Wayne Muir

Wayne Muir is a Yorta Yorta/Barkinji man. Wayne has extensive background in Aboriginal education, community development, justice and wellbeing. He offers strong research, evaluation, facilitation and development skills and experience across the diversity of public and community sectors.

Wayne has been involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, justice and community affairs for over 20 years. His roles have included Koori Educator, Statewide Co-ordinator of Koori Adult and Further Education Department of Education, Manager, Aboriginal Education Centre University of Ballarat, Senior Consultant Ingenuity Consulting, Head of School, School of Indigenous Australian People Southbank Institute of Technology and CEO of Community organisations.

Wayne’s community work has included Chairperson, Ballarat Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, Statewide Chairperson, Victorian Aboriginal Community Justice Panels, Member Victorian Aboriginal Justice Forum, Member Committee of Management Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated and Chairperson, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Standing Committee on Indigenous Education.

Wayne holds a number of educational qualifications including: Masters of Education, Graduate Certificate in Management and Diploma of Criminology. He has lectured at University in Indigenous Education, for pre-service teachers (undergraduate and post graduate) and has taught Indigenous Australian Culture. Wayne has also authored and co-authored numerous papers and reports on a range of topics relevant to Indigenous Australia.

Conference presentations, workshops & papers

Aboriginal Early Years Overview, Wannik Regional Reference Group, Statewide ForumDepartment of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne 2010.

Grampians Regional Model, Wannik Principles Conference, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne 2010.

Indigenous Education - Looking Back, Creating Positive Futures, “Productive pathways, successful futures”, Queensland Studies Authority - Senior Schooling Conference,Brisbane 2009.

Indigenous Education – imaging the future, the role of educators.Touching the Future: Building skills for life and work, ACER Research Conference 2008.

Master of Ceremonies 3rd National Indigenous Australian Education Conference, Ballarat 2004.

Panel Member 8th Conference International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE), Melbourne 2003.

The Primacy of the Mother Tongue: Aboriginal Literacy and ESL National Languages Conference Melbourne 2002.

Statewide Regional Koori Education Forum, Melbourne1999 and 2000.

Koori Middle Years Links Conference, Melbourne 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Working with Parents workshop Victorian Koori Educator Conference,Melbourne 2000

Issues in Providing Professional Development for Koori Educators University of Ballarat. Inaugural Research Conference,Ballarat 1999

Enlightenment or Ignorance WorkshopAdult & Community Education ConferenceBallarat 1991.

Lowe S & Muir W (2008)Indigenous Community ProfileCommissioned report for the City of Melbourne.

Lowe S & Muir W (2008) Indigenous Heritage Study BriefingCommissioned report for the City of Melbourne.

Lowe S & Muir W (2008)Indigenous Community Grants a Commissioned report for the City of Melbourne.

Muir W (2008) Halls Gap Community PlanCommissioned report for the Halls Gap Aboriginal Community & Aboriginal Affairs Victoria.

Muir W (2008) Koori Courts Community Consultation Outcomes Report Commissioned report for the Magistrates Court of Victoria.

Muir W (2008)Indigenous Employment Strategy Review The University of Ballarat.

Muir W (2007) RTO Feasibility Study and Business Plan Commissioned for the Yorta Yorta Nations Aboriginal Corporation.

Muir W (2007)Indigenous EmploymentFeasibility Study and Indigenous Employment Plan Commissioned for Western Health.

Muir W & Ryan J (2006)Indigenous Employment Consultation Outcomes ReportCommissioned report for the Victorian State Services Authority.

Muir W & Ryan J (2006)Indigenous Employment: A Way Forward Commissioned report for the Victorian State Services Authority.

Muir W (2006)Feasibility Study and Business PlanCommissioned for the Dubbo Googars CDEP.

Muir W (2005)Centre for Indigenous Education Review The University of Melbourne.

Muir W (2005)Marketing and Communications Plan, Indigenous Employment Strategy The University of Melbourne.

Muir W (2005)Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Guide Indigenous Employment Strategy The University of Melbourne.

Muir W(2005) Key Milestones ReportWur cum Barra, The Victorian Governments Indigenous Employment StrategyOffice of Public Employment.

Muir W (2005) First Triennium Report Wur cum Barra, The Victorian Governments Indigenous Employment Strategy Office of Public Employment.

Muir W (2004)Indigenous vocational education and training policy analysis – contributions to improved Indigenous education outcomesUniversity of Ballarat.

Muir W & Singh A (2004)Improving attendance outcomes for Victorian Koori Students University of Ballarat.

Muir W (2003) Can multimedia strategies engage all students and contribute to improved learning outcomes for Koori students particularly at CSF level 5/6 University of Ballarat.

Muir W (2002)VET Policy Analysis and implementation -contributions to educational equality for Indigenous peoples Victoria University of Technology.

Muir W (2002) Response to Commonwealth Government Review, Teaching and Teacher Education University of Ballarat.

Muir W (2002) Response to Commonwealth Government Review, Higher Education at the Crossroads Achieving Equitable and Appropriate Outcomes:Indigenous Australians in Higher Education University of Ballarat.

Muir W (2002)Aboriginal Education Centre Review University of Ballarat.

Muir W (1999)Indigenous Australians and Information TechnologyUniversity of Ballarat.

Muir W (1998) Response to Commonwealth Governments ReviewAbstudy University of Ballarat.

Muir W (1994)Employing Koories, some cross-cultural issues: A guide to cross-cultural issues for employers Brotherhood of St Laurence.