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Introduction to Stronger Smarter: Online Module

The Introduction to Stronger Smarter Learning Online Module examines critical elements of practice in schools working to make a difference in Indigenous education and explores ways to enhance educational outcomes for First Nations students.

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Become a Stronger Smarter practitioner

Our Online Learning module provides an initial introduction to some of the complex concepts and understandings of the Stronger Smarter Approach.  Throughout, we ask you to reflect on your own understandings and capacity to make a difference to First Nations students.   

After completing this module you will begin to: 

  • reflect on and analyse your own collaborative and cultural competence and have a heightened awareness of its impact on developing high expectations relationships 
  • reflect on and analyse the culture of your school or workplace and have a heightened awareness of its impact on enabling student learning, and 
  • understand a range of strategies that can lead to improved outcomes for Indigenous students. 

Receive a certificate of completion

If all elements of the module are completed, this has been assessed as approximately 8 hours of professional learning. 

When you have completed the module, you can apply for a Certificate of Recognition.  You will need to show evidence of engagement with the module through your journal entries. 

The module is an accredited program (8 hours) with the ACT Teacher Quality Institute (TQI). 

Program Outline

The Stronger Smarter approach is about building relationships, genuinely expecting more of ourselves, our communities and our children, and building places of learning where these expectations exist and grow.

Part 1 includes:
• the rationale behind the approach and the beliefs on which the Stronger Smarter approach is based
• the philosophy of the Stronger Smarter approach, and
• the origins of the Stronger Smarter approach.

To successfully embed the Stronger Smarter philosophy into school it is important to understand the impact your school’s culture might be having on students. Is your school culture promoting positive practices that enable students to learn, or is it contributing to negative stereotypes and disabling practices? 

Part 2 includes: 

  • what creates a school culture?
  • what impact the school’s culture might have on students?
  • intercultural understanding
  • understanding the impact of deficit conversations, and thinking about ways to change the conversation.

Reflect on the examples of innovative school models provided in Part 3 and consider how they might apply in your own context. 

Part 3 includes: 

  • the five Stronger Smarter meta-strategies and their purpose
  • the role of the meta-strategies in enacting transformational change
  • the challenges and responses to embedding the meta-strategies into your school environment and culture
  • the next steps to becoming a practitioner of the Stronger Smarter philosophy

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