COHORT
20
20
132 ASSOCIATES
BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSOCIATES TO
949
MEET THE ASSOCIATES
TOP 3 REASONS FOR APPLYING: • Belief in Teach For Australia’s vision to address educational disadvantage • A career in teaching • Opportunity to be challenged, with responsibility from day one
41% 55% 4%
identify as male identify as female identify as gender diverse or incongruent, or did not specify
helping to bring GENDER DIVERSITY to the teaching profession.
28%
come from a RURAL OR REGIONAL background.
ALL Associates have a university degree and
36%
HAVE AN ADVANCED UNIVERSITY DEGREE.
64% Bachelor’s Degree
Diploma 7% Graduate or Certificate
Degree 8% Bachelor’s with Honours
11% Master’s Degree
10% Doctorate
32%
68%
are joining directly from university and
are young professionals and career changers.
The cohort holds an average ATAR of 89.
40% are eligible to teach
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING or MATHEMATICS and about
1 IN 5 are eligible to teach
MATHEMATICS or PHYSICS.
OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
Cohort 2020 Associates will teach across
74 SCHOOLS all serving low socioeconomic communities, including 20 new partner schools.
19 ASSOCIATES 12 schools in the NT
36 ASSOCIATES 23 schools in WA
57 ASSOCIATES 28 schools in VIC 20 ASSOCIATES 11 schools in TAS
48%
13%
teach in
teach in
REGIONAL
REMOTE
areas
areas
39% teach in
METROPOLITAN areas
OF THE ENTIRE COHORT...
39% MOVED INTERSTATE TO TEACH
COHORT 2020 WILL TEACH OVER
20,000 STUDENTS
DURING THE TWO-YEAR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WITH OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, WE SEEK TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS: achieve significant academic growth; experience increased access to opportunities; develop positive attitudes and beliefs about themselves and learning; and develop aspirations, interests and excitement that propel them forward.
OUR VISION IS OF AN AUSTRALIA WHERE ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND ATTAIN AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION. TeachForAustralia Teach For Australia TeachForAU @teachforaustralia
The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is a major supporter of the Teach For Australia initiative.