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What is Multicultures?leadership_quote

The project is based on a framework consisting of three Key Values identified by the student body:

RESPECT, FRIENDSHIP and SHARING

and three Leadership Elements:

1. Managing Yourself
2. Connecting with others
3. Making a difference in the wider world.

About the project:

  • a three-year participatory action research project – 2009 is the third year
    based at Sunnybank State High School, one of the most multi-cultural schools in Queensland
  • a multi-platform approach to community development in a school context
  • uses a range of arts-based activities (eg. drama, music, photography, visual arts) to engage students, teachers, parents, and community leaders
  • addresses a variety of needs identified by the school
  • whole of school approach, with a strong focus on students as future leaders
  • intended to lay the foundation for ongoing community development within Sunnybank SHS, and extension of this work into other highly multi-cultural schools with similar needs
  • a partnership involving Sunnybank State High School, Mt Gravatt PCYC, Brisbane City Council Youth Team, private consultancies, and community organisations

Aims:

1. Create a more cohesive school culture
2. Improve self-esteem and self-awareness for students, encouraging all students to perceive themselves as “leaders”
3. Identify key values the students wish to see demonstrated in their school and enhance the expression of these
4. Strengthen the engagement of parents and the wider community with the school

You can find the reports for each of the projects here: 2007, 2008 executive summary and the full 2008 report.

Check out our videos of the multicultures project: The Multicultures Project (an overview) and Cultural Leaders.

The Multicultures Project 2007 and 2008 from Visible Ink on Vimeo.

Cultural Leaders 2008 from Visible Ink on Vimeo.