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Leading 21
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Engage with Asia

Induction Program

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Aims of Induction Program

Aims

Participants will:

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Understand why it is important for their school
community to engage with Asia

Be introduced to the rationale and the intent of the
National Statement for Engaging Young Australians
with Asia in Australian Schools

Be introduced to the 3 stages of Awareness, Audit
Curriculum and Develop Curriculum

Consider ideas for raising awareness in their own
school setting.

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National Statement

Knowledge and understanding of Asia and
Australias relationship with Asia make an important
contribution to building the social capital of our
nation: enriching Australians social, creative and
intellectual development by extending their skills,
vocational opportunities and aspirations; and
developing an understanding of themselves, their
own society and the richness of human experience.

National Statement, page 4
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4 Key Reasons to Engage With Asia
Being good neighbours and responsible global citizens

Harmonious Australia

Creative Australia

Prosperous Australia

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Module 1:
The importance of engaging young
Australians with Asia
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Module 1: The importance of engaging young
Australians with Asia
Module delivery plan
Step 1: The importance of Asia globally
Step 2: The implications of the National Statement for
leaders and schools
Step 3: What might an Asia engaged school look like?

Aims
To develop the capacity of participants to:

understand the significance of Asia
understand the key messages contained in the National
Statement
explore the implications of the National Statement for
school leaders and schools
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New economic world order
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NZ, US and UK have Asian education initiatives
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Implications of the National Statement
for school leaders
Personal reflection
Draw on the National Statement and your experience
to consider the implications of the statement for you as
a school leader. What might you need to do?
Jot down your thoughts in point form

Share reflections
In groups of 3-4 share your thoughts
Combine the teams thoughts into a consolidated list
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Curriculum activity in an Asia-engaged school


State or Territory education priorities / curriculum
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Learning from others
Aims

Participants will:


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Learn of good practice undertaken by schools

Gain an understanding of key strategies to audit
curriculum, resources and expertise

Identify possible change strategies


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Framework for Moving Forward
AACDC
Awareness

Audit Curriculum

Develop Curriculum
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Reflections

In secondary schools (Page 10)

In primary schools (Page 7)

Early days (Page 13)

Making a commitment real (Page 14)

The small school (Page 15)

What do you take from this story in terms of the Awareness,
Audit the Curriculum, Develop the Curriculum processes?

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Auditing the Curriculum
Rank their schools Asia-literacy

Investigate audit tools

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Aims

Participants will:
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Continuity for Stages of School
Development
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An Asia Literate school can be summarised as: -
The school community acknowledges the place of the Studies of Asia and Australia (SOAA) in the school documents and has a policy of
incorporating these studies across learning areas in accordance with the National Statement on Engaging Young Australians with the
Studies of Asia in Australian schools.
POLICY
*Audit curriculum, resources and staff
to identify baseline and identify areas
for improvement.
*School action plan being developed by
an interested group of educators using
the National Statement as a guide.
*There is a school action plan to
implement the SOAA as set out in the
national statement and it is being
implemented.
CURRICULUM
SOAA is delivered in small, occasional
unrelated tasks.
SOAA occur in some learning areas
presented through various topics.
SOAA are sequential and inter-related with
multiple entry points for students.
The curriculum has some Asian content or
stand-alone Asian studies.
SOAA is found in several learning areas
and year levels.
The curriculum reflects the integrated
scope & sequence of SOAA across the
learning areas and the year levels.
IMPLEMENTATION
Some teachers working in an isolated
approach in some learning areas or across
the curriculum.
Some teachers working together in learning
areas or year levels across the curriculum
or year levels.
There is a team commitment to a whole
school, across the curriculum approach to
the SOAA.
STUDENT OUTCOMES
Student learning is typically around food,
flags, festivals and folktales of Asia.
Student learning develops positive values,
attitudes and skills enabling them to
develop intercultural understandings of and
about Asia.
Student learning involves deep and rich
learning tasks and intercultural
understandings.
Features of an Asia-literate school
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Developing the Curriculum

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Aims

Participants will:

Be introduced to a policy based strategy and resources
for building a sequenced inclusion of Asia in
English/SOSE/Arts curriculum

Understand policy underpinnings for the Studies of Asia

Examine the Asia Scope and Sequence documents in
the Toolkit to show how Asia-literacy can be mapped in
existing curriculum

Note supporting websites and resources


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Curriculum Corporation
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http://www.curriculum.edu.au/ccsite/
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Asia Education Foundation
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http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/default.asp
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Victorian Asia Wikisite
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https://studiesofasia.wikispaces.com/
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Auditing
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What will I audit?
What tools will I use?
Who will carry out the audit?
When will it be completed?
What does it tell me?
What are my next steps?
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What is an Asia-Engaged School?
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Pg 5 Teacher and school Resource
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Actions/Timelines
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Action By.
End of today
End of 2009
PD days term 1/2010
1
st
network meeting
End term 1/2010
End semester 1/2010
2
nd
network meeting
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Networks
Establish a minimum of two meeting dates
(By March 2010 and September 2010)
Appoint a contact person
Decide a venue
Ideas for discussion
What have you achieved (AACDC)
Advice, speakers
Accessing support programs
What next

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What to do Next
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Awareness Speak to your community about
the need for Asialiteracy in a broad context.

Audit the curriculum (people and resources)

Develop the curriculum (put a plan of action into
motion)

Attend 2 L21CSV principal meetings

Access the support programs for your staff