continues today.
Cultural Diversity Across Nations
Understanding that there are many Aboriginal Nations, languages, and cultural practices across Australia.
Responsibility to Care for Country and Community
Exploring how sustainability, land care, and community responsibility are central to Aboriginal knowledge and practice.
Four Main Frameworks & Standards Covered by the Wandana Teacher Professional Development Program
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST)
Supports teachers in embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, cultural responsiveness, inclusive practice, and ongoing professional growth across all career stages.
Australian Curriculum Version 9.0
Aligns directly with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures Cross-Curriculum Priority, helping educators confidently integrate First Nations perspectives across learning areas.
National Quality Standard (NQS)
Strengthens culturally safe and inclusive educational environments through Quality Areas including Educational Program and Practice, Relationships with Children, and Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities.
Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) & My Time, Our Place (MTOP)
Supports early learning and outside school hours care educators in fostering identity, belonging, connection to Country, respect, and cultural understanding through play-based and reflective learning practices.
Your Benefits
Center or School Benfits
Our professional development program empowers educators with the confidence, cultural understanding, and practical tools to teach Aboriginal perspectives respectfully and meaningfully. Schools benefit from stronger staff capability, curriculum-aligned practice, and lasting confidence to embed Aboriginal perspectives across learning in authentic and sustainable ways.
Teacher Benefits
- Increased confidence in teaching Aboriginal perspectives
- Practical, ready-to-use classroom strategies
- Stronger cultural understanding and respectful practice
- Support in meeting curriculum requirements
- Tools to create inclusive and culturally respectful learning environments
Our Aboriginal Elders
Uncle Les McLeod
Aboriginal Elder of the Yuin Nation
Uncle John Kelly
Aboriginal Elder of the Dhungutti Nation
Aunty Amanda Jane Reynolds
Aboriginal Elder of the Guringai Yuin Nation
Uncle Chris Tobin
Aboriginal Elder of the Darug Nation
Aunty Carol
Aboriginal Elder of the Biripi Nation
Uncle Greg Sims
Aboriginal Elder of the Darug Nation
Aunty Leanne Hunter
Aboriginal Elder of the Wiradjuri Nation
Ms Patricia Leverett
Aboriginal Elder of the Worimi Nation
Mr Graham Morgan
Proud Wiradjuri Aboriginal Man
Course Inclusion
30+ Videos Filmed on Country
Professionally filmed across multiple locations to educate and inspire teachers throughout Australia.
Covers Key Cultural Knowledge & Practices
Includes ceremonies, Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement, Country and Caring for Country, artefacts, art, dance, songlines, totems, and Elders’ wisdom.
Supports Significant Dates & Learning Moments
Covers Harmony Day, Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC Week, National Children’s Day, Sorry Day, and other important cultural dates.
Sample Lesson (The Dreaming)
Course Lessons
01 Introduction
02 Ceremonies
03 Welcome to Country & Acknowledgement of Country
04 Country & Caring for Country
05 Ceremonial Cloaks
06 Aboriginal Flag
07 Torres Strait Islander Flag
08 The Dreaming
09 Songlines
10 Harmony Day
11 Reconciliation Week
12 NAIDOC Week
13 National Children’s Day
14 Kinship
15 Attendance & Retention
16 Language & Communication
17 Community Engagement
18 Meeting with Parents & Carers
19 Sorry Business & Sorry Day
20 Intergenerational Trauma
21 Artefacts
22 Yidaki (Didgeridoo)
23 Art Symbols and Meanings
24 Art Styles
25 Totems
26 Dance
27 Important Dates
28 Famous People
29 Dadirri
30 Elder’s Wise Words
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