MATSITI - CDAA Webinar 23 February 2015 (MATSITI overview)

• www.matsiti.edu.au

• @matsiti

• #ourmobteach

• Facebook.com/ourmobteach

• [email protected]

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MATSITI Background

• National $7.5m project to increase number and professional capacity of Indigenous teachers in Australian schools

• 4 years concluding December 2015

• Indigenous-led management and advice

• 5:1 teacher workforce under-representation relative to students

• UniSA is lead agency (Prof Peter Buckskin)

• Funded by Australian Government (DPMC)

Australian Indigenous teachers at MATSITI forums

1. Research and evidence basewww.matsiti.edu.au/tag/research

2. Funding partnerships with school jurisdictions, education faculties, Indigenous units in schools and universities, advocacy groups (56 projects to date, 70% of budget)www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/projects

3. Attraction and career aspirations strategywww.matsiti.edu.au/tag/attraction

3 Key Outcomes

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying teaching degree

Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander school students

Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander adults

Year 12 completion

Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people teaching in school

Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander people in

post-graduate study

Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander teachers

not employed in schools

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people in school leadership positions

Completed teaching degree

Application for employment (teaching) in schools

Changed

course

Exited

from

study or

teaching

Credit transfer

Negotiated entry

Post-graduate

entry

VET pathways /

Foundation studies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Study

and Career Pathways into Teaching

Governments across Australia have agreed to take urgent action to close the gap between the life outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

Policy framework

National Indigenous Reform Agreement(Closing the Gap) https://www.coag.gov.au/node/145

Teacher workforce profile and education award completions

Teacher workforce research

www.matsiti.edu.au/teacher-workforce-analysis

Teacher education research:Retention and completion(ACDE)

www.matsiti.edu.au/retention-and-completion-teacher-education-research

MATSITI ‘Tier 1’ Partnerships

• Follow My Lead (CDAA)

• Teacher ed – Engagement & Success (ACDE)

• Catholic Education – complete career cycle (NCEC)

• Leadership & mentoring (PAI)

• National Teacher Workforce Dataset (EY)

www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/projects

Title

#OurMobTeach: Promoting teaching as a career of choice

• give something back to my mob• help young people learn & develop potential• make a difference• be role model for the younger generation• have job security to help my family• I had a teacher who inspired me• I had a family member who encouraged me

Why I became a teacher

Focus group findings: www.matsiti.edu.au/market-research

• www.matsiti.edu.au

• @matsiti

• #ourmobteach

• Facebook.com/ourmobteach

• [email protected]

www.matsiti.edu.au/cdaa