Wangka Wilurrara
South Australia
Contact us

 

 
Visit each of the community websites to read about the educational opportunities for children in our region - from Pre- School to Secondary education.
Further education for school leavers to mature students is supported through a regional approach - see below.
Spencer TAFE Aboriginal Education, Western Region
Position Aboriginal Education Manager
Contact Patrick Cotton
  Western Region, Ceduna Campus
Location Decres Bay Rd
Postal PO Box 436, Ceduna 5690
Tel (08) 8628 7055
Fax (08) 86287088
Email patrickc@sp.tafe.sa.edu.au

Overview
Spencer TAFE, Aboriginal Education Program Western Region, offers a diverse range of educational training programs to Aboriginal Communities in urban, regional and remote locations spanning from Pt Lincoln in the south to Oak Valley in the far west of Eyre Peninsula.

Aboriginal Education is a leading provider of accessible, quality, equitable education and training that empowers Aboriginal people in attaining independence, recognition and status.

This is achieved by enhancing the skills and knowledge of students for the workplace and life long learning.

The staff of the Aboriginal Education Program, manage and deliver nationally recognized education and training programs, in response to the training requirements of Aboriginal students through the flexible delivery of nationally recognized and accredited courses.
Entry Level Training

 Ceduna Campus: Roxanne Sambo
Scotdesco Campus: Pauline Nielsen
Pt Lincoln Campus: Trudie Gibbs, Jeff Hunter

Entry Level Training Certificates are for people who may not have been at school for a long time or for those who feel they need to upgrade their skills and re engage in education as a foundation to life long learning.

Students are supported in a face to face delivery mode, ensuring a supportive learning environment.
Vocational Certificates have been developed in response to the training needs identified by Aboriginal communities, organizations and industry within South Australia.
These courses provide students with the skills to gain employment in specific areas and may assist them to gain entry into TAFE and University courses.
 
Right:- Roxanne Sambo and Patrick Cotton

Aboriginal Study Centre Program

 Ceduna Campus: Roxanne Sambo
Scotdesco Campus: Pauline Nielsen
Pt Lincoln Campus: Heather Brady

The Aboriginal Study Centre Program is a study method unique to the Aboriginal Education Program. It has been developed by the Program staff for the delivery of Vocational Certificates to remote and isolated communities.
The Aboriginal Study Centre Program involves working from print based packages in community based Study Centres. Lecturer Assistants help students with administrative and study skill support. Lecturers provide subject expertise through daily telephone links and also visit Study Centres once per semester. Students study in a supportive learning environment in their own communities, at their own pace and can transfer from one Study Centre to another should they need to.


 

Conservation and Land Management

 Emu Farm Training Facility Ceduna: Phil Landless, Bill Harman
Oak Valley Ranger Training Project: Phil Landless, Bill Harman
Yalata Trainees: Phil Landless, Bill Harman

The Conservation and Land Management Program is delivered at the Tjutjanaka Worka Tjutja, “Emu Farm” training facility at Ceduna.
Conservation and Land Management training aims to assist participants to develop skills in the conservation and land management industries, including lands, parks and wildlife, natural area restoration, Indigenous land management, weed and vertebrate pest management.
Conservation and Land Management Emu Farm Participants

West Coast Building Initiative

 Ceduna: Patrick Cotton, Peter Hoole
 
The West Coast Building Initiative program is an individual project, designed to address the need for qualified construction workers in Ceduna and surrounding region.
 
Participants entered into a four year contract of training and are currently in the third year of the Certificate III in General Construction, Carpentry.

Right:- Everyone working as a team
The project was made possible by the collaboration of Spencer TAFE Aboriginal Education, Aboriginal Housing Authority, Tjutjanaka Worka Tjutja CDEP, The Department of Workplace Relations, Career Employment Group and Host Employers within the region.
Indigenous Youth Sports Traineeship Project

 Port Lincoln: Barbie Clutterbuck

The project commits to employ a number of Indigenous youth into traineeships within the sports operations vocation over a one year period. Participants are hosted out to schools, sporting organizations or private sector employers.

Crossways Lutheran School Technology

 Ceduna: Patrick Cotton, Michael Pearce

Crossways Lutheran School students, from year seven, eight and nine participate in wood trades technology at the Ceduna Campus. Participants design, make and appraise projects for the school community and construct projects of self choice.


Adult Community Education

 All Areas

Adult Community Education short courses are designed in collaboration with communities, to address emerging training needs to give participants the skills and knowledge required to develop and progress throughout life long learning.