Brophy Family and Youth Services
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
ProjectTEACHaR pilot program
Amount $880,000 (total)
Date2012 and 2014
ProgramEducation
TRUST OBJECTIVES | PROJECT OBJECTIVES |
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These grants were approved under previous grants policy | |
Building organisational capacity | Develop and pilot an evidence-based, scalable model for state-wide roll-out. |
Extending opportunity | Improve the life outcomes of children and young people living in out-of-home care by improving their educational engagement and achievements. |
Collaboration and partnership | Department of Education and Training, Department of Health & Human Services, Berry Street, MacKillop Family Services, Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, 200 Victorian schools, foster and kinship carers. |
TEACHaR gets an A+ report card for education trial outcomes
Many children living in out-of-home care disengage from learning at an early age. HMSTrust’s funding enabled Anglicare Victoria to trial a response to this issue in Melbourne’s Eastern and Southern Metropolitan Regions and was the catalyst for support from other philanthropic trusts and the Victorian Government. The successful model now operates in all four Melbourne Metropolitan Regions, Gippsland Region and the Loddon Catchment.
Snapshot
~ The percentage of students ‘always or usually actively engaged in learning’ increased from 54.7% at service entry to 73.8% after 12 months support (high correlation with improvements in ‘happiness at school’ and ‘working hard at school’ measures).
~ The percentage of students with ‘average or above academic achievement’ increased from 24.3% at service entry to 57.3% after 12 months.
~ Students with ‘average or above’ literacy skills increased from 25.4% to 53.7% while those with ‘average or above’ numeracy skills increased from 20.5% to 48.8%.
~ The percentage of students not attending school dropped from 15.7% at service entry to 3.7% at 12 months. Those attending school full-time rose from 66.3% to 76.8%.
“I write to support the continuation of the TEACHaR program for the simple reason it works, it supports, and it brings about substantial and longitudinal change in the child and our teachers. As a principal of wide experience never have I seen or experienced such an effective intervention and support program for these children which it serves.” Raymond Yates, Principal, Monbulk Primary.
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
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