DEVELOPING TWO-WAY BIDIALECTAL EDUCATION

Some responses to Task 6

Things that might help

Ways to make these stronger

Things that might stop you

Ways to make these weaker

Supportive principal and administration Gain whole school support by identifying key supportive teachers Current decision making and priority setting patterns Get a supportive person involved at this level
Community involvement Present Two-Way learning to parents in local hotel/hall Teachers' perceptions of AEIOs Encourage and promote the strengths of the AEIO
Have real purposes for SAE and Aboriginal English Telephoning versus camp/excursion planning Divisions within communities Promote the value of Two-Way education for all
Develop a Two-way education team Providing on-going PD for staff Downsizing and integration of Aboriginal staff into other areas and lack of incentives to keep Aboriginal staff in education Maintain and improve the image of Aboriginal staff at all levels
Build on students' positive attitudes Run Two-way workshops with positive students to raise staff and student cultural awareness Time tabling and staffing profiles Creative use of resources and staff, eg, allow staff to work in teams
Raise students' awareness of difference and exclusion Identify and discuss exclusive behaviours in student workshops Authoritarian attitudes of teachers Build understanding of Two-Way education into performance management criteria
Add principles and values in relation to Aboriginal English and Two-way learning to the school plan Advertise the importance of this school policy shift Attitudes of parents and community Attend inter-Agency meeting, spread the word, invite parents to school