Diamond Spirit Educate is a school-based program that build culturally safe and supported learning environments to improve academic and post-school outcomes for First Nations girls and young women in Years 7-12. Diamond Spirit Educate strengthens students' emotional engagement and focuses on enhancing the attitudes and feelings students connect to, and associate with, their learnings and futures.
Diamond Spirit Educate features four focus areas:
- Cultural connection
- Retention, employment and pathways
- Leadership and confidence
- Netball as a vehicle for health and wellbeing outcomes
Diamond Spirit Educate is aligned with priorities outlined in the Department of Education's Every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student succeeding strategy: Connection to culture; high expectations; and Meaningful pathways.
Diamond Spirit Educate activities delivered across the four focus areas include:
- Induction/orientation event
- Capacity building sessions and workshops
- Camps
- Student success planning
- Career site/University campus visits
- Parent and community engagement
- Incentive rewards days
- Netball clinics
- Diamond Spirit Ambassador program
Diamond Spirit Educate is an important reconciliation activity guided by a Diamond Spirit Educate Community Advisory Group and NQ's First Nations Advisory Group. For more information about Diamond Spirit Educate contact Autumn Pierce, Head of Inclusion, on autumn.pierce@netballq.org.au or 0466 038 056.
Diamond Spirit Educate is proudly funded and supported by the Queensland Government and currently delivered in partnership with Bremer State High School in Ipswich.