Community Involvement: The Saibai State School Experience
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to investigate the need for and purposes of parental and community involvement in an Outer Torres Strait Island school, namely Saibai State School, and to explore and report on some of the approaches to community involvement that we have trialled in our school.
If a school is aiming to educate its students for an active role in the society, then it is vital that the school be a living, active part of that society. It is unrealistic for teachers to assume that the school can stay separated from the community but still educate its students in a real and meaningful way.
References
Aboriginal Consultative Group (1975 ): Education for Aborigines: Report to the Schools Commission. (No publishing details.)
Budby J. (1978): Aboriginal and Islander views: Aboriginal parental involvement in education. The Aboriginal Child at School, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 45 –53.
Commonwealth Schools Commission and National Aboriginal Education Committee, (1984): Funding Priorities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education: First Report of the Working Party on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education. Canberra : Commonwealth Schools Commission.
Cunningham L.L., (1985): Leaders and leadership: 1985 and beyond. Phi Delta Kappan, September 1985, pp. 17–20.
Dwyer J. (1977): The philosophy of community education, community schools, community centres. Paper 1 of seminar entitled Community Involvement in School Libraries . Townsville: Townsville and District Education Centre.
Fitzgerald R.T. and Pettit D.W. (1978): Schools and the Community: A Growing Relationship. Burwood, Vic .: Schools Commission.
Gordon I.J. (1972): An instructional theory approach to the analysis of selected early childhood programs . NSSE Yearbook, Part Part II. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.
Grotberg E. (1972): Instructional responsibilities for early childhood education. Early Childhood Education, NSSE 71st Yearbook, Part II. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.
Hill B. (1985): Justifying community involvement. The Primary Principal, 1985, Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 6–10.
Mellor E.T. (1980): Australian Early Childhood Resources Booklet: Parents and Teachers Together–For Children . Watson, ACT: Australian Pre–School Association.
Sergiovanni T.J. and Starrat R.J. (1983): Supervision: Human Perspectives. (3rd ed.) New York: McGraw–Hill.
Torres Strait Islander Regional Education Committee (1985): Policy Statement on Education in Torres Strait 1985. (No publication details.)
