Aboriginal+Education+Network

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 * Network Name: **Aboriginal Education **Contact number:** 02 62105230
 * Coordinator Name: **Anne Hodgson **Position:** Aboriginal Educator Coordinator


 * School Name: KARABAR HIGH SCHOOL AND ** Distance Education Centre

Shireen Ahmad Bev McKeon || Karabar High School DE Centre Karabar High School DE Centre Karabar High School DE Centre || Anne.hodgson@det.nsw.edu.au Shireen.Ahmad@det.nsw.edu.au Beverely.McKeon@det/nsw.edu.au || Deborah Kelly Vanessa Duncan <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Alesha Penton <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Liana Leigo <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Lindie Matthews <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Angela Zarocostas || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Menindee Central School <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Karabar High School <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dubbo SODE <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dubbo SODE <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dubbo SODE <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sydney DEC <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sydney DEC || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Peter.roberts58@det.nsw.edu.au <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Deborah.Kelly1@det.nsw.edu.au <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Vanessa.Duncan3@det.nsw.edu.au <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Alesha.Penton4@det.nsw.edu.au <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Liana.Taylor@det.nsw.edu.au <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lindie.Matthews@det.nsw.edu.au <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Angela.zarocostas@det.nsw.edu.au || Welcome to term 3, I hope you all had a great holiday. It was great to meet many of you at the DE Symposium and speak to others on the phone. For those of you that were not able to make the Symposium I will go over the main points discussed at our first network meeting.
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Our network aims to; **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Work collaboratively to source funding and enrichment opportunities for ATSI distance learners
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Share resources that will enhance awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Share resources that support closing the achievement gap between indigenous and non-indigenous distance learners
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mentor teachers working predominantly with ATSI distance learners
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Engage local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and foster genuine dialogue and community consultation that will inform educational outcomes for Indigenous distance learners
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Promote personalised learning plans ( PLPs) for all full-time ATSI distance learners
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">share ideas, expertise and resources to support DE teachers to implement PLPs for all full-time ATSI students
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Foster partnerships with NSW AECG, local AECGs and community members to promote positive outcomes for all ATSI students
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Supporting parents and/or carers and families, within the context of improving education and training outcomes for students, to build their capacity to actively engage in the formal education and training of their children and young people. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teacher Name ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">School Name ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Email Address ** ||
 * Dale Cunningham || Karabar High School DE Centre || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">dale.cunningham@det.nsw.edu.au ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Gina Britten || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dubbo SODE || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Gina.britten@det.nsw.edu.au ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tamara Smith || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Southern Cross DE Centre || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">tamara.smith@det.nsw.edu.au ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Yvonne Graham || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Southern Cross DE Centre || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Yvonne.s.graham@det.nsw.edu.au ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Kay Gilroy || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dubbo SODE || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Kay.gilroy@det.nsw.edu.au ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Anne Hodgson
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Peter Roberts
 * 16/7/12 - Update**

Following the network aims we discussed :
 * different ways of addressing and fulfilling Personalised Learning Plans (PLP's), viewed a couple of different templates (Karabar DEC and Dubbo SODE) and discussed how these were integrated in students learning
 * ensuring that Aboriginal perspectives are addressed in all KLA's - template from Karabar DEC presented
 * developed a list of what people in the network wanted to achieve/need
 * discussed having a network conference in term 4
 * funding proposal.

It was agreed that our network would perhaps have different needs from the other networks since most of them are KLA based. It is important that this network have representatives from all DEC's, secondary and primary, as it is based on a target prioity of the government. Over the next couple of weeks I will post information about the conference and ideas so your feedback would be great. At this stage it will be either in week1 or week 9 of term 4 based in Canberra. At the Symposium it was decided that two days, one night would be enough, but maybe we could do it for three days and two nights. I'll keep you posted! Remember, if you want to contact me phone 62105230. Anne.