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