
Name: Steph Hutson
Position: Trusts and Foundations Lead
Email: steph.hutson@teachforaustralia.org
Website: https://teachforaustralia.org/
1/103 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
Our Mission / Objective
Despite our prosperity, Australia’s education system is one of the most inequitable in the developed world. The postcode you’re born in can radically impact your future, determining the type of education you get to access. And without a quality education, our young people are set up for lives of disadvantage instead of opportunity. It’s not their choice; and it isn’t their fault.
Teach For Australia’s vision is an Australia where all children,
regardless of background, attain an excellent education: the key to unlocking their potential, and to enabling them to pursue the life opportunities they deserve.
Our Services
TFA works to confront this educational disadvantage through the two key levers that impact student outcomes: teacher quality and leadership.
Through the Leadership Development Program, TFA recruits, trains, supports and empowers outstanding people from all walks of life to become high-calibre teachers in schools that serve Australia’s most disadvantaged communities.
Successful candidates (‘Associates’) work hands-on in schools while studying their Masters in Education. They are trained and supported to become exceptional teachers who give students the knowledge, skills and confidence to thrive; and challenged to grow into inspiring leaders empowered to drive long-term transformational reform and innovation in education.
Our Beneficiaries
In eleven years, TFA has impacted nearly 300,000 vulnerable students across Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the ACT.
Associates work where they’re needed the most: we partner exclusively with schools serving low socioeconomic communities. More than half of our partner schools are in regional, rural or remote communities. These are regions where educational inequity and disadvantage is often at its deepest and most devastating.
Projects in Progress
Leadership Development Program
Research tells us quality teaching and leadership are major factors in raising student and school outcomes; so we focus on getting great people into classrooms to make a difference.
- We rigorously recruit high-calibre people from all walks of life to join our Leadership Development Program; a unique two-year placement opportunity that sees successful candidates (‘Associates’) work hands-on in schools while studying
their Masters in Education - We train and support them to become exceptional teachers who can give students the knowledge, skills and confidence to realise their potential
- We energise and challenge them to grow into inspiring leaders who are empowered to drive long-term transformational reform and innovation in education.
Our People
Registration Information
ABN
Tax Deductible
How to help us
General Donations
In eleven years, we have placed 949 teachers in 202 partner schools across five states and territories; reaching nearly 300,000 vulnerable students. But we know this represents just a fraction of the students, schools and communities across the country that need a hand.
2020 has shown us more than ever that the work that our teachers do and the value they create – the spark within a child and the future for society – deserves our recognition, appreciation and support.
While schoolyards may be full again, we know the recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 will be slow – and the social, financial and health impacts long-lasting.
With the generosity from supporters, TFA will be able to keep bringing exceptional teachers and leaders to the classrooms that need them, helping to give all Australian students the educational opportunities they deserve.
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Our Mission / Objective
Despite our prosperity, Australia’s education system is one of the most inequitable in the developed world. The postcode you’re born in can radically impact your future, determining the type of education you get to access. And without a quality education, our young people are set up for lives of disadvantage instead of opportunity. It’s not their choice; and it isn’t their fault.
Teach For Australia’s vision is an Australia where all children,
regardless of background, attain an excellent education: the key to unlocking their potential, and to enabling them to pursue the life opportunities they deserve.
Our Services
TFA works to confront this educational disadvantage through the two key levers that impact student outcomes: teacher quality and leadership.
Through the Leadership Development Program, TFA recruits, trains, supports and empowers outstanding people from all walks of life to become high-calibre teachers in schools that serve Australia’s most disadvantaged communities.
Successful candidates (‘Associates’) work hands-on in schools while studying their Masters in Education. They are trained and supported to become exceptional teachers who give students the knowledge, skills and confidence to thrive; and challenged to grow into inspiring leaders empowered to drive long-term transformational reform and innovation in education.
Our Beneficiaries
In eleven years, TFA has impacted nearly 300,000 vulnerable students across Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the ACT.
Associates work where they’re needed the most: we partner exclusively with schools serving low socioeconomic communities. More than half of our partner schools are in regional, rural or remote communities. These are regions where educational inequity and disadvantage is often at its deepest and most devastating.
Projects in Progress
Leadership Development Program
Research tells us quality teaching and leadership are major factors in raising student and school outcomes; so we focus on getting great people into classrooms to make a difference.
- We rigorously recruit high-calibre people from all walks of life to join our Leadership Development Program; a unique two-year placement opportunity that sees successful candidates (‘Associates’) work hands-on in schools while studying
their Masters in Education - We train and support them to become exceptional teachers who can give students the knowledge, skills and confidence to realise their potential
- We energise and challenge them to grow into inspiring leaders who are empowered to drive long-term transformational reform and innovation in education.
Our People
Registration Information
ABN
Tax Deductible
How to Help us
General Donations
In eleven years, we have placed 949 teachers in 202 partner schools across five states and territories; reaching nearly 300,000 vulnerable students. But we know this represents just a fraction of the students, schools and communities across the country that need a hand.
2020 has shown us more than ever that the work that our teachers do and the value they create – the spark within a child and the future for society – deserves our recognition, appreciation and support.
While schoolyards may be full again, we know the recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 will be slow – and the social, financial and health impacts long-lasting.
With the generosity from supporters, TFA will be able to keep bringing exceptional teachers and leaders to the classrooms that need them, helping to give all Australian students the educational opportunities they deserve.