Presentation on proposed workforce data collection strategy be More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative

1. 7/1/2015
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Education workforce diversity
www.matsiti.edu.au

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AGENDA
• Welcome, acknowledgement of country
• Introductions
• MATSITI & school employment initiatives
• Data collection framework(Ernst & Young)
• Proposed data collection process (workshop)
• Questions
• Next steps

3. #Acknowledgement of country

4. MATSITI Objectives
 Increase the number of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander teachers in
Australian schools
 Enhance professional and leadership
capabilities of experienced Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander teachers
 National $7.5m project 4 years concluding December 2015
 Indigenous-led management and advice
 Funded by Australian Government (DPMC)

5. 1000 teachers by 1990
National Aboriginal Education Committee c 1982
www.matsiti.edu.au/1000-teachers-by-1990

6. Australian Indigenous teachers at MATSITI forums

7. 3 National Outcomes
1. Research and evidence to inform investment
www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/research
2. 60 funding partnerships for recruitment & retention
with school jurisdictions, education faculties,
Indigenous units in schools and universities, advocacy
groups (70% of project budget)
www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/projects
3. Attraction and career aspirations strategies
www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/attraction

8. 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
Study and Career Pathways into Teaching

9. Teachers, AIEWs, teaching graduates

10. Teachers, AIEWs, teaching graduates

11. 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

12. 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.
Indigenous education and
employment policy framework
National Indigenous Reform Agreement
(Closing the Gap)
https://www.coag.gov.au/node/145
Halve the gap in employment
outcomes between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous Australians within a
decade (by 2018).

13. National Collaborative Action, 2010
MCEECDYA* will develop a National
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Educator Workforce Strategy to assist
education providers to make progress
towards an equitable ratio of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander staff to
students.
* Now known as the Education Council

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DATA COLLECTION PROCESS
Mike Willett
Director, Enterprise Intelligence
Ernst and Young

15. #OurMobTeach Conference
Register your interest to attend and/or present at
www.matsiti.edu.au/events/ourmobteach

16. Questions?
Next steps?