Submitting Your RAP for Review, Approval and Publication - FAQs

Your RAP will be able to be submitted for final review and publication if: 

• You have established your RAP Working Group 

• Completed the Reflection Survey  

• Written a Vision for Reconciliation 

• Added the 14 Required Actions to your RAP, ensuring there is at least 1 future dated Deliverable for each Action.

The RAP Working Group Chairs can submit the RAP to the Principal/Director for approval.  

Only the Principal/Director can submit the RAP to Reconciliation Australia's Narragunnawali team for review. When submitting the RAP, the Principal/Director will be required to confirm:  

Upon submitting the RAP, you will also be required to confirm: 

• Respectful and inclusive terminology has been used throughout the RAP, with consideration of the cultural safety of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people reading the Vision for Reconciliation statement or contributing to its development/review, including representatives from Reconciliation Australia’s Narragunnawali team.  

• Each RAP Working Group member has been given the opportunity to contribute to the RAP’s development, and consent to having their name visible on the final RAP document. Where you have listed any RAP Contributors, these individuals should also have provided consent to their names being visible on the final RAP document.   

• The Principal/Director has reviewed and approved the details in the RAP, including the Vision for Reconciliation, added RAP Actions, and associated Goals and/or Deliverables.  

• The school or service community will commit to all added RAP Actions, with Working Group members ensuring that associated Deliverables remain up to date, even after the RAP has been published.

There is also a section to include an optional note to Reconciliation Australia’s Narragunnawali team. This should be used to explain any context or considerations for the team to be aware of when reviewing the RAP, such as community consultation or community preference for alternate terminology. The RAP – and optional note if entered – will be sent to Reconciliation Australia to assist the review process. The RAP’s Vision for Reconciliation and Acknowledgement of Country statements, as well as a check of Goals and Deliverables, will be completed before publication of the RAP.  

RAP Working Group Chairs can expect to hear from Reconciliation Australia within 4-6 weeks about the RAP’s published status or will receive an email with suggested updates for consideration (mostly in alignment with the Narragunnawali Terminology Guide) before publication. 

Once your RAP Working Group has worked through each of the key steps for developing your RAP, the setup circle on the ‘Your Rap’ Dashboard should show at 100%.   

If not, click the Question Mark icon to view frequently asked questions about each step. If you can see an ‘i’ icon next to the question mark, hover your cursor over the icon for further information about what needs attention.   

• RAP Working Group - Check that you have at least two active members of your RAP Working Group, including a member in the Principal/Director position. You might also like to check if there are any members who haven’t yet accepted their invitation to join the RAP Working Group, or who haven’t yet had their request to join the RAP Working Group accepted by a Chair.    

• Reflection Survey - Check your Principal/Director or Working Group Chairs has clicked the green ‘Complete Survey’ button after all of the RAP Reflection Survey questions have been responded to.    

• Vision - Principal/Director and Chairs can also check that your school or early learning service’s Vision for Reconciliation statement has been entered and saved within the Narragunnawali platform. When refreshing your RAP, an Acknowledgement of Country statement is also required.    

• RAP Actions - Ensure all of the 14 Required Actions are added to your RAP. When refreshing your RAP, at least 1 future-dated Deliverable is also required for each Action.      

Once the setup circle shows 100%, a Chair can click ‘Submit RAP’ and it will be submitted to the Principal/Director to review and approve. When the Principal/Director clicks the ‘Approve RAP’ button, your RAP will then be submitted to Reconciliation Australia for final review and publication.    

Once your RAP has been published by Reconciliation Australia, you will be able to download a published version of your RAP document and poster under the ‘Your RAP’ tab. 

Your school or early learning service will also appear on the Who has a RAP? map. This interactive map resource can be used by schools and early learning services to learn about other visions for reconciliation, and connect with other local schools and early learning services to build networks and communities of practice. 

As your RAP remains public for 12months, you will be prompted to refresh your RAP towards the end of the 12 month period. 

Having your RAP published is a meaningful opportunity to formalise your school or early learning service’s commitments to reconciliation and share these with the wider community. It is also an opportunity to celebrate RAP progress, as well as to hold your school or early learning service accountable to actively taking the next steps on its reconciliation journey. 

Upon a RAP’s publication, Working Group members will also be notified about the opportunity to join in on an online Learning Circle session. Facilitated by the Narragunnawali team, these Learning Circles are designed to support deeper conversation and collaboration in response to RAP commitments, and to build a strong national network of reconciliation in education champions. 

Having a published RAP is also part of the eligibility criteria for the Narragunnawali Awards - an opportunity to share and celebrate your school or early learning service's reconciliation story as part of the only national Awards program that recognises exceptional commitment to strengthening relationships, respect and opportunities in the classroom, around the school or service, and with the community. 

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