TAFE NSW Eora Centre

Diploma of Aboriginal Studies for Professional Practice PART-TIME EVENING
Start Date: 22nd July 2024
End Date: 20th June 2025
Delivery: Monday & Tuesday 5.30pm-8.30pm
Via MS Teams

Diploma of Aboriginal Studies for Professional Practice COMMUNITY BLOCK
Start Date: 16th September 2024
End Date: 13th June 2025
Delivery: 7 x 1 week Blocks - Face to face

Statement of Attainment in Mentoring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People (2 Units)
Start Date: 31st July 2024
End Date: 21st August 2024
Delivery: 4 Consecutive Wednesdays

Certificate III in Mentoring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People PART-TIME EVENING
Start Date: 22nd July 2024
End Date: 26th November 2024
Delivery: Monday & Tuesday 5.30pm-8.30pm
Face to face or via MS Teams

Certificate III in Mentoring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People COMMUNITY BLOCK
Start Date: 5th August 2024
End Date: 29th November 2024
Delivery: 4 x 1 week Blocks - Face to face

Gili Award winner

Ballina Indigenous support worker shines at TAFE NSW Gili Awards 2024

25 June 2024

Bundjalung woman, Ryah Whitby, has been named the 2024 Career Pathways, Aboriginal Languages and Employability Skills Student of the Year at the 34th TAFE NSW Gili Awards.
The TAFE NSW Gili (pronounced Kili) Awards celebrate and recognise the achievements of Aboriginal students and employees who have contributed to Aboriginal communities throughout 2023.

Ryah, who is fuelled by a passion for helping young people, works as an Indigenous Support Worker at St Francis Xavier Primary School in Ballina after successfully completing courses at TAFE NSW Eora.

Ryah’s TAFE NSW teacher, Rebecca Murphy, said she nominated Ryah for the Gili Career Pathways, Aboriginal Languages and Employability Skills Student of the Year Award because of her commitment to the TAFE NSW-Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery (IPROWD) program.

“Ryah stood out to me through her personal growth, stepping up and taking on a leadership role to support her peers,” said Rebecca.

Ryah, 19, was working in a chicken shop in Alstonville, in northeast New South Wales, when she moved to Sydney to join the IPROWD program. She looked to pursue a job in the NSW Police Force Youth Command, but the teachers at TAFE NSW Eora inspired and empowered her to pursue a career in teaching.

“I completed a TAFE NSW Certificate III in Mentoring Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People which gave me enough knowledge and confidence to jump straight into the job I’m now in,” Ryah said. “My goal for next year is to do a Bachelor of Education (Primary).”

According to the Australian Teacher Workforce Survey 6,577 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers were registered nationally in 2020, 57% aged under 40. In the non-indigenous workforce 53% were 40-59.

Rebecca said Ryah faced many personal challenges undertaking the IPROWD program, exacerbated by living away from home. “Rather than giving up, she focused her energy on her TAFE NSW studies and excelled,” said Rebecca.

Supported by dedicated staff, Aboriginal Elders, and community members at TAFE NSW Eora campus, Ryah said she has developed a deeper understanding of her Aboriginal cultural identity and hopes to inspire other young people to challenge themselves to achieve success.

“Everyone at Eora shows so much dedication, support, and guidance,” Ryah said. “I’m now trying to get my sister Mia to enrol so she can learn more about her identity as an Indigenous person and how to connect with country.”
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Eora Cultural Art exhibition is here! Starting on 12 June - 19 June come and see the wonderful artwork by the Cultural Arts students.

Enrolments for our Aboriginal Cultural Arts and Music courses are now open for 2024 - whether your passionate about painting, dance or music this is your chance to dive into a world of creativity ✨

🔗 LINK IN BIO 🔗

Certificate II in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultural arts deadly doors project is completed. Stay tuned for the reveal of this deadly door in the next few weeks.

IPROWD (Redfern) EORA
17th July – 8th December 2023
The Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery Program (IPROWD) supports Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to join the NSW Police Force, Australian Federal Police and/or other Justice and Emergency Service Agencies.
Contact Email: [email protected]

Basic Guitar Classes
Join our Basic Guitar Skills Course and embark on a musical journey that will ignite your passion for playing the guitar.
CLASS IS ON FRIDAYS 9am-4pm at Eora College.
Start Date: 28 July 2023
Term Break: 25 September – 8 October
End Date: 24 November 2023
Contact: Tammy Gordon
E: [email protected]

BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS
Basic Computer Skills will run on Fridays at Eora Campus.
(Students are able to attend any time during the Friday for support)
Start Date: 28 July 2023
Term Break: 25 September – 8 October 2023
End Date: 24 November 2023
Time: 9am-4.00pm
Contact: Tammy Gordon
E: [email protected]