Richard Stewart, QLD Transition Support Service – IEBA video interview
Richard talks about his work with the QLD Dept of Education Transition Support Service, which works to support the engagement of young people from remote Indigenous communities with their boarding schools and residential facilities. There is a focus on preparing young people to make the transition to boarding and to stay at school.
Successful remote schools: what are they?
A lecture paper based on the Remote Education Systems (RES) project data about how schools and systems perceive educational “success”. Success in the eyes of remote education stakeholders—and particularly remote Aboriginal community members—is about parent and community involvement in schools, while schools and systems focus on solutions such as quality teachers, attendance, and boarding schools.
Strategies for Remote Education Systems
The Remote Education Systems research project, conducted between 2011 and 2016 focused on finding ways to improve outcomes for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
This report sets out what was achieved by the RES project and how, critically reflects on impact from the work and lists strategies for improvement.
Education in remote and complex environments
This inquiry examined how education meets the learning needs of students in regional, rural and remote communities and how barriers in education can be overcome. 14 recommendations were made around improving access to quality education including subsidised early education and care for Indigenous children, and supported early learning programs.
The logic of boarding for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
The logic of boarding for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: Presentation to the Boarding Australia Regional Boarding Forum, Darwin. 30 May 2018
Study Away Review
Study Away Review – Review of Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary Students Studying Away From Home.
Examines the issues facing Indigenous students who leave home to access secondary school, considers the role of Commonwealth support and identifies gaps in support and service delivery. Summary findings include better preparation for students and families, including preparation beginning earlier, reducing the complexity of ABSTUDY and ensuring the travel safety of students.
Power of education: From surviving to thriving
Report considers the barriers and circumstances that hinder Indigenous students’ education outcomes. Recommendations include Indigenous Boarding, ie establishing a National Indigenous Boarding Strategy requiring boarding facilities to meet agreed standards for the health, wellbeing and cultural safety of Indigenous students and funding boarding facilities to meet these standards.
Study Away Review
Examines the issues facing Indigenous students who leave home to access secondary school, considers the role of Commonwealth support and identifies gaps in support and service delivery. Summary findings include better preparation for students and families, including preparation beginning earlier, reducing the complexity of ABSTUDY and ensuring the travel safety of students