Indigenous cultural competency in the Australian teacher workforce

Together we will make a difference

Thank you to everyone who has so far helped shape the work we’re undertaking to build and enhance the cultural competency of the existing teaching workforce and increase cultural safety in schools.

We’re currently reviewing all the inputs and ideas we’ve received to date from:

• 400+ stakeholders who joined online forums, representing education systems and sectors in every state and territory, Indigenous education experts, and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• 120 experts who joined us for the National Dialogue in May 2021
• 87 submissions to Indigenous Cultural Competency in the Australian Teaching Workforce – Discussion Paper released in September 2020.

Over the next 12 months, we will:

• report on final outcomes and recommended actions with the guidance of AITSL’s Advisory Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
• collaborate with stakeholders on a roadmap to deliver on our commitment to scope and develop a suite of professional learning resources to build or enhance the cultural competency of the existing teaching workforce and increase cultural safety in schools.

You can read more in the Indigenous cultural competency in the Australian teaching workforce - Progress Report.