Aboriginal inclusion

Partner Services must provide a welcoming and Culturally responsive preschool program for Aboriginal children and families.

Partner Services must have initiatives in place that demonstrate their commitment to supporting Aboriginal Cultural Safety of the children, families, and staff in their services. These should be reflective of their size and community.

This commitment must be visible to the local Aboriginal Community and for the broader community on the Service’s website as well as on site. It could include actions such as:

• developing a Reconciliation Action Plan, or alternative commitments relative to the size of the service
• active engagement with local Aboriginal Elders and the local Aboriginal Community
• policies and practices promoting diversity and anti-racism
• employing Aboriginal teachers, educators and support staff
• special Community days or events
• visible indicators to welcome Aboriginal children and families, such as displaying Aboriginal flags, Aboriginal resources and/or artwork by Aboriginal artists
• engagement with the local Aboriginal Community members to guide, advise and support Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and being and language priorities, and/or
• celebrating Culturally significant times such as NAIDOC, Reconciliation Week and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day.