Fostering Culturally Inclusive Schools with Pearl Subban

Overview 

Students who feel seen and understood by their teachers and peers are more likely to develop a sense of belonging at school and engage more deeply with learning. 

In this workshop, you will deepen your understanding and working knowledge of cultural awareness and explore practical strategies to create culturally responsive and inclusive learning environments. With a focus on the Outer Gippsland area, you will develop your understanding of cultural responsiveness and its connection to equity, engagement and student learning. The session introduces classroom approaches that support students from culturally diverse backgrounds, while encouraging critical reflection on curriculum silences and systemic barriers that can affect inclusion. 

What you’ll learn

• Build cultural awareness and responsiveness. Equip your teaching with the latest practices in cultural awareness to lead lessons where every student feels safe, supported and included.
• Foster inclusive and culturally safe learning environments. Critically examine curriculum silences, identifying gaps to understand how poor cultural inclusivity impacts student belonging.
• Apply learning to your local settings. Work with practical strategies which can be aligned to your local contexts to identify potential improvement areas in your specific school settings.
• Network with fellow teachers. Learn with educators from across the Outer Gippsland area and gain inspiration from other schools on how to deliver positive cultural awareness. 

Audience

Designed for teachers and school leaders wishing to deepen their cultural awareness and embed culturally safe practices in their school context. This may include: 

• principals
• assistant principals
• leading teachers
• classroom teachers.

School sectors 

This program is available to the following school sectors: 

• Victorian Government
• Catholic
• independent. 

Facilitator

Structure of program

This program consists of: 

•    one full-day face-to-face workshop
•    2 follow-up online check-ins, to support implementation. 

Learning outcomes

Over the course of the workshop, you will: 

•    develop a shared understanding of cultural sensitivity
•    deepen your own cultural awareness and recognise identify areas of improvement
•    understand what a culturally safe learning environment looks and feels like, and why it’s important 
•    critically examine curriculum silences and their effect on sense of belonging and cultural sensitivity
•    identify opportunities to embed culturally safe practices in your classroom and school context.

Attendance requirements

To successfully complete this program, you need to attend the in-person workshop. 

Fees and financial support 

See Fees and financial support for more information.