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Ballarat Learning Centre & District Home Tutoring
The Ballarat Learning Centre (BLC) was established in 1993 by Dr Tony Cree to educate and assist students from the Ballarat district with their literacy skills. Soon after its establishment, Tony resumed his work with the Indigenous Community, having begun it some years before when he worked for a number of mining companies in Western…
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Indigenous Education Training
The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation initiated a training program for potential volunteers and teachers in the Indigenous education sector in October 2014. This training program will see candidates undergo a four week tutorial program and internship to gain the skills, expertise and cultural understanding to become ALF registered tutors. The program involves active work within our…
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Melbourne Learning Centre
For the last 25 years, the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation has been working with Indigenous children and their families in Victoria from its Ballarat Learning Centre. This centre has been an extraordinary success, helping educate and mentor many thousands of children over this time, many of which have gone on to university and employment. This centre…
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Literacy & Heritage Camps
Every year the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation conducts a number of Literacy and Heritage Camps. These camps benefit hundreds of Indigenous children and family members throughout Victoria. The camps are conducted in Ballarat and surrounds, Gippsland, and Melbourne. The camps provide a fast-track intensive literacy learning program for some of the most struggling students in our…
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Books for Learning
Simply, we couldn’t imagine a child without books to read. It is recognized that exposure to books in early childhood is a key indicator for literacy success. The Books for Learning program provides literacy resources to help enhance reading and learning at home by encouraging children to read, and also parents to read with their children.…
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Healthy Living Series
The Healthy Living books series © is a set of four early reading books that have been especially written and designed for young Aboriginal children. Using the phonics method, these books are set in the Australian outback, Aboriginal characters in each book explore themes related to healthy and happy lifestyles. Each book features beautifully painted and…
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Attain
The Attain Progam (formerly Reach for the Sky) was designed and deployed first in 2013 by our founder Dr Tony Cree. The program which was crafted with the special needs of Indigenous boys in mind, has been a great success. Despite its nature as an educational program, this program also provides an aspirational platform of…
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Digital Literacy Hub
Home > Our Programs > Digital Literacy Hub The Digital Literacy Hub (DLH) project aims to bring to one interactive, digital platform a range of assets; networks; libraries; schooling resources; tools and portals that will make the educational experience of our Indigenous students and their families a much easier and more interactive one. This rich learning environment will make…
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ASPIRE – Girls Program
ASPIRE – Girls Program Home > Our Programs > ASPIRE – Girls Program The Aspire Program is an aspirational program of academic tutelage and personal mentoring, which has been built to advance the education and life possibilities of young Indigenous girls. The Aspire program runs throughout the year and regularly brings together groups of Indigenous girls aged between 8 and…
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Distance Education Program
Home > Our Programs > Distance Education Program We are often contacted for tutorial assistance from concerned parents and guardians. Sadly, our face to face tutorial work cannot extend far beyond Melbourne and Victorian regional centres. Partnering with NeedaTutor.com.au we are seeking to extend far beyond. Founders Bronwyn Covill and Michele Leyet have been dedicated exploring the use of…