Nearly a third of teachers work in rural, regional or remote settings, educating over a quarter of Australia’s students. Yet schools in these areas often have difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers, particularly those with experience (SPERA, 2023). 

This has long-term impacts on student achievement, with standardised testing revealing large differences in students from metropolitan schools and those in more remote schools (Thomson et al. 2016). 

Given the additional challenges and barriers associated with educational settings in rural, regional and remote areas, the ongoing professional support of teachers and leaders in these schools around Aboriginal education is critical.

Our Teach About Country program removes the barriers of travel costs and access to our