Teaching program chalks up achievement
Forty-two of Australia’s best and brightest university graduates have completed their initial training under the Teach for Australia program and are about to begin teaching in schools.
Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett congratulated the Teach for Australia associates who would begin teaching in Victorian and ACT schools this term.
Ms Gillard said Teach for Australia was an education program that offered intensive training and support for top university graduates who then went on to teach in disadvantaged schools for two years.
She said during this time the associates continued to study while they completed their teaching qualification.
The first group of Teach for Australia associates, who commenced last year, were currently teaching in 13 Victorian Government secondary schools.
Ms Gillard said the research was clear that teacher quality was a critical factor influencing students’ success in the classroom.
She said the Teach for Australia program was part of the $550 million Smarter Schools Quality Teaching National Partnership to attract, train, place, develop and retain quality teachers and leaders in schools and classrooms. know More on Study in Australia
According to the Prime Minister, the 42 Teach for Australia associates who completed intensive training at the University of Melbourne were chosen from 750 applicants from across Australia.
She said Teach for Australia and the University of Melbourne would continue to support the associates through mentoring and support from clinical specialists, leadership and training advisors, business mentors and experienced teachers.
She said of the 42 associates, 37 would be teaching in Victorian Government and a Catholic schoool, and five would teach in the ACT.
On successfully completing the two year program, participants would be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching
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