LIVE WEBINAR: Wednesday 4 November
Join an esteemed panel of educators, policy makers and key community leaders, led by Sally Lawrence, for this 60-minute live webinar on building cultural capability within the classroom.
Hear directly from those working to ensure the voices, stories and perspectives of First Nations peoples are authentically embedded within daily classroom learning, and learn more about how building cultural capability – and resources such as Our Land, Our Stories – can support you in rolling this out across schools.
Wednesday 4 November
4:30pm – 5:30pm (VIC, ACT, NSW, TAS), 3:30pm – 4:30pm (QLD),
4:00pm – 5:00pm (SA), 3:00pm – 4:00pm (NT), 1:30pm – 2:30pm (WA)
Our Panelists
Sally Lawrence, Education Consultant and Author
Sally is a non-Indigenous woman who for the past 20 years has worked exclusively with both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the Education context. She has worked as an early childhood teacher, project officer, lecturer, researcher and author, and was the Manager for Indigenous Education in Queensland. Sally’s work demonstrates a deep and genuine passion and respect for culture, Elders and the community. Her work collaboratively identifies opportunities which support communities to share their culture and embed their story within the National Curriculum and the broader Education context.
Sally is the lead author in Nelson Cengage’s Our Land, Our Stories series.
Sharon Davis, Director of Education, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
Sharon Davis is an Aboriginal woman, from both the Bardi and Kija peoples of the Kimberley, Western Australia.
Sharon is the Director of Education at AIATSIS and advises on the boards of Reconciliation Australia, Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation, Indigenous Education & Boarding Australia, and the AITSL Advisory Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education.
Sharon continues her work in teaching and learning research because she believes that education has the power to enhance the lives of students, in particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. She fights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s rights to an education that is exceptional, culturally responsive, and racially literate.
Joe Sambono, Curriculum Specialist, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander CCP, Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
Joe Sambono is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures curriculum specialist. He proudly identifies as a Jingili man with Aboriginal family connections throughout NT, QLD and WA. He is an experienced science teacher and his passion is all things science. Joe has a multi-faceted skill set and his experiences are grounded in his Aboriginality, science and education careers and lived experiences as an Aboriginal student. Joe is currently working for ACARA on the AC review.
Carly Jia, Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Carly Jia is a Maluilgal, Meriam and Yidinji woman from Far North Queensland. She is the Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education at the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, and is currently leading the work on Indigenous cultural competency in the Australian teaching workforce.
Zana Bowen, School & Youth Relationship Manager, World Vision Australia
Zana is a proud palawa woman and leader of World Vision’s Teachers for First Nations Education Program, which is now supporting over 1,100 schools across Australia. The Program’s aim is to aid teachers to build more First Nations perspectives into their classrooms and build more culturally capable schools. Zana’s background was in Business Development and Marketing in the corporate sector before finding her passion for Education whilst working as a Teachers Aide.
Alanna Raymond, Narragunnawali: Reconciliation
in Education, Reconciliation Australia
Alanna is a proud Aboriginal Australian from the Tiwi Islands. She grew up and went to school and university off Country on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Alanna is a passionate primary educator and has loved teaching in Queanbeyan on Ngunnawal Country for the last six years. She is humbled and excited to have the opportunity to be a part of the Narragunnawali team, and the wider Reconciliation Australia community, working towards reconciliation in all aspects of life.
Deb Barry, Year Four Teacher and Key Teacher, Aboriginal Perspectives, Padbury Catholic Primary School, Western Australia
Deb Barry, a non-Indigenous teacher at Padbury Catholic Primary School, is passionate about the importance of education in the process of reconciliation. She is the Coordinator of ‘Djooroobidiny’, a whole-school exhibition of learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture and history.
Wednesday 4 November
4:30pm – 5:30pm (VIC, ACT, NSW, TAS), 3:30pm – 4:30pm (QLD),
4:00pm – 5:00pm (SA), 3:00pm – 4:00pm (NT), 1:30pm – 2:30pm (WA)
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