TEACH FOR AUSTRALIA
OUR IMPACT Australian students from low income households are almost three years behind in school than those from high income households. Teach For Australia is a not-for-profit organisation committed to closing this education gap. Our vision is of an Australia where all children, regardless of background, attain an excellent education. Much has been achieved but this is only the beginning.
4
6
jurisdictions
cohorts
67
partner schools
295
placements
3,000 classrooms
5,000
applications
Rigorously recruiting and selecting Australia’s top talent into teaching
95
is the average
ATAR of Associates.
9%
only of applicants meet entry benchmarks, reflecting the program’s highly
selective nature.
30%
increase in applications received in 2014.
49%
of Associates are male, helping to bring gender diversity to schools.
In 2015, The Australian and gradaustralia listed Teach For Australia as the only teaching and education organisation on the list of TOP 100 Graduate Employers.
In 2014, the Australian Association of Graduate Employers ranked Teach For Australia 19th on the list of most aspirational employers, just below Boston Consulting Group.
Principals indicate that they choose to partner with Teach For Australia due to the high quality of Associates, the rigorous recruitment and selection process and the commitment to addressing educational disadvantage.
Placing high quality teachers in schools of high need
100% of Associates
teach in schools serving disadvantaged communities.
100%
40%
of Associates are eligible to teach Sciences and Maths.
of Associates are placed in true vacancies.
Almost
40%
40%
of Associates are eligible to teach English or Languages.
of Associates teach in regional, rural or remote communities.
In 2015, Teach For Australia has
Within our longer term partner jurisdictions, we are currently partnered with
partnered with 52 schools
20% of
across the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, Victoria and Western Australia.
disadvantaged schools.
Achieving outstanding student outcomes and increasing school capacity
75%
of principals find that Associates have a greater or significantly greater impact on student achievement than other graduate teachers after just one year in the classroom.
75%
of Associates demonstrate greater or significantly greater leadership amongst school staff than other graduate teachers after two years of teaching, according to principals.
Principals report that Associates bring high levels of enthusiasm, encourage collaboration and improve student outcomes.
100%
of principals are likely to recommend hiring an Associate to a fellow school leader, with the key reason being the passion and energy that Associates bring to the school.
Principals value the impact that Associates have on other staff via “lifting the bar�, encouraging existing teachers to improve their practice.
Developing highly effective teachers Associates study a Master of Teaching (Secondary) and meet the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership National Professional Standards for Graduate level at the end of the first year of the program and Proficient level upon completion of the two year program.
In 2012, the Australian Association of Graduate Employers awarded Teach For Australia Best Graduate Development Program.
Building a pipeline of future school and system leaders
94% of Associates complete the two year program.
Approximately
70%
of Alumni
remain working within the education sector.
Almost
30% of Alumni are
lead teachers.
2/3
of Associates gain school leadership positions while participating in the program.
Almost 60% of Alumni are currently teaching.
9in10
Associates who finished the program in 2014 are still teaching.
Almost
60%
of Alumni teaching are in school leadership positions.
2 Alumni
are assistant principals.
Based on Teach For Australia program statistics and surveys, where possible across the history of the program, and, in certain circumstances, in collaboration with the Victorian Department of Education and Training, current at March 2015. The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is a major supporter of the Teach For Australia initiative.