12.40pm Lunch 1.25pm Keynote Sharon Cooke Wii Gaay Armidale Catholic Education Office – – The Catholic Schools Office, Armidale has developed a program involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across the Armidale Diocese, known as the Gaay” “Wii program. Gaay” is Gamilaraay Language for Child”. This project has operated “Wii “Clever within the Armidale Diocese since 2002. The Gaay” program was developed to culturally and educationally support identified “Wii Gifted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Armidale Diocese. 2.15pm Workshop Breakout 3 a) Alyson Whiteoak Jervis Bay School ACT – – Set within the beautiful location of Booderee National Park and HMAS CRESWELL, Jervis Bay School is a unique teaching and learning environment. Jervis Bay School currently has a 70% Indigenous student population with students coming from Defence Force families, Jervis Bay village and surrounding NSW towns. It is within this context the Booderee Junior Rangers Program has been created. b) Lindsay Donnan and Colleagues Sydney Catholic Education Office – The Integrated Underachievement Model (IUM) uses pedagogical and affective interventions to increase the academic self-efficacy of underachieving students with a special focus on gifted underachieving Indigenous students. Dr. Graham Chaffey’s provision model has had a profound influence on the development of the pedagogy underpinning this model. 3.05pm Keynote Ms Delsie Lillyst and Dr Susan Nikakis Catholic Education Melbourne – This workshop will inform the audience about programs and identification methods currently used in Victorian Catholic Secondary schools. The workshop will focus on models implemented in a number of schools to identify Indigenous gifted students. Latest research will be presented and discussed by all participants.
12.40pm Lunch 1.25pm Keynote Sharon Cooke – Wii Gaay – Armidale Catholic Education Office The Catholic Schools Office, Armidale has developed a program involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across the Armidale Diocese, known as the “Wii Gaay” program. “Wii Gaay” is Gamilaraay Language for “Clever Child”. This project has operated within the Armidale Diocese since 2002. The “Wii Gaay” program was developed to culturally and educationally support identified Gifted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Armidale Diocese. 2.15pm Workshop Breakout 3 a) Alyson Whiteoak – Jervis Bay School – ACT Set within the beautiful location of Booderee National Park and HMAS CRESWELL, Jervis Bay School is a unique teaching and learning environment. Jervis Bay School currently has a 70% Indigenous student population with students coming from Defence Force families, Jervis Bay village and surrounding NSW towns. It is within this context the Booderee Junior Rangers Program has been created. b) Lindsay Donnan and Colleagues – Sydney Catholic Education Office The Integrated Underachievement Model (IUM) uses pedagogical and affective interventions to increase the academic self-efficacy of underachieving students with a special focus on gifted underachieving Indigenous students. Dr. Graham Chaffey’s provision model has had a profound influence on the development of the pedagogy underpinning this model. 3.05pm Keynote Ms Delsie Lillyst and Dr Susan Nikakis – Catholic Education Melbourne This workshop will inform the audience about programs and identification methods currently used in Victorian Catholic Secondary schools. The workshop will focus on models implemented in a number of schools to identify Indigenous gifted students. Latest research will be presented and discussed by all participants.
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