I offer this recommendation and reference for Georgie Mikus, a teacher at the Kunawarritji campus of Rawa Community School. During the 4th term of 2018, I completed an art residency (filmmaking and storytelling) at the Rawa Community School campuses at Punmu in the Great Sandy Desert and Kunawarritji in the Gibson Desert. My residency at Kunawarritji involved storytelling and filmmaking with 17 keen and hardworking students, aged from pre-primary through to 18. The students were eager to learn and make art - lots of it. The culture at Kunawarritji campus is one that encourages the students to have fun as they learn, while still maintaining an excellent level of focus and discipline. The young people are keen to be at school and are very proud of their school environment. By way of example of that pride in place, the students who were involved in making a short documentary about their school and community stopped filming on a number of occasions to ensure the areas they were filming were tidy and free of any litter. They did that on their own intiative. Georgie Mikus has developed a marvelous bond with her students. She engages and encourages them individually and as a group in ways that build their self confidence and creativity. Any drifts towards less appropriate behaviours are dealt with very effectively in ways that maintain self respect and responsibility. Georgie effortlessly dovetailed our art residency into her program and supported what we were doing with supplementary work that kept the student group energised and focussed. Their creative participation and high volume output bear testimony to Georgie's professionalism and leadership. Georgie Mikus was a joy to work with and I am pleased to offer her this recommendation.

I offer this recommendation and reference for Georgie Mikus, a teacher at the Kunawarritji campus of Rawa Community School. During the 4th term of 2018, I completed an art residency (filmmaking and storytelling) at the Rawa Community School campuses at Punmu in the Great Sandy Desert and Kunawarritji in the Gibson Desert. My residency at Kunawarritji involved storytelling and filmmaking with 17 keen and hardworking students, aged from pre-primary through to 18. The students were eager to learn and make art - lots of it. The culture at Kunawarritji campus is one that encourages the students to have fun as they learn, while still maintaining an excellent level of focus and discipline. The young people are keen to be at school and are very proud of their school environment. By way of example of that pride in place, the students who were involved in making a short documentary about their school and community stopped filming on a number of occasions to ensure the areas they were filming were tidy and free of any litter. They did that on their own intiative. Georgie Mikus has developed a marvelous bond with her students. She engages and encourages them individually and as a group in ways that build their self confidence and creativity. Any drifts towards less appropriate behaviours are dealt with very effectively in ways that maintain self respect and responsibility. Georgie effortlessly dovetailed our art residency into her program and supported what we were doing with supplementary work that kept the student group energised and focussed. Their creative participation and high volume output bear testimony to Georgie's professionalism and leadership. Georgie Mikus was a joy to work with and I am pleased to offer her this recommendation.

I offer this recommendation and reference for Georgie Mikus, a teacher at the Kunawarritji campus of Rawa Community School. During the 4th term of 2018, I completed an art residency (filmmaking and storytelling) at the Rawa Community School campuses at Punmu in the Great Sandy Desert and Kunawarritji in the Gibson Desert. My residency at Kunawarritji involved storytelling and filmmaking with 17 keen and hardworking students, aged from pre-primary through to 18. The students were eager to learn and make art - lots of it. The culture at Kunawarritji campus is one that encourages the students to have fun as they learn, while still maintaining an excellent level of focus and discipline. The young people are keen to be at school and are very proud of their school environment. By way of example of that pride in place, the students who were involved in making a short documentary about their school and community stopped filming on a number of occasions to ensure the areas they were filming were tidy and free of any litter. They did that on their own intiative. Georgie Mikus has developed a marvelous bond with her students. She engages and encourages them individually and as a group in ways that build their self confidence and creativity. Any drifts towards less appropriate behaviours are dealt with very effectively in ways that maintain self respect and responsibility. Georgie effortlessly dovetailed our art residency into her program and supported what we were doing with supplementary work that kept the student group energised and focussed. Their creative participation and high volume output bear testimony to Georgie's professionalism and leadership. Georgie Mikus was a joy to work with and I am pleased to offer her this recommendation.