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Welcome
Welcome to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early
Childhood
Sector Advisory Group Inc. (ATSIECSAG)
CORE WORK
The New South Wales Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early Childhood Sector Advisory Group Incorporated (ATSIECSAG Inc.) sponsors the Aboriginal Early Childhood Services Support Unit (AECSSU). The AECSSU is currently funded by the Department of Education, Science & Training (DEST), to work with a number of early childhood services, specifically those funded by DEST around the State.
AECSSU also has one off projects to develop resources on culturally appropriate programs and training information.
Since its inception the ATSIECSAG Inc. has developed a professional profile with Government funding bodies and other agencies on matters relating to early childhood issues in relation to Indigenous children.
The AECSSU employs one Executive Officer, one Administration Officer and one part time Project Officer.
The AECSSU has an aim in common with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's services, to promote the educational development of the children through provision of high quality early childhood programs. Programs must be culturally relevant to the children and enhance their self-esteem through the reinforcement of their cultural heritages. Services support involves working with staff of the services as well as with the management committees and the communities. Support activities range from consultancy on programs and policies, the provision of training to staff committees, resourcing and problem solving within the services.
CORPORATE WORK
The AECSSU often works after hours or on weekends offering in-services and workshops to all types of services and organisations. The workshops are run at a cost, for details of these costs please contact the AECSSU directly.
We can run in-services and workshops on the following areas:
- Aboriginal Early Childhood Perspective's
- Aboriginal Music and Dance
- Art & Craft
- Otitis Media and Conductive Hearing Loss Its Educational Implications
- Aboriginal Language/ Languages & Aboriginal English
- Developing an Aboriginal Policy
- Transition for Aboriginal Children
- Stolen Generation
- Writing Stories to Tell
We can also develop a workshop to specifically meet your needs, and all workshops have an early childhood focus.
Through this work we are hoping some mainstream organisations will develop their Aboriginal programs and hopefully access more Aboriginal children and, or show sensitivity to their needs.
The AECSSU also has some Aboriginal Early Childhood specific resources available for sale. Contact the AECSSU directly for more details and information.
All money from in-services, workshops and sales go back into the AECSSU to purchase and update equipment and resources and to provide up to date and relevant information.
PROGRAM
- Developing preschool routines and children's daily programs.
- Developing policies and philosophies.
- Developing children's developmental records and formats.
- The role of records in the planning process.
- Promoting the language, literacy and numeracy needs of the children and developing individual strategies to encourage these.
CULTURAL PROGRAM
- Identifying strategies already used for promotion and understanding of Aboriginality both contemporary and traditional.
- Facilitating staff discussions on other possible strategies.
- Promoting Aboriginality in the day to day program.
- Discussing Aboriginality of the program with parent and community groups.
- Promotion of Aboriginal Perspective's in mainstream services.
- Language / Languages or Aboriginal English promotion and integration.
MANAGEMENT
- Philosophy and policy development.
- Promoting organisational communication process.
- Discussion on the preschool as an organisation.
- Training on roles of the various positions of the committee and overall responsibilities.
- Aboriginality and the program.
- Understanding the service and licensing processes.
- Raise awareness of DEST funding and the performance indicators the service must meet.
- Referrals to other support agencies.
COMMUNITY
- Raising awareness of early childhood issues and early childhood education.
- Training on cultural aspects of the program.
- Chairing Annual General Meetings.
- Presenting Training.
- Networking with local community organisations.
STAFFING
- Training, advice and support role, organisation communication processes.
- Staff communication processes.
- Facilitating staff meetings.
- Preparation of staff advertisements.
- Staff selection processes.
- The use of Section 14D of the Anti Discrimination Act and Aboriginality of the Director.
- Raising awareness of DEST Performance Indicators.
- Running budget development.
- Encourage transition programs.
- Support knowledge acquisition on health issues and their educational outcomes.
Enmore
NSW 2042