ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ANNUAL REPORT2 | ANNUAL 2017 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO AND CHAIR

It is humbling and invigorating to reflect on It is with great pride and inspiration that our recent impact statistics, which reveal that I support such a passionate and effective through our work we have been able to affect organisation, over the past nine years as board over 130,000 students across . As a member and beginning this year as Chair. community with a focus on growth, impact I’d like to acknowledge Rufus Black for his and sustainability, it is important to take time leadership, which has been instrumental in to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts establishing Teach For Australia and growing and work by the countless members of our the organisation to what it is today. community who work tirelessly to achieve an Australia where all children, regardless of background, can achieve an Teach For Australia recruits Australia’s future leaders into the excellent education. classroom, and inspires, connects and empowers them to a This year, we celebrate eight years of impact. lifetime of action towards educational equity. In 2017, 130 Associates were placed at 70 schools in Victoria, Beyond placing our largest cohort of Associates to date, 2017 brought Western Australia, the Northern Territory, the ACT and – for the first the issue of educational disadvantage to the fore. In April, SBS aired time – Tasmania. More than half entered the program as young a three part documentary series following six Teach For Australia professionals or career changers. Associates. Testing Teachers captured the year-long experience of Associates based in the outskirts of , Perth and within the Not only has this helped to strengthen the status of teaching by remote Northern Territory township of Tennant Creek. Over one million attracting our most talented future leaders, but we are providing the Australians watched the documentary across the three episodes, and it skills, attitudes and capabilities that schools need. Nearly half of Cohort was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2017 Australian Teachers of 2017 are qualified to teach highly sought-after STEM subjects (Science, Media Awards. Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), at a time when expertise in these areas are in increasingly high demand. In 2017, we were pleased to see the Australian Government release an independent evaluation of Teach For Australia’s Leadership Development We are committed to the development of great education Program, reporting that we are delivering against the Government’s key objective. The evaluation found that our program is an innovative model leaders for schools serving low socioeconomic communities. which may have lessons for wider initial teacher education in Australia. This year was additionally momentous with the first Teach To Lead cohort graduating in 2017. This program has filled an important gap But there is more work to be done. While we seek to continue to increase in school leadership in Australia – helping to build a pipeline of school our reach and impact within the communities in which we already leaders to improve school outcomes in low socioeconomic communities work, we are in ongoing conversations with schools, communities and by providing comprehensive coaching for middle leaders, with a focus governments in Queensland, South Australia and on evidence and impact. Each participant found their leadership about how we might meet the needs of their schools. performance improved through the program, and that the program improved their performance more than any other professional activity. I’d like to acknowledge and express sincere gratitude to Rufus Black, our inaugural Chair of the Board, who retired this year. We would also like to Funded by the Sidney Myer Fund and Gandel Philanthropy, another thank Anthony MacKay AM and Peter Van Onselen for their service and 31 Fellows joined the program in 2017, working across all states dedication to our mission, as they retired from their board positions in and territories. 2017. All three members have become Teach For Australia Ambassadors and will continue work that supports our mission. Larry Kamener, who After such an exciting 2017, I look forward to another ambitious and has been an integral board member from our organisation’s inception, innovative year in 2018. has taken the helm as our new Chair. We also welcomed Alyce Cleary, an Alumna of Teach For Australia’s first cohort, to join the board as a Director. Alyce is Principal at Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School in Queensland.

We exist to change lives, but we cannot do it alone. Larry Kamener Chair By working together to support teachers, schools and governments, we can create an equitable and excellent education system that enables students to build a future that they choose.

We celebrate the efforts of all our people and partners, and are excited to embark on another year of impact.

Melodie Potts Rosevear Founder and Chief Executive Officer OUR STRATEGY REPORT3 | ANNUAL 2017

In pursuit of our vision, our activity is driven by four organisational priorities that underpin our five-year strategy: growth, impact, sustainability and people and culture. Our 2017 Annual Report reflects on our achievements through the lens of these four strategic priorities.

