Schools Plus’ Fair Education program has landed in Tasmania, with several schools working together to ease students’ transition from primary to high school.
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Tasmanian schools team up for Fair Education
Fair Education engages families at Darling Heights
At Darling Heights State School, teachers are using adult English classes to connect with families and ensure children can reach their full potential. Watch their project in action in our latest video.
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Fair Education: Principles for Effective Family and Community Engagement
Since 2018, 65 NSW schools worked together with coaches, families and communities to implement initiatives to strengthen family and community engagement. This report explores learnings from the projects, as they inform effective strategies to strengthen family and community engagement.
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Understanding our Fair Education program
The importance of family and community engagement in children’s learning is undisputed, but how to deliver this effectively in diverse school communities is less clear-cut. Schools Plus’ Fair Education program looks to address this very issue.
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Fair Education Conversations and Provocations #1 Resources
In our first Conversation and Provocation, we discussed the Parent and Family Engagement: Implementation Guide for School Communities (the ‘Guide’) published by ARACY. Here are some additional supporting resources that have been shared after the Conversation.
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Our Fair Education Journey: Loop Line Cluster
The loop line cluster of schools showcase their Fair Education project.
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The Ross Trust makes Fair Education Victoria a reality
In 2018, due to the early success of the Fair Education NSW program (started in 2015), Schools Plus sought funding to trial a similar program in Victoria. The result was a three-year grant from The Ross Trust – a perpetual charitable trust with a vision to create positive social and environmental change so Victorians can thrive.
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Susannah Schoeffel on Measuring Impact
Susannah Schoeffel, Associate Director, Evidence for Learning, Social Ventures Australia, shares her spotlight presentation at the 2020 Fair Education Forum.
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Supporting Student Mental Health and Wellbeing: our project learnings
At Schools Plus, we have directed nearly $27m in support for students since our inception in 2015, and approximately 25% of those funds have been used to support the mental health and wellbeing.
Here are the common themes that are emerging from projects that have delivered significant change for student mental health and wellbeing.
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Webinar: Attendance Matters
AITSL’s Dr Susan-Marie Harding and Family and Community Engagement Officer Ali Wilson share evidence and insights on the impact of and factors influencing non-attendance, and approaches to support attendance.
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Mossman State School brings back the Kuku Yalanji language
Mossman State School’s quest to close the gap between its Indigenous and non-Indigenous student attendance, engagement and achievement led to an 18-month consultation process with the Kuku Yalanji Elders, to bring the local Aboriginal language, Kuku Yalanji, to the school.
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Linda McNeil on Family and Community Engagement
Linda McNeil, Schools Plus coach and family and community engagement specialist, presents to the Fair Education cohort on Dare to Connect: connecting with parents and community. Tags: Family and community engagement, fair education, fair education forum 2020,
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Download a copy of the 2024 Award Guidelines. Selection Criteria (with guiding questions) Please refer to Criteria for the Teaching Fellowship or the Early Career Teaching Scholarship (whichever is relevant to your application). Applications will be assessed on the demonstration of excellence and achievement across the four (4) Selection Criteria outlined below. Teaching Fellowship EarlyLearn more >
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Success for Complex Learners with VFFF and Clarke Road School
Since 2016, we’ve partnered with Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation to help children and their families to engage in learning and thrive in and out of the classroom. With their support, a group of special schools have developed the Passport for Learning – a ground-breaking tool that is now being scaled by the Department of Education. In our latest video, Clarke Road School spoke about the Passport and the impact it’s having on young people and their families.
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Myriam Boisbouvier-Wylie is the Honorary Consul General of France in Melbourne. She is the Founding President of the Bastille Day French Festival of Melbourne; a member of the advisory board of the French Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and an advisor to two Associations she created in 2012 and 2013, Melbourne Accueil and FrenchLearn more >
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Schools Plus in the News
Here is a taste of the latest news coverage featuring Schools Plus and our work with schools in need and donors who are passionate about making a difference.
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