THE 8 WAYS ROADMAP: AN EDUCATORS GUIDE TO CULTURAL INCLUSIVITY

TIPIAC invites you to join The 8 Ways Roadmap: An Educator’s Guide to Cultural Inclusivity, a two day professional learning experience designed to support educators to move beyond intention into confident, culturally grounded practice.

This training is for educators and school leaders across Early Years, Primary, and Secondary settings who want to embed First Nations perspectives in ways that are meaningful, respectful, and embedded into everyday teaching, not added on.

Across our two days together, you will gain clarity, confidence, and practical tools to understand how Aboriginal ways of learning work, and how these pedagogies can strengthen engagement, belonging, and learning outcomes for all students.

What this training gives you

This professional learning supports educators working on any Country. The 8 Ways is a pedagogical framework, not Nation specific content, and guides respectful localisation alongside local community knowledge.

You will learn how to:

• Use the 8 Ways Aboriginal Pedagogy as a planning and teaching framework, grounded in generations of cultural knowledge
• Apply storytelling, land based learning, visual learning, and relational approaches that reflect how knowledge is shared within Aboriginal communities
• Strengthen teaching practice through Uncle Ernie Grant’s holistic framework, connecting Country, identity, and purpose in learning
• Navigate Professor Martin Nakata’s Cultural Interface, building confidence where First Nations and Western knowledge systems meet

Throughout the training, you will yarn, reflect, and practise strategies you can immediately apply in your classroom, school, or organisation.

Why educators choose this training

Educators leave the 8 Ways Roadmap with:

• Clear, practical strategies they can use straight away
• A stronger cultural foundation to guide decision making
• Confidence to embed First Nations perspectives without fear of being tokenistic
• A deeper understanding of their role in creating culturally safe learning spaces

This training supports educators to teach with integrity, build stronger relationships, and create classrooms where First Nations students, and all students, feel seen, valued, and connected.

Your two day learning journey

This immersive experience will support you to:

• Design curriculum that reflects respect for Country and community
• Strengthen professional confidence and cultural understanding
• Reimagine learning through a relational, strengths based lens

Join the TIPIAC team on this learning journey. Together, we move towards an education system where First Nations knowledge systems are respected, cultural integrity is upheld, and every learner can see themselves reflected in their education.