OUR PRIORITIES OUR 2020 GOALS GROWTH Increase the number of students we empower by growing in scale while We partner with schools in all We are sustainably funded deepening our existing footprint. states and territories. by governments, corporate organisations and philanthropy. IMPACT Associates and Alumni are highly effective teachers and leaders, achieving We are nationally renowned for transformative student outcomes and developing leaders in classrooms increasing school, community, and and schools and across the We operate with excellence system capacity. education sector. and efficiency.

SUSTAINABILITY Strengthen our brand, diversify our funding base and ensure our operations are efficient We are a valued partner of our We are recognised as a great as well as effective. schools, communities and the wider place to work. PEOPLE AND CULTURE education sector. A strong culture and robust systems that maximise the satisfaction, engagement and empowerment of all staff. Our impact on students, schools, and systems is proven, recognised and ever-improving.

Associates at 8 schools in ACT (53 total placements) 12 Associates at 30 schools in VIC Associates at 9 schools in placed for the first time the first placed for (356 total placements) 58 13 TAS NEW UNIVERSITYNEW PARTNER For Teach tender process, competitive an extensive, After Catholic with the Australian partner to pleased was Australia (Secondary) of Teaching deliver a Master to (ACU) University our 2018 and 2019 incoming for (MTSPP) Practice) (Professional by a shared underpinned This newAssociates. partnership, in teacher a bold innovation marks of social justice, value in Australia. preparation as an employment success Australia’s For Building on Teach experience extensive and ACU’s teaching into pathway based will time, Associates the first for education, in tertiary teacher – their classroom components three integrate fully be able to development activities leadership Australia For Teach teaching, across – such that their efforts studies of Teaching and Master their towards and contribute recognised, domains are all three qualification. of local integration enhanced also offers This partnership supports. The combined Associate and on-the-ground context that means Australia For and Teach of ACU national footprint of the schools, the unique contexts to will respond the program teach. in which the Associates and territories states in developing role three University’s Deakin for grateful We are a introducing scale, to the program including enabling cohorts, into component building a school practicum of Teaching, Master intensives. co-design to and beginning the Initial Intensive

Associates at Associates at 14 7 schools in NT (47 total placements) 33 16 schools in WA (80 total placements) COHORT 2017 ASSOCIATES ARE TEACHING ACROSS 70 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TASMANIA. IN TIME FIRST THE FOR INCLUDING SCHOOLS, 70 ACROSS TEACHING ARE ASSOCIATES 2017 COHORT

NEW NATIONAL OPERATING MODEL OPERATING NATIONAL NEW GROWING FOOTPRINT OUR This new model, structured around geography, allows for more more allows for geography, around This new model, structured and support growth. impact enhance to operations contextual To accommodate growth, Teach For Australia embarked on a embarked Australia For Teach growth, accommodate To model in July 2017. The review of elements of our operating 2018 into Australia For Teach model will take revised operating or jurisdiction led by a State with each growth, for well-placed the program. execute to on the ground Manager Territory In 2017, Teach For Australia expanded operations into our into operations expanded Australia For In 2017, Teach of cohort with an inaugural newest jurisdiction, Tasmania, 100% multiple communities. across teaching 13 Associates or rural in regional, teach in Tasmania placed of Associates Science, teach eligible to are and over one-third areas, remote subjects. Mathematics (STEM) Engineering and Technology, Cohort 2017 brings our total number of placements to 549 to number of placements total Cohort 2017 brings our with 34 new we partnered Australia-wide, in just eight years. 130 new with 70 schools in total. schools, matching Associates GROWTH

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STATES AND PARTNER 5 TERRITORIES 8 COHORTS 132 SCHOOLS 549 PLACEMENTS 8K APPLICATIONS 130K STUDENTS

