FELIKS - Fostering English Language in Kimberley Schools - A Professional Development Package for Primary Schools.

Abstract

FELIKS (Fostering English Language in Kimberley Schools) is a Catholic Education Office initiative having its beginnings in the early eighties when the need to teach English as a second language to Aboriginal students in the Kimberley was recognised. The professional development package, designed and successfully trailed by the Language Team members of the CEO Kimberley Region, is targeted at classroom teachers, Aboriginal Teaching Assistants (ATAs) and Aboriginal community members.