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Brightest graduates
to shine in class
Schools in disadvantaged areas of Victoria are to receive the services of some of Australia’s highest-achieving university graduates who have chosen a career in the teaching profession.
Federal Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett congratulated 28 graduates on their decision to help disadvantaged Victorian children get a good education.
Mr Garrett said the graduates had completed their initial training in the Teach for Australia program and would take up posts in 18 schools across the State.
“Teach for Australia gives high-calibre graduates from disciplines such as science and mathematics the opportunity to start their career in education, by offering a combination of university study and employment-based teacher education,” Mr Garrett said.
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He said the Teach for Australia graduates would be placed in schools in Victoria, the ACT, and for the first time, the Northern Territory, starting their two-year placements in classrooms on day one, of term one this year.
He also announced funding for a fourth intake of the Teach for Australia program, for placement of up to 50 new graduates in schools during 2013 -2014.
“Through Teach for Australia we are giving some of Australia’s brightest and keenest graduates the chance to make a real difference in the lives of students who may be struggling because of their social circumstances,” Mr Garrett said.
He said that on completing the six-week intensive training program at the University of Melbourne, Teach for Australia graduates received a two-year supported placement in a disadvantaged secondary school, with a reduced teaching load, while at the same time completing their Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching.
Edition 248, 25 January 2012
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