In recognition of the importance of cultural inclusion in responding to and celebrating the diverse needs of the Victorian Community, fka Children’s Services (fkaCS) is privileged to be included on the menu of evidence as part of the Victorian Governments School Readiness initiative.
Support Available
Our School Readiness Program packages of support afford us the opportunity to work alongside Kindergartens to design a program of work that will support their needs and those of the children and families in their community.
fkaCS offers a holistic program of support that covers:
We work with kindergartens to apply critical reflection and thinking to practice at:
Packages and Costings
fkaCS appreciate timelines are short for kindergartens submitting Annual Plans, so a series of Cultural Inclusion Support Packages have been designed. We recommend that Kindergartens consider the outcome they are working towards in regards to their culturally inclusive and responsive practice, have an idea of the amount of funding they are willing to commit to fkaCS support packages and speak with an fkaCS Practice and Pedagogy Consultant who can unpack your needs and design a program of work that meets these.
There are no travel costs associated with our programs of support, and in cases where onsite support is not available, all fkaCS support can be transitioned online.
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Programs under this menu item are designed to support kindergartens develop and embed a cultural inclusion strategy to ensure their pedagogy and practice respects multiple ways of being and understanding, and children are supported in learning English as an additional language.
fkaCS will work with each kindergarten service or group of services to develop an agreed program of support that may include one or more of the following supports:
Package 1: $1,512.50
Package 2: $3,025.00
Package 3: $4,537.50
Package 4: $6,050.00
Bespoke Packages: If you have an amount that doesn’t align to the above pre-priced packages, we can design a program to meet your funding allocation.
Prices are for support to be delivered in 2023. We still have some 2022 packages available. If you would like to discuss 2022 support, contact our consultants on 03 9428 4471 or email culturalinclusion@fka.org.au.
Under this menu item services can develop a library of bilingual or foreign-language books to support bilingual and multilingual children's literacy development, engage in facilitated learning about supporting multilingual literacy in the learning environment and become fkaCS members and access our Multicultural Resource Centre for access to a range of resources and books on a rotational basis. Services can select to engage in facilitated learning to support building their capacity providing language and literacy environments.
Package 1: FREE
Includes a list of recommended bilingual and foreign language booksellers
Package 2: $250.00
fkaCS membership, allowing access to exclusive fkaCS member resources, discounted attendance at fkaCS training and events and access to the Multicultural Resource Centre (MRC) lending library. fkaCS' membership runs from July 1 through to June 30 each year.
Package 3: $450.00
fkaCS membership and a Multicultural Resource Centre Outreach Program that supports services by providing a rotational library, where a range of library resources are sent directly to the service four times per year.
Package 4: $1,815.00
Engaging in Emergent Literacy with Multilingual Children' Includes:
Prices are for support to be delivered in 2023. We still have some 2022 packages available. If you would like to discuss 2022 support, contact our consultants on 03 9428 4471 or email culturalinclusion@fka.org.au.
The fkaCS Cultural Inclusion Reflective Practice Toolkit provides kindergarten services with resources that support reflection on culturally inclusive and responsive practices.
The Cultural Inclusion Reflective Practice Toolkit includes 20 provocation cards to support teachers to reflect-for-action and instigate changes in practice that builds on their capacity to deliver kindergarten programs that are culturally inclusive and responsive to the learning community participating in the kindergarten context. The provocation cards included in the toolkit can be used as a group reflection tool in staff meetings or individually as part of educators’ ongoing critically reflective practice. fkaCS will facilitate a 1.5-hour learning session, using a train-the-trainer model, to demonstrate how to use the provocation cards and toolkit effectively.
$605.00
Prices are for support to be delivered in 2023. We still have some 2022 packages available. If you would like to discuss 2022 support, contact our consultants on 03 9428 4471 or email culturalinclusion@fka.org.au.
The fkaCS Orientation and Engagement Kit is a resource that aims to build the capacity of early childhood services to support all children and families develop a genuine connection to the early childhood service at the time of orientation. The resource is designed to equip educators with skills to facilitate families and children to share their identity and culture as well as build an understanding of the kindergarten service context.
The base package includes:
$4,235.00
Optional Add on’s (Incl. GST):
*This service includes the printing of both social scripts, where 60 social scripts printed would consist of 30 copies of the ‘All About Kinder’ Social Script and 30 copies of the ‘All About Me’ Social Script.