Each educator that joins the Koori Curriculum at a retreat will participate in a one on one mentoring session with your host, Jessica Staines.
Jessica Staines is a Wiradjuri Woman, an early childhood teacher and the Director of the Koori Curriculum. Jessica has worked in early childhood for fifteen years for a range of service providers in both urban and regional communities. Whilst working in early childhood Jessica naturally found herself supporting educators to become more culturally aware and confident in embedding Aboriginal perspectives in their program.
In 2018 Jessica was supported by Early Childhood Australia and Educational Experience to take part in the World Forum Foundations Global Leaders Program and she later became the National Representative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Jessica is passionate about Reconciliation, social justice and Anti Bias. Jessica has written for several early childhood journals and texts including “The Anti Bias Approach in Early Childhood”, “The Aboriginal Early Childhood Practice Guide” and "Educator Yarns".