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Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Officer Program
Useful Links

Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Officer Program

The Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Officer Program focuses on building teacher capacity and developing classroom programs to meet the learning needs of Indigenous students identified as requiring further support in the areas of literacy and numeracy.

The program also provides professional development support and advice to teachers about cultural awareness. 

The role of the Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Officer is to:

• model quality teaching that supports a balanced literacy and numeracy program
• support schools in the implementation of a differentiated curriculum
• support schools in the development of Personalised Learning Plans
• provide inclusive resources for teachers, including lesson ideas and teaching/learning strategies
• provide appropriate professional development workshop sessions for teachers

Useful Links

Reconciliation Australia  website promotes 'Building relationships for change between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians’. Reconciliation Australia is an independent non-profit body, providing a national focus for the process of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community. 

The Indigenous Australia site  of the Australian National Museum Online has background information on Indigenous Australia including an Indigenous Australia Timeline, a Stories of the Dreaming section, virtual tour of the Museum and sections for students and teachers.

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website  (NATSIEW) NATSIEW is a large and growing collection of approximately 2000 internet resources concerned with the education of, and information about, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NATSIEW is an initiative of the state and territory coordinators of Aboriginal and Islander education.

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (AIATSIS)

Message Stick  (ABC Indigenous Online)

Useful resources for teachers of Indigenous students  (11kb)

• Aboriginal Ways of Learning Paul Hughes, Arthur J More & Mark Williams,  Adelaide, South Australia, 2004
  
• Moorditj DVD/Lesson Plans/Work Folder – MOORDITJ — which means “strong” or “excellent” — is a multi-award-winning interactive CD-ROM celebrating the depth and diversity of the cultural expressions of Indigenous Australian artists. Moorditj explores 300 artworks from 110 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, including Sally Morgan, Yothu Yindi, Neville T Bonner and the Bangarra Dance Theatre. http://moorditj.sponsored.uwa.edu.au/
  
• Aboriginal Perspectives Across the Curriculum (WA Department of Education) - APAC consultants have developed 250 sample lesson plans that feature an Aboriginal context in all phases of schooling and in all learning areas  http://www.det.wa.gov.au/education/abled/apac/index.html
  
• First Australians: Plenty Stories is a collaboration between the National Museum of Australia and Pearson Australia to provide primary classrooms with a comprehensive resource to successfully implement Australian Indigenous studies. This resource has been developed to enable teachers to approach the teaching of Indigenous culture and issues with confidence. http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/indigenous/first_australians_plenty_stories/index.html
  

High Interest Indigenous Readers With Lower Literacy Demands

This Koori Middle Years Link Project website  gives lots of books from different schemes that have a Koori link and are listed as “High interest books with low literacy demands”.

Reading Discovery (Ashton Scholastic) has an Indigenous Collection written and illustrated by Aboriginal authors and artists. Students relate well to both cultural content and language. Non Indigenous students also enjoy these books greatly. Each title is levelled to approximate Reading Recovery level. Guided reading packs also contain teacher notes and blackline masters.

“Indij Readers for Little Fullas and Big Fullas” cover a range from simpler to more complex texts written by Indigenous people including primary school students. See following websites for a glimpse:
www.indijreaders.com.au/content.indij_ brochure.pdf  
www.abc.net.au/message/blackarts/words/s936382.htm  

“Papunya School Book of Country and History” is more difficult but an interesting resource for schools www.abc.net.au/message/blackarts/review/s658524.htm  

Muuruun Series of 6 books – quite simple but in traditional and urban settings

A local ACT resource developed recently is a set of 5 books written and illustrated by local families “Tales from Ngambri History”. To order these books, contact the Ngunnawal Land Council – (02) 6297 4152.