CELEBRATING EIGHT YEARS OF IMPACT DEVELOPING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE LEADERS AND MENTORS In 2017, we published Our Impact: Eight Years of Teach For Australia. This report summarises our impact over eight years, With seven cohorts having completed the Leadership highlighting some of the differences our Associates and Alumni Development Program at the end of 2017, a pipeline of have made in tackling educational disadvantage. We also leadership is emerging: 93% of Associates teach for at least published Stories: a retrospective magazine that demonstrates two years, and 86% of the most recent cohort of Alumni how Teach For Australia is building an inspired, connected and has remained in teaching for a third year. empowered community of Associates, Alumni, Ambassadors, staff and supporters who have taken up our mission to address Integral to Associate training is the in-person support they educational inequity and contribute to this work in many receive through dedicated School Mentors and Teaching unique ways. and Leadership Advisers. With the support of the William Buckland Foundation, Teach For Australia enhanced its THE DOCUMENTARY program this year through specialised training for School Mentors who support Associates over the two years. In April 2017, SBS aired Testing Teachers, a three-part documentary series following the experiences of six Additionally, the first Teach To Lead cohort graduated at Teach For Australia Associates in their first years of teaching the end of 2017. Initiated in 2016, Teach To Lead builds a as they confront Australia’s educational gap head on. pipeline of school leaders to improve whole school outcomes in low socioeconomic communities by providing comprehensive The series explored the wide and varied challenges facing coaching for middle leaders, with a focus on evidence and students, teachers and schools in low socioeconomic impact. A survey revealed that 100% of Principals who communities. It brought the issue of educational disadvantage sponsored Fellows believe that they have seen positive to over one million national viewers across the three episodes. changes in the performance of the team led by the Fellow over the last year. Testing Teachers highlighted the ever-important work of teachers in schools serving low-income communities. But INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT EVALUATION addressing educational disadvantage is a shared responsibility. To help highlight the ways in which the public could take action In 2017, the Australian Government released an independent Teach For Australia published Breaking The Cycle: A Snapshot evaluation of Teach For Australia’s Leadership Development of Educational Disadvantage in Australia alongside the Program. The evaluation found that Teach For Australia is documentary. substantively delivering against the Australian Government’s key objective of placing high-quality teachers in schools serving low Teach For Australia would like to thank Screentime, SBS, socioeconomic communities to meet specific skill requirements, Screen Australia, Screen West, Screen Territory and Screen NSW for as long as possible. The assessment cited Teach For Australia for expertly supporting and funding the development of this as an innovative model which may have lessons for wider documentary. We would also like to especially thank the six initial teacher education – in particular through pioneering Associates who allowed cameras to follow them around, and an employment-based pathway, proactive recruitment and to Southern River College, Melton Secondary College and rigorous selection, fostering a pipeline of quality teachers Tennant Creek High School for their ongoing and tireless and school system leaders and provision of support to early support of Teach For Australia. career teachers. Associates at

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At Traralgon College, biology teacher Keita College, Traralgon At helped his student 2016) (Cohort Matsumoto Science Form, the National Youth apply for Alex symposium held in and prestigious a competitive She was accepted – and after attending inCanberra. January of 2017, was nominated to go to the London symposium later in the year as one International Youth Australia. represent students to of twenty-five

VICTORIA commitment of Associates have been harnessed to create student outcomes.” change at Horsham College. The energy, aspirations and – Rob Pyers, Principal at Horsham College, VIC. Partner school since 2010. a better school environment and ultimately impact on “Teach for Australia Associates have been a catalyst for We’re grateful to the Department of Education and Training and Training of Education the Department to grateful We’re in delivering support and partnership their ongoing for Victoria the Victorian possible and to the highest quality program closely on regulatory working for of Teaching Insititute the highest quality subject expertise ensure to requirements our the support of We appreciate in classrooms. of Associates as the William in 2017, as well and principals school partners and the Fund the Collier Charitable Buckland Foundation, Leadership. Educational for Institute Bastow At Northern Bay P-12 College in Victoria, James Bayard (Cohort Bayard James Victoria, in College P-12 Bay Northern At Bolitho (Cohort (Cohort 2014) and Paul 2014), Caity Conway program. School Day science 2015) developedExtended an the opportunity who wanted of students a cohort was “There “We wanted James says. activities,” science more complete to in with science engage them to for be an opportunity this to The program assessed.” they aren’t where an environment Education the The Victorian the trio a nomination for earned the “Outstanding 2017, for in October Awards Excellence Award”. School Advancement In 2017, 58 enthusiastic Associates joined the Victorian joined the Victorian In 2017, 58 enthusiastic Associates and remote in regional presence Cohort with an increased Shepparton, in Horsham, with major clusters communities Associates Gippsland and along the South West Coast. and of a collaborative part are and Alumni in the state educational tackling to dedicated community interconnected do while others in teaching, Most remain disadvantage. within the program year the two of things after a range schools, influencing policy including leading sector education at social enterprises. and innovating In Victoria, Associates work across a wide range of range a wide across work Associates In Victoria, the wheat from and school contexts: community geographical, melting pot of outer to the urban of the Wimmera towns field the same – and each are schools no two Melbourne, Western the and skills to unique talents brings their own Associate classroom. WHERE WE WORK WE WHERE

