Earlier this year TAFE Western created history when it became the first ever TAFE NSW institute to create a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
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The plan was launched during National Reconciliation Week, and continues TAFE Western’s commitment to improving educational and employment opportunities for Aboriginal students.
To celebrate the overwhelming success of this plan, Lithgow TAFE staff and students as part of the Western institute gathered for a special barbecue on Tuesday at the college.
The barbecue was held simultaneously across TAFE Western’s footprint from Lithgow in the east to Broken Hill in the west.
“The RAP may be less than six months old, but has already had a significantly positive impact on our staff, students and our local communities,” Acting Institute Director Adam Bennett said.
“We’ve really made steady progress both internally and externally in terms of reconciliation.
“We’re working closer with Aboriginal communities, delivering training that’s suited to Aboriginal learners and making a positive change in our own employment programs.”
“It was great to see so many staff get involved in today’s barbecue and really get behind the spirit of reconciliation.”
Five key objectives are identified in the TAFE Western RAP.
They are to improve access to education and training for Aboriginal peoples, literacy and numeracy of our Aboriginal students, education and employment outcomes of TAFE Western Aboriginal students, completion of qualifications by our Aboriginal students; and the careers of our Aboriginal staff.
As part of the plan, TAFE Western also released this humorous version of the RAP RAP, a fun take on an important message, featuring members of the organisation’s RAP Working Party.
