What is the rationale for introducing the Teach for Australia program?
Teach for Australia provides an opportunity for schools in Victoria’s most educationally challenging communities to benefit from high-calibre teaching recruits. The program targets top university graduates from all backgrounds and experiences with demonstrated leadership skills, and specifically those who would not otherwise have considered teaching. Teach for All is well established internationally, and there is an increasing volume of evidence for its success. In April 2009, Minister Gillard, Premier Brumby and Minister Pike publicly launched the Australian program in Melbourne. Victoria played a leading role in developing the program, and will be the first state to recruit Teach For Australia associates to work in government schools. The Teach for Australia program is one of a suite of broader system improvement initiatives taking place. It is one of the workforce reform commitments made in the 2008 Blueprint. Collectively, these initiatives will contribute to improving the quality
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