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA 80 Associates at 22 schools since 2015

From metropolitan Perth to the thriving regional town of Kalgoorlie, and regional areas in between, Associates and “I love teaching in Kalgoorlie because everything Alumni are part of vibrant communities across Australia’s largest region. I do is part of the school: the school and the community are so intertwined. I don’t think I would In 2017, 33 new Associates were placed across sixteen schools ever move back to a city after my experience here in Western Australia, and the second WA Cohort graduated at because in a community like this, everything I do is the end of the year. Of the 32 graduates, over 90% continued contributing.” teaching in schools across the state into 2018. – Patrick Elliot (Cohort 2016) was placed at Eastern Goldfields Associates were recognised for their efforts: Amy Blitvitch College in Kalgoorlie (Cohort 2016) was nominated for Beginning Teacher of the Year, and Adam Inder (Cohort 2015) was appointed into the position of Head of Maths and Science in his first year as an Alumnus of the program.

To support growth in Associate numbers, three new Teaching and Leadership Advisers joined the Western Australia team – including, for the first time, a Kalgoorlie local who can more closely support Associates placed in the region.

Teach For Australia formed a partnership with Fogarty Edvance to provide Associates with high quality professional learning in Explicit Instruction and Data Directed Teaching. The Fogarty Foundation is dedicated to school improvement with leadership teams in a number of our placement schools, and Annie Fogarty (Executive Chairperson of the Fogarty Foundation) is a Teach For Australia Ambassador.

Our funding agreement with the Education Department was renewed for a further four years through to 2021 and Catholic Education of WA provided the team with a common workspace at their Newman Siena Centre for meetings and events. We also continued to enjoy effective and supportive relationships with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia (TRBWA) and the State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia (SSTUWA).

“The quality and diligence of the Associates is exceptionally high. With the right mentoring and coaching they have what it takes to go beyond expectations, providing students and the school with rich learning opportunities”. – Everal Miocevich, Principal at Southern River College, WA. Partner school since 2015. ANNUAL REPORT8 | ANNUAL 2017 WHERE WE WORK

NORTHERN TERRITORY 47 Associates at 10 schools since 2012

In 2017, Teach For Australia moved into a new region in the Northern Territory, partnering with a school in Alice Springs. At Tennant Creek High School, Tanith Margetson Throughout the vast region, the Associate and Alumni (Cohort 2017) has helped to start a literacy team, community remains tightly connected. Two-thirds of the which develops new programs to engage all students fourteen new Associates in 2017 relocated to the Territory to improve their reading and writing skills, no matter to teach. While limited access to resources and distance from the level they start the school year with. The team family and friends can make the Territory a challenging place to work, Associates are supported by the strong network of has started small-group phonics programs and a peers, Teaching and Leadership Advisers and School Mentors. school-wide reading program: all classes start with ten minutes of paired reading which builds fluency In 2017, the Northern Territory was the first jurisdiction to and reading stamina. “I’ve had one student go from implement the enhanced Mentorship Development Program grade two to year seven in his reading/writing levels. with support and collaboration from the Department of Education. After the initial training, 100% of mentors reported On average, students have gained two years in three a high level of satisfaction. terms,” Tanith says.

