Jenny Buckworth - NTDEET Northern Territory LAMS in the Outback Jenny Buckworth NT NTDEET.

Jenny Buckworth - NTDEET

Northern Territory

LAMS

in the OutbackJenny Buckworth NT NTDEET



LAMS - equitable opportunities to

Northern Territory teachers for the

benefit of all children.


Population (2007)

Australia : 21,000,000

NT : 210 000

• Darwin: 72 000

• Alice Springs: 26 000


Uniqueness of the Territory• Remoteness

• 48% remote or very remote• Population density: 0.1 people/km2

• Diversity of NT Population• 29% < 15 years of age• 29% Indigenous

• Diversity of Students• 40.5% are Indigenous• Nearly 50% live remote or very remote


RemotenessNT Population: 213,800 Land Mass: 1,349,129 km2

NSW Population: 6,875,700 Land Mass: 800,642 km2

1 Person per 10km2 220 People

per 10km2



Numbers

Teachers 3,372

Schools 186

Students 41,879

Education in the Territory

Challenges• Travel Costs• Relief Teachers• Teacher /student turnover: 64.7% • Diversity of student group: language groups


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Getting around . . .







• Infrastructure: • local network • server • workstations 1:10 & teacher notebooks• internet access

• Managed service for all schools:• onsite or remote support for hardware

and connectivity issues.




Additional interface





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