Option 1 – Tristan Brown - 19253507

Essay question
Describe the essential components that can build positive, respectful relationships with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander students and improve retention? Assess how you as a future secondary classroom
teacher may be able to shift your classroom so that it supports Aboriginal students learning, success and
retention. Use key policy documents to support your argument.

Notes
 Needs to tell the reader which aspects of this particular topic you are going to focus in on and
develop your argument around.
 You also need to outline what curriculum area you as a future teacher will providing an
illustration of best practice for.
 You need to make the big links to the key policy documents you are using to develop your
argument around.
 Improving retention literature‐ specifically for Aboriginalstudents.
 Set Text Price
 Successful Practice (2nd edition) (2,782 kb) A further sampler of
 case studies, including some with a focus on school‐community
 partnerships.
 • Some of these strategies are used in Western Sydney and are
 linked to Western Sydney University.
 • Pathways to Dreaming
 https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/schoolsengagement/for_s
 chools/aboriginalandtorresstraitislanderstudents/pathways_to
 _dreaming
 What the Closing the Gap report (2018) states (Chapter 3)
 https://closingthegap.pmc.gov.au/education
 positive, respectful relationships
 How do we develop rapport?
 With communities/families and students
 If you are talking about classroom then the focus is students and if
 we are talking about communities then it is whole school
 (Aboriginal Education Policy and the working with
 Aboriginal Communities Document)
 Classroom needs to make the link to a specific curriculum
 link/activity and/or experience.
 Syllabus
 SSI modules and High expectations
 How will you meet your professional standards/ policy requirements
 as a future XXX teacher.