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Striving towards asian literacy - Our Journey Thomas Mitchell Primary School *Introduce structure of TMPS- location, size, population, LOTE programs

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focus points 1. Auditing the staff, curriculum and resources 2. Developing an Asian Literate Plan (using the Asia Literate Rubric) 3. Implementing the plan How was the Studies Of Asia developed at TMPS?

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Where are we now and how do we move forward?

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Staff Of Thomas Mitchell Primary School 2010

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auditing the staff background of staff at TMPS (22 different nationalities- other groups consist of Greek, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Welsh...) enrolments matching staff to community employment??? getting parents on side (and keeping them there)

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auditing the curriculum 1. Curriculum wasnt relevant to the community 2. Aim - make it more relevant to Australias position in the world and to our school community 3. Curriculum needs to provide students with an education for the future (global education) 4. Asian Literacy Rotations (whole school) 5. Two languages - Indonesian & Mandarin

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auditing the resources 1. Best Resource - Parents, Students & Teachers 2. Emphasis on a build up/collection of Asian Studies materials 3. Hanban 4. Joy

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Where are we at now? Our progression as an Asia Literate School Our on-going professional development as a whole staff Positive outcomes for our students

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using the asia literate schools guide to recognition as an auditing tool

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Policy & Leadership * SOA (Studies Of Asia) Committee * School policy acknowledges SOA * Whole school embraces diversity with positive attitudes and values

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teacher capacity Our on-going professional development as a whole staff - Raising awareness among staff - Selena Prior (International & Asian Studies PDs), Global Education Officer - Study tours around Asia **Eye-opener (11 staff) - Asia Education PDs - SOA grant - Read and discuss articles about SOA - See Asia in a different light - Visit/s - Indonesian teachers

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Our Language Centre

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student outcomes Catering to the broad needs of a complex and diverse community Beyond Asian languages - Learning involves deep and rich learning tasks and intercultural understandings **Misconceptions about teaching Asian Literacy

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Shau n Tan *History *Interpretations *Media *Writers *Asian Context

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crisis = opportunity