NSW Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship Talk to us Phone us Email us Breadcrumbs Teachers Mutual Bank Community Your Community NSW Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship Overview Overview NSW Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship The Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship supports a teacher to further their understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal education. 2025 Recipient We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship is Catherine Jones, Goodstart Early Learning Kurri Kurri. Study Title: ‘Teaching care(fully) with Country’ Proposed destinations: Australia & New Zealand “For communities, critical place-based programmes have the power to promote equitable success for young children and for the broader community. They can bring communities together in providing positive experiences for their young children.” Pictured left to right: NSW Premier Chris Minns MP, Catherine Jones, 2025 Scholarship Recipient and Deputy Premier, The Hon. Prue Car 2024 Recipient We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2024 Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship is Sally McGrath, Berkeley Vale Public School. Proposed study title: Winhangarra - Hear, think, listen in Wiradjuri language Proposed destinations: Australia and New Zealand “The Scholarship is an incredible opportunity for me as a Wiradjuri woman, to learn my language on country. My proposed research Winhangarra – Hear, think listen in Wiradjuri will add value to the NSW Education curriculum as it aims to understand the creative and innovative pedagogies used for the past 20 years to teach Aboriginal language programs on Wiradjuri Country. My research focus will explore which Key Learning Areas best support the learning of traditional languages given they are intertwined with country and best taught on country through stories, dance and song.” - Sally McGrath 2024 Recipient Yindyamurra-gu Ngurumbang which means Respect to Country in the Wiradjuri language on Wiradjuri Country – Central West NSW Pictured left to right: NSW Premier Chris Minns MP, Sally McGrath, 2024 Scholarship Recipient and Deputy Premier, The Hon. Prue Car 2023 Recipient Michelle Gai Brown, Vincentia High School Study Title: Engaging Aboriginal learners in their journey - What works best Destinations studied: Regional and Remote NSW “My life’s work has been spent supporting the inclusion of Indigenous voices in education and educating leaders, executives and teachers on ways to engage, include and value Indigenous ways and knowing’s in all aspects of Aboriginal education.” - Michelle Gai Brown, 2023 Recipient Pictured left to right: The Hon. Sarah Mitchell, MLC, Michelle Gai Brown, 2023 Scholarship Recipient and former NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet. 2020 Recipient We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2020 Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship is Sabina Armstrong, Walcha Central School. Sabina’s project is Evaluating the effectiveness of teaching and learning. The focus of her study tour will centre on how Aboriginal and TSI young people learn best and are best supported to remain engaged in their schooling and further education. Sabina has travelled to various locations in the Northern Territory to interview Elders and teachers to discuss education methods. Read about some of her insights here. Pictured left to right: Sabina Armstrong, Aboriginal Education Scholarship Recipient; Lee Hancock, New & Emerging Technologies Scholarship Recipient; NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian; and Craig McMahon, Chief Operations Officer, Teachers Mutual Bank Limited. 2019 Recipient The recipient awarded the Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank New and Emerging Technologies Scholarship is Bec Gray, Sydney Secondary College, Balmain Campus. Bec’s project is consistent Indigenous student engagement in an urban high school environment. The focus of her study tour will centre on Indigenous engagement programs used in Australian and New Zealand urban high schools. Bec will travel to various locations in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand. Pictured left to right: NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian; Bec Gray, scholarship recipient and Minister for Education, Rob Stokes.
