The Loop Summer 2016 Web

IN FAMILY DAY CARE
What if everything you’ve ever learnt was not as
it was taught to you? How would you respond to
finding out that history was not as it seemed?
Who do you turn to, to help you understand the
view, once your worldview has changed forever?
This was exactly where Leanne Fuller, Manager of Isis and South
Burnett Family Day Services, found herself after returning from
a Hidden Histories workshop, which had whet her appetite for
exploring and building connections with the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander community in her local area. Her epiphany
was realising that she had never actually thought about the local
Butchulla people going through a different history to herself and
all its implications.
This was a conversation that had to be had! And finding a tool
that could would work for Leanne’s team of Family Day Care
Educators was key to finding the right resource. Leanne looked
for a tool that would support educators to experience their own
epiphanies - knowing how much it would add to the inclusion
practices within their day to day operating and how much depth
it would give to their already brilliant services, adding context to
their activities with the children in their care.
The other challenge with finding learning and development for
her team, was fitting it into the busy timetables of educators.
With days fully occupied, it was imperative that any ongoing
learning should happen in the evenings to enable full
attendance.
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