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Areas for action
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Responsibilities
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Policies and guidelines
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- Implement school policies, procedures and practices that do not
discriminate, either directly or indirectly, against any individual or group on
the basis of their race, ethnicity, culture, language or religion.
- Implement initiatives to ensure that all members of the school community
– staff, students, parents or caregivers - understand their rights and
responsibilities in relation to racist behaviour and in contributing towards the
development of schools which value diversity and are free of racism.
- Ensure effective mechanisms are in place for reporting on and responding to
incidents of racism and that all staff, students and parents are aware of the
procedures and how to access them.
- Involve students, parents and community members in policy development and
review.
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Curriculum and pedagogy
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- Implement teaching and learning programs which challenge racist
attitudes and behaviour and increase students’ understanding of the
effects of racism and discrimination.
- Implement teaching and learning programs to increase students’
understandings of Reconciliation, multiculturalism and cultural diversity.
- Evaluate all teaching and learning materials and assessment practices to
ensure they are not biased and are inclusive of the needs of all students.
- Implement teaching and learning programs which address the specific cultural
and linguistic needs of students.
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Training and development
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- Incorporate whole school education programs to counter racism into
school training and development plans.
- Encourage all staff to participate in valuing diversity and cross-cultural
awareness training and to examine their own behaviour for discrimination.
- Promote good practice through supporting staff to share expertise in
strategies to counter racism.
- Encourage teachers to participate in inclusive curriculum training programs
and to critically evaluate their own teaching practice for cultural
inclusiveness.
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Student support and development
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- Encourage the participation of all students on student
representative bodies so that they reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity
of the school.
- Encourage students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds to
participate in student leadership and development programs.
- Provide opportunities for students from all backgrounds to discuss issues of
racism, cultural diversity and Reconciliation
- Provide student support services that are appropriate for culturally and
linguistically diverse groups and information on educational pathways that is
free of cultural stereotyping.
- Promote good examples of student involvement in the development of
successful initiatives to counter racism.
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Parent and community involvement
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- Provide information to parents and community members on their rights
and responsibilities in relation to racism and education to counter racism.
- Draw on community resources and skills in the development of activities to
counter racism, school planning and decision-making processes.
- Use interpreters, translations and community support staff in partnership
with teachers to provide information to parents in a language they understand.
- Encourage the participation of parents and community members of all
backgrounds in all school activities including activities to counter racism,
school planning and decision making processes and representation on parent and
community bodies.
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Monitoring and reporting
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- Investigate and review whole school data and information relating to
the progress of identified groups of students to inform development of teaching
and learning programs.
- Determine responsibilities for monitoring and reporting on racism and the
incidence and resolution of complaints within the school.
- Conduct periodic assessments to determine the effectiveness of parent and
community consultation mechanisms.
- Seek feedback on the effectiveness of education initiatives to counter
racism and report on outcomes.
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