Home tutors on remote stations learn new teaching skills

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A 12-month course offered this year for the first time has been upskilling home tutors working on remote cattle stations in Central Australia. The Northern Territory isolated children's parents association worked with Charles Darwin University to develop the program tailored to the needs of home tutors.

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00:00Wills on the bus go round and round, round and round.

00:07Working with children is a big responsibility and now these home tutors have recognition.

00:12I guess the course is helpful because I've put in this time and now I have something

00:17to show for it at the end.

00:19From first aid to four wheel driving, the course gives tutors practical skills.

00:23It's definitely helped because it helps you understand more practices and ways to go about

00:27things and the best way to manage certain aspects of your classroom.

00:30More than 350 students in the Northern Territory need home tutors, but the positions can be

00:36hard to fill.

00:38It's hoped this training can offer an incentive to stay working in the outback.

00:42Other benefits of the course include the opportunity to help retain staff throughout the year because

00:48they are doing a training program that is sort of 12 months long.

00:52Also creating pathways for new opportunities.

00:55We have such an education shortage in the Northern Territory, so we would love to see

00:59people develop from our classrooms that have a passion for education, go on and become

01:04teachers for our community.

01:06I think it's worked well for us and if it keeps continuing how it has, I'm sure it will

01:11still be a success.

01:12Eight home tutors from Central Australia have been completing the course this year, but the

01:16aim is to grow the program across the whole Territory and the country.

01:20They are a vital part of our industry.

01:23We cannot do what we do, live and work in the bush without support of home tutors.

01:28A proactive solution for rural communities and remote families.

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