Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) and MATSITI Webinar for the CDAA Follow my Lead project

1. • www.matsiti.edu.au
• @matsiti
• #ourmobteach
• Facebook.com/ourmobteach
• info@matsiti.edu.au
www.matsiti.edu.au/cdaa

2. 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)

3. Australian Indigenous teachers at MATSITI forums

4. 1. Research and evidence base
www.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 strategy
www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/attraction
3 Key Outcomes

5. 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
Credit transfer
Negotiated entry
Post-graduate
entry
VET pathways /
Foundation studies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Study
and Career Pathways into Teaching

6. 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

8. Teacher workforce profile and
education award completions

10. 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

11. 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

12. Title
#OurMobTeach: Promoting teaching as a career of choice

13. • 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

18. • www.matsiti.edu.au
• @matsiti
• #ourmobteach
• Facebook.com/ourmobteach
• info@matsiti.edu.au
www.matsiti.edu.au/cdaa