Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Indigenous Education Centre

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Acknowledgment to Country On behalf of all present, I would like to acknowledge and pay respects to the original custodians of this country we are meeting on today, the Wurundjeri peoples. I pay my personal respects to the existing family members of the Wurundjeri. I also pay respects to Elders past and present.

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Encouragement/Engagement The birth of the IEC

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Engagement Gunung-Willam-Balluk Indigenous Education Centre The Indigenous Education Centre is appropriately named after the traditional custodians of the land on which the centre is located, the Gunung-Willam-Balluk which is a family clan of the Woiwurung language community/tribe. The late Uncle Norm Hunter, who was a respected and prominent Gunung-Willam- Balluk elder, was pivotal in developing the ground work for the creation of the IEC. Womin-jeka (Welcome) “On this land, our mother, we stand, together as one, your footprints are now mixed with those of my ancestral past. The oldest, most ancient spiritual footprints left on terra firma and the land of the Woiworung community and their family clans “ Uncle Norm Hunter “Wonga” Respected elder of the Gunung-Willam-Balluk 19 April 2004

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Encouragement/Engagement Course offerings in 2010 Originally there were 3 courses offered…. We now offer 22 courses Building And Construction Certificate II in Building and Construction (Bricklaying, Carpentry, Painting and Decorating) Business And Clerical Certificate I, II, III & IV in Business Diploma of Business Governance (Second semester) Community Services Certificate III Community Services (Youth Work) Certificate IV in Community Services (Protective Care) Teaching / Training Certificate IV in Training and Assessment Information Technology Certificate I & II in Information Technology (IT) Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning VCAL – Foundation, Intermediate & Senior Levels Visual Arts Certificate I, II, III & IV in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts (for Indigenous Australians) Music Certificate II & III in Music Horticulture Certificate II & III in Conservation and Land Management

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level IEC’s Growth (2000 – 2009) Number of Student Contact Hours

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level IEC’s Growth (2000 – 2009)

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Yering-Garrine Indigenous Employment Strategy Kangan Institute have in place an Indigenous Employment Strategy called Yering- Garrine (Woiwurrung word for Independent / free) is a unique strategy in a TAFE setting targeting 2% Indigenous Employment within the Institute. Kangan Institute in 2000, employed 3 Indigenous Staff…. we now employ 35 to 40 Indigenous staff working as teachers, managers, senior educators, tutors, business development officers and trainees. Our traineeship program employs 10 trainees per year and places each trainee into various departments across the Institute. The program has been a tremendous success with an overall retention rate of 85% for trainees for the past 4 years (see photo).

Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Yering-Garrine Indigenous Employment Strategy KI Department liaison – Indigenous trainees placed eg Corporate Finance, IEC, Facilities, Security, HR, Childcare, Nursing, Automotive Mentor Support – 1 mentor to 2 trainees ratio Regular monthly lunch meetings involving mentor and trainee Cultural Awareness Training Off the job support ½ to full day study Enrolled at IEC mostly Tutorial support Indigenous Traineeship/Employment Coordinator