Firestick
Our Blueprint for Indigenous Education
In the Catholic Diocese of Wagga, following the Firestick document, we are focused on these priorites for achieving equity in education for Indigenous students:
• improving Indigenous literacy;
• improving Indigenous numeracy;
• increasing the employment of Indigenous Australians in education and training;
• improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students;
• increasing Indigenous enrolments;
• increasing the involvement of Indigenous parents/community members in educational decision making;
• increasing Professional Development for staff involved in Indigenous education;
• expanding culturally inclusive curricula.
In light of this, Catholic school communities continue to face the contemporary challenges of:
• presenting a respectful, comprehensive and accurate account of Australian history;
• appreciating and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, perspectives and spiritualities;
• raising consciousness of the significant issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
• continuing to develop partnerships with local Aboriginal communities to bring about improvement in educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students;
• implementing the inclusion of Aboriginal Studies and perspectives across the curriculum;
• facilitating the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents in decisionmaking at the school and system level;
• committing ourselves to work for reconciliation between all Australians.
Our Blueprint for Indigenous Education
In the Catholic Diocese of Wagga, following the Firestick document, we are focused on these priorites for achieving equity in education for Indigenous students:
• improving Indigenous literacy;
• improving Indigenous numeracy;
• increasing the employment of Indigenous Australians in education and training;
• improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students;
• increasing Indigenous enrolments;
• increasing the involvement of Indigenous parents/community members in educational decision making;
• increasing Professional Development for staff involved in Indigenous education;
• expanding culturally inclusive curricula.
In light of this, Catholic school communities continue to face the contemporary challenges of:
• presenting a respectful, comprehensive and accurate account of Australian history;
• appreciating and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, perspectives and spiritualities;
• raising consciousness of the significant issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
• continuing to develop partnerships with local Aboriginal communities to bring about improvement in educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students;
• implementing the inclusion of Aboriginal Studies and perspectives across the curriculum;
• facilitating the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents in decisionmaking at the school and system level;
• committing ourselves to work for reconciliation between all Australians.
