4. CHCECE030 Student Assessment Template-Cultural Audit Template v1.1-1

Cultural Audit Template In the Classroom Action Yes No Comments (include examples) Do educators say a regular Acknowledgement of Country with children? Y Example: every morning we read books or sing a song Are Aboriginal perspectives included across multiple play and learning spaces? Y Example: They put up decorations and posters and invite locals people to talk with people Do educators holistically plan to embed Aboriginal perspectives within children’s interests? Example: During NIDOC week Do educators consider Aboriginal pedagogies in your teaching and planning? Example:  Story Sharing : Approaching learning through narrative.  Learning Maps : Explicitly mapping/visualising processes.  Non-verbal : Applying intra-personal and kinaesthetic skills to thinking and learning.  Symbols and Images : Using images and metaphors to understand concepts and content.  Land Links : Place-based learning, linking content to local land and place.  Non-linear : Producing innovations and understanding by thinking laterally or combining systems.  Deconstruct/Reconstruct : Modelling and scaffolding, working from wholes to parts (watch then do).  Community Links : Centring local viewpoints, applying learning for community benefit.

Is there a balance of contemporary, traditional, regional, urban and local Aboriginal perspectives in the program? N Urban could be done more. Do educators seek to understand Australia’s First Nations Peoples’ ways of learning. Y Staff attends training and professional development with local elders. Do educators facilitate children experiencing different Australia’s First Nations Peoples’ ways of learning. N Maybe during NIDOC week. Do educators encourage children to reflect on Australia’s First Nations Peoples’ ways of learning. N Only educators reflect not children. Do educators use respectful language when discussing Australia’s First Nations Peoples’ cultural knowledge Y Educators use inclusive language which is respectful and speak highly of Australia’s First Nation. Around the Service Action Yes No Comments (include examples) Does the centre display an Acknowledgement of Country? Y It’s on the walls and rooms. Has a Welcome to Country been performed at the service? N They are planning to invite somebody in. Does the service have Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander staff employed? N But they are open to employ Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Have the staff engaged in cultural capacity professional development training? N But this is planned. Does the service fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags? Y They are in front. With Community Action Yes No Comments (include examples) Have more than 50% of the staff been to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community event before? N This is not a common event that our centre do. Does a representative from the service attend, consult or have a relationship with local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander committees and/or consultative groups? N I’m not sure of this.