The challenge of distance in the Northern Territory has also fuelled innovation: 2017 brought a successful pilot of a virtual professional development program, and we have begun to build a virtual coaching model.

Beyond the program, Alumni are continuing to strive towards enhanced educational outcomes in the Northern Territory. In 2017, Hannah Morris (Cohort 2016) and Jonathan Chow (Cohort 2015) started Blue Sky Connect, a non-profit organisation that connects aspirational high school students in the Northern Territory with meaningful, challenging work experience placements in leading organisations.

We are very grateful to the Northern Territory Department of Education, the Teacher Registration Board, the Catholic Education Office and all our partner schools for their support in 2017.

“Our Teach For Australia Associates are constantly striving to grow and improve. They seek out feedback and act on that feedback to improve their teaching practice. They ask insightful questions that help us to reflect on our shared practices and identify areas to improve.” – Paul van Holsteyn, Principal at Centralian Middle School, NT. Partner school since 2017. ANNUAL REPORT9 | ANNUAL 2017

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL 53 Associates at TERRITORY 15 schools since 2011

Teaching in the Australian Capital Territory can be a distinctly unique experience, with the vibrant city of Canberra often intimating a tight-knit town. At the start of the year, Zoe Rothfield (Cohort 2016) connected her students at Melba Copland Secondary In 2017, the ACT Education Directorate committed to funding School with peers in India through a global pen-pal Cohort 2018 Associates in order to support our work in the project. Along with Hannah Morris, a fellow Associate Tuggeranong Valley, with a focus on filling vacancies across STEM subjects. teaching in the NT, and Viveka Rajagopal, a Fellow, the teachers paired their students with In August, Teach For Australia hosted Federal Education a pen-pal based on their interests and personalities. and Training Minister Simon Birmingham and Federal The project was a rare opportunity for students in Shadow Minister for Education and Training Tanya Plibersek Australia and India to learn from one another and at Parliament House in Canberra to discuss how to lift student outcomes and close the equity gap in Australia’s education form friendships. system. The panel of speakers included Will Lutwyche (from Testing Teachers), Everal Miocevich (Principal of Southern River College in Western Australia) and Dr. Pete Goss (Grattan Institute). “[We need to] continue to get high achievers into teaching as a career. This is particularly more important as we move Minister Birmingham commended Teach For Australia’s approach to not only build the capabilities of teachers and into an economy and society changing at a faster pace all school leaders, but also for the attributes of our approach that the time. ... Teach For Australia, in a relatively short time, could be replicated more broadly across the education system. is not just contributing inspirational teachers... [but] is Shadow Minister Plibersek stressed the importance of raising also contributing inspirational designers of curriculum the status of teaching as a profession. and policy.” “The type of mentoring that we’ve heard about - that is - Shadow Minister for Education and Training, Hon Tanya Plibersek MP essential to ensure that a young, bright, capable individual who has decided to take a career change into teaching - is supported.” - Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham ANNUAL REPORT10 | ANNUAL 2017 IMPACTWHERE WE WORK

TASMANIA 13 Associates at 9 schools since 2017

With its rugged and adventurous character, Tasmania welcomed its pioneering cohort of Associates in 2017. At New Norfolk High School, Madeleine Brodie Teach For Australia successfully partnered with nine (Cohort 2017) established the Kitchen Garden schools and placed thirteen Associates across the state. Program in her first year of teaching. Through the Partner school response to the program has been uniformly program, students develop an awareness of the positive: all schools we partnered with in 2017 have expressed environment, increase their physical activity, improve a desire to continue partnering with Teach For Australia. their diet, food consumption and sustainability practices, gain insight into vocational and tertiary One of these first Associates to be placed in Tasmania is Rob Lee who teaches science and maths at Burnie High School. education pathways, and grow their self-esteem, Rob studied science at university, and had previously worked independence, respect, collaboration and leadership in chemistry and agronomy. He had considered teaching for skills. almost a decade, and Teach For Australia allowed him to enter the profession by working and studying simultaneously. “We’ve partnered with Teach For Australia since they We are grateful for the support of the Tasmanian Department of Education throughout the year, including offering ready expanded into Tasmania. It has been extremely positive access to a range of departments willing to support intensives for our staff, students and the Teach For Australia and other stakeholder engagement. This broad support of Associates. They have fitted into our community, and the program indicates that principals will have clear access their enthusiasm and passion for improving students’ to Associates in the future, with a strong platform to discuss future cohorts in Tasmania. learning has been great for our school.” – Glen Lutwyche, Principal at Ulverstone High School, TAS. Partner school since 2017. SUSTAINABILITY REPORT11 | ANNUAL 2017

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH PHILANTHROPY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS

Teach For Australia is grateful for the continued, bipartisan Since gaining Deductible Gift Recipient status in 2014 we have support from the Australian Government since our launch in worked to develop long-term partnerships with a number 2009. The Department for Education and Training continues of Trusts and Foundations. In 2017, we made corporate to provide strong support for our work, having invested $20.5 partnerships a priority in order to diversify and sustain our million over the period of 2018-2021. This support allows Teach funding stream. for Australia to recruit and empower over 300 of the best and brightest graduates, young professionals and career changers We maintain strong partnerships with the Paul Ramsay to become teachers where they are most needed, committed Foundation, Gandel Philanthropy, the Sidney Myer Fund and to a lifetime of action improving the outcomes of thousands of Myer Foundation. In 2017, we began a one million dollar, four- students across the country. year partnership with Wesfarmers. OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE AND TERRITORY GOVERNMENTS OUR IN KIND PARTNERS We continued to receive support from all our partner state and territory governments, including Victoria, Western Australia, Boston Consulting Group Northern Territory, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. Corrs Chambers Westgarth Investments from these partners have allowed us to continue to Nightingale Communications provide high quality support to our Associates and have ensured expansion into new regions across the country, notably the PwC Goldfields and Pilbara regions in Western Australia.

OUR SUPPORTERS Gandel Philanthropy Sidney Myer Fund and Myer Foundation The Ian Potter Foundation The Victorian Department of Education A L Lane JT Reid Charitable Trusts and Training’s Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership The Baker Foundation The Letissier Evans Family Foundation Wesfarmers Collier Charitable Fund The Paul Ramsay Foundation The William Buckland Foundation The Dyson Bequest Platinum Pacific Partners Eureka Benevolent Foundation Shell

LANDMARK SUPPORT FROM WESFARMERS

In 2017, we embarked on a four-year, $1 million partnership with in some of Australia’s most remote communities. In just three Wesfarmers. Headquartered in Perth, Wesfarmers is dedicated years since launching in Western Australia, we have placed to engaging with and making a positive contribution to the 80 Associates across 22 schools in Perth and Kalgoorlie. communities in which it works. With Wesfarmers’ support, we have already placed our largest Together we will continue to scale the Leadership Development ever cohort of 42 WA Associates for upcoming Cohort 2018. Program in Western Australia, meeting the challenges of distance in Australia’s largest state, and supporting Associates

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is a major supporter of the Teach For Australia Initiative. Adam Gilchrist AM, Australian Ambassador for Education Education for Ambassador Adam Gilchrist AM, Australian Cricketer India / Former to Fenner, Member for MP, The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh Territory Capital Australian Foundation AM, Fogarty Annie Fogarty All For OBE, Teach Wigdortz Brett Institute Leadership AM, Women’s Schwartz Carol Australia Club Damien Hardwick, Richmond Football and Partners Evans David Evans, Elana Rubin, Mirvac Group Champion Cricketer Bailey, George Australians Young for Jan Owen AM, Foundation Australia Trust Janine Kirk AM, The Prince’s University La Trobe John Dewar, Prof John Dyson, Dyson Bequest Australia For Teach John Inverarity, Sports Commission John Wylie AM, Australian New South Wales Berowra, Member for MP, Julian Leeser Parliament Federal Team National Cricket AM, Australian Justin Langer Jetstar Cotter, Kate Association AFL Coaches Mark Brayshaw, of Melbourne University Michael Brear, Prof Australia AM, Social Ventures Michael Traill Myriam Wylie, John & Myriam Wylie Foundation Sports Coach Australian Dr Ric Charlesworth AO, and Teaching for Institute Nairn, Australian Rob School Leadership JP Morgan AO, Eddington Sir Rod Black, of Tasmania University Rufus Prof Fostering for Foundation Australian Susan Boucher, in the Philippines Learning Consulting Group Boston AC, Moran Terry Gandel Philanthropy OAM, Drakulic Vedran All For Teach Wendy Kopp, OUR AMBASSADORS OUR Like the communities we work with, our Ambassadors are a are we work with, our Ambassadors the communities Like by their united of life, all walks of people from group diverse belief in our vision. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

24% organisation. of our team are of our team are Alumni of either All global network All global network Teach for Australia Australia for Teach or another Teach For For or another Teach

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of our team PEOPLE AND CULTURE AND PEOPLE OUR PEOPLE STRATEGY PEOPLE OUR OUR VALUES OUR WHO WE ARE WE WHO We are building a compelling Employee Value Proposition with Proposition Employee Value building a compelling We are enabling career on developinga focus the necessary capabilities, is Australia For and ensuring everyoneprogression at Teach our mission and deliver to their contribution make equipped to our strategy. In 2017, we initiated a significant program of work to define of work program a significant In 2017, we initiated support the people we attract, ambitions for our long-term that will enable us to talent top and develop retain can so we increasing to committed our mission. We are deliver against a great Australia For and making Teach employee engagement work. to place • • • • • • Our values are a central tenet of our positive culture, and part of and part of our positive culture, tenet a central are Our values We embed them in everything Australia. for at Teach who we are life. to values we truly bring our ensure that we do to Teach For Australia is a diverse organisation. Our team members members Our team organisation. is a diverse Australia For Teach Western including Victoria, and territories six states work across and New South ACT Tasmania, the Northern Territory, Australia, outside of our based increasingly – and our people are Wales Melbourne headquarters. At Teach For Australia, our people are our greatest asset. We our greatest our people are Australia, For Teach At every mission, and by the organisation’s motivated each are of regardless all children, where Australia an day we strive for education. achieve an excellent background,

12 | ANNUAL REPORT 2017 13 | ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Contributory of The Editor Australian Anchor on Sky News and of Politics Professor at Journalism of Chair Foundation Australia of Western the University of Coordinator Think Tank Former Policy for Institute the Cape York and Leadership at the Boston Consultant Former Consulting Group Curriculum, Australian the of Chair Assessment and Reporting Authority of the Council Director Executive of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for of the Centre Senior Fellow Independent Studies of the Australian Senior Fellow Foundation Scholarship of the Asia Society Senior Fellow of Vice-Chancellor Former University Macquarie PETER VAN ONSELEN VAN PETER ROSEVEAR POTTS MELODIE AM SCHWARTZ STEVEN Member Board • • • Officer Executive Chief Founder, Member and Board • • Member Board • • • • • • The Community of Practice (CoP) brings together a group of a group (CoP) brings together The Community of Practice currently who are countries thirteen Alumni from 26 network think tanks, international in ministries of education, working in initiatives they lead where organizations, and non-profit and national designing, implementing and influencing global deepen the global to created The CoP was policy. education local accelerate and policy knowledge, education network’s and capacity, collaboration, strengthening through impact borders. across learning Chief Executive Officer of the Officer Chief Executive Education Strategic for Centre Deputy Chair of the Australian Research Educational Council for of Swinburne Deputy Chancellor University Chair of the Australian Former School and Teaching for Institute Leadership Deputy Chair of Former Curriculum, the Australian Assessment and Reporting Authority Partner and Chief Executive and Chief Executive Partner Chambers of Corrs Officer Westgarth Chair of the Business Council of Engagement Global Australia’s Taskforce Member of Asialink and Board Asia Society the United for Chair of Australia Nations High Commissioner for Australia Refugees Teach For Australia Alumna Australia For Teach (Cohort 2010) Beach- at Palm Principal School High State Currumbin ANTHONY MACKAY AM MACKAY ANTHONY JOHN DENTON AO DENTON JOHN ALYCE CLEARY ALYCE

Member Board • • • • • Member Board • • • • Member Board • • Chairman of Incitec Pivot Chairman of Incitec of Amcor Director Non-Executive Limited Deputy Chairman of Essendon Club Football Director Non-Executive Former Limited of Perpetual Chairman of the Global Former of PwC Board Chairman of Reach Former Foundation Member of Asialink Board Former Founder and Global Leader of the Leader and Global Founder at Boston practice Public Sector Consulting Group Member of and Board Founder Public Impact for the Centre Sector of Public Leader Former in practices Care and Health at and New Zealand Australia Consulting Group Boston Founder and Global Leader of the Leader Global and Founder at Boston practice Public Sector Consulting Group Member of and Board Founder Impact Public for the Centre of Public Sector Leader Former in practices Care and Health at and New Zealand Australia Group Consulting Boston OUR BOARD OUR PAUL BRASHER PAUL RUFUS BLACK RUFUS LARRY KAMENER • • • • • • Board Member Board • • • Chair, 2009 - 2017 Chair, • • • Chair, 2017 - present 2017 Chair, • OUR GLOBAL NETWORK GLOBAL OUR Teach For Australia is proud to be a member of , For be a member of Teach to is proud Australia For Teach 45 independent, led and of over locally network a global vision for with a shared organisations partner funded in their countries. opportunity educational expanded of exchanging one decade All celebrated For In 2017, Teach its enabling contexts, diverse and solutions across ideas Uganda, For Teach faster. progress make to partners For Teach Vietnam, For Cambodia, Teach For Teach Ukraine For and Teach Nigeria For Teach Afghanistan, All launched For In June, Teach this year. joined the network Policy in Education Community of Practice Global its first in Lima, Peru. 8,570,817 225,315 9,180,671 - 181,634 181,634 3,087,251 1,697,981 384,539 11,774,882 2,129,082 13,903,964 243,573 243,573 2016 9,362,305 4,785,232 4,785,232 14,147,537 10,299,764 421,687 11,509,550 - 27,686 27,686 3,330,419 1,697,981 788,099 12,819,558 3,560,367 16,379,925 185,711 185,711 2017 5,028,400 11,537,236 5,028,400 16,565,636

NET ASSETS NET TOTAL ACCUMULATED FUNDS ACCUMULATED TOTAL TOTAL LIABILITIES TOTAL TOTAL ASSETS TOTAL Assets Short term provisions Short term LIABILITIES CURRENT TOTAL in advance Funding provisions term Long LIABILITIES NON-CURRENT TOTAL reserves Restricted Unrestricted reserves Unrestricted Funding in advance Funding Trade & other payables Trade Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash and other receivables Trade ASSETS CURRENT TOTAL plant and equipment Property, ASSETS NON-CURRENT TOTAL Accumulated funds Liabilities STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FINANCIAL OF STATEMENT As at 31 December 2017 FINANCIAL REPORT FINANCIAL

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STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME For the year ending 31 December 2017

2017 2016 Total Income Government funding 9,112,466 7,350,545 Foundations, philanthropic & public donations 2,421,860 1,606,334 Investments and other income 263,273 315,860 TOTAL REVENUE 11,797,599 9,272,739 Expenses Program Costs 4,463,169 3,317,798 Administration 801,240 669,774 Staff and contractors 6,290,022 4,969,307 TOTAL EXPENSES 11,554,431 8,956,879 NET SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR 243,168 315,860

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW For the year ending 31 December 2017

2017 2016 CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD 11,774,882 11,056,793 Net cash (absorbed)/provided from operating 1,094,453 954,376 activities Net cash used in investing activities (49,777) (236,396) NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH HELD 1,044,676 717,980

CASH AT END OF PERIOD 12,819,558 11,774,881

A more extensive financial report is available at teachforaustralia.org/financial-reports. Level 1, 103 Flinders Lane MELBOURNE VIC 3000 +61 3 8640 4500 teachforaustralia.org

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is a major supporter of the Teach For Australia initiative.

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