Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for Senator Watt, representing the Minister for Education. Teach For Australia is one of two programs under the High Achieving Teachers Program funded by the Australian government to place high-quality teachers in disadvantaged schools facing workforce shortages. An evaluation of the Teach For Australia program in 2017 found that participants became high-quality teachers and delivered the skills schools needed, and a majority stayed teaching at the schools for two years after their placement. Teach For Australia is currently funded in small blocks. I reckon a program like this would benefit from more certainty. Does the government support longer term funding periods for Teach for Australia and similar programs?