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#OURMOBTEACH| 16 June 2016More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative

WHERE TO NEXT ?MATSITI: Sustainability and legacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and employmentProfessor Peter BuckskinProject Director

Dr Kaye PriceResearch Associate

Professor Paul Hughes Research Associate

www.matsiti.edu.au

Image courtesyKaurna Plains School

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Workshop contents• Evidence & data• MATSITI: key achievements• MATSITI: Evaluation findings• Successful ITE & employment models• Next steps

MATSITI Objectives1. Increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander teachers in Australian schools2. Enhance professional and leadership

capabilities of experienced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers

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www.matsiti.edu.au/teacher-interviews

MATSITI: 3 key outcomes1. Research and evidence to inform policy and investments

www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/research

2. 60 funding partnerships for recruitment & retention with education faculties, Indigenous units in schools, school jurisdictions and universities, advocacy groups(70% of budget) www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/projects

3. Attraction and career aspirations strategies‘Teaching as a career of choice for our people’www.matsiti.edu.au/tag/attraction

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying teaching degree

Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander school students

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

Year 12 completionAustralian Tertiary Admissions Rank

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeople 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 degreeApplication for employment (teaching) in schools

Changed course

Exited from

study or teaching

Credit transferNegotiated entry

Post-graduateentry

VET pathways /Foundation studies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studyand Career Pathways into Teaching

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Evidence-based policyWorkforce policy and action informed by data

www.matsiti.edu.au/ite-retention-completion

Indigenous teacher education student completion

Average completion rate: 32%

2015 profile

Current estimate:3700 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander teachers

Education

Teacher workforce data and evidence

Teacher educationEmploymentSchool leadership

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Employment 2012-15

Estimate:3700 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander teachers

• 1660 teachers in both• 743 employed but

newly identified in 2015

• 1001 left between 2012-15

• 697 newly employed

Teacher workforce research

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

Fact:Indigenous teachers are younger and better educated than the general teaching population

Indicative employment data

Total estimate:3700 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander teachers

Sector

Government 2482

Catholic 159

Independent 17

Unknown 422

StateACT 76

NSW 1668

NT 33*

QLD 726

SA 151

TAS 80

VIC 94

WA 252* NT government data to come

Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education policy

• 2010-2014 Action Plan• 2015-2018 Strategy• Closing the Gap

Priority Area: Leadership, Quality Teaching and Workforce Development

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Engagement & influenceEffective coalitions and partnerships

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300 projects & articles in your state or territory

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Workshop discussionAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

voices in education policy

www.scseec.edu.au/site/DefaultSite/filesystem/documents/ATSI%20documents/DECD__NATSI_EducationStrategy.pdf

Influencing policyPriorities for workforce reform

www.matsiti.edu.au/tarndanya-declarationTardanya:the name for Adelaide in the language of the Kaurna people,the original owners of the Adelaide Plains.

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This Project is funded by the Australian Government through the More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Teachers Initiative.

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MATSITI budget expenditure: $7.5m

MATSITI budget expenditure

EDU: Partnership grantsRES: Research & evidenceCMS: Career marketingCON: ConferencesEVL: EvaluationGOV: GovernancePMA: Project managementLEV: UniSA admin levy