• Strengthening harmony and building resilience in school communities: Advice for schools (PDF 267 KB) provides advice to schools about building and maintaining school community harmony and includes suggested responses for managing community disharmony.
• Cultural inclusion – the department’s webpage exploring culturally inclusive practice at the whole school level.
• Supporting Aboriginal Children – the department has partnered with the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) to develop a range of resources for services that provide early childhood education and care to Aboriginal children.
• Re-imagining Evaluation: A Culturally Responsive Evaluation Framework – this framework highlights the importance of centring Aboriginal students, their families, and their communities at the heart of evaluation methodology and processes.
• Building a culturally responsive Australian teaching workforce – the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership toolkit and report providing resources to support the cultural responsiveness of teachers and leaders to enhance their teaching practice.
• Calendar for cultural diversity develops awareness of significant dates of cultural and religious significance for the school community.

Refugee Student Education Advisor: 02 7814 3796

• Supporting refugee students webpages provide information about students from refugee backgrounds and available support.
• The Refugee Student Counselling Support Team provides support for schools through advice, tailored professional learning and targeted support in complex cases.
  • Phone: 1300 579 060
  • Email: refugeesupportteam@det.nsw.edu.au

• Racism. No Way – a national anti-racism education website that is managed by the NSW Department of Education on behalf of all Australian schools.
• Anti-racism Professional support – a range of professional learning opportunities in anti-racism, multicultural education and intercultural understanding are available for school staff, students and community.
• Racism. No Way – webpage on religious discrimination.

EAL/D education webpages provide an overview of EAL/D learner support including delivery and funding.

• Henry Parkes Equity Resource Centre has a large collection of materials to support schools. These include resources for trauma, resilience and wellbeing including specialist counsellor resources.
  • Email: EquityResourceLibrary@det.nsw.edu.au
  • Phone: 02 8808 1177

• Engaging communities – information about family-school partnerships, examples of practice, research, resources and professional learning to promote positive community relations with parents from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Reconciliation in education – Narragunnawali supports schools and early learning services in Australia to develop environments that foster a higher level of knowledge and pride in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions.
• Interpreting and translations webpages provide guidelines on how to use an interpreter for interviews, including information about funding for interpreting, and translations of important information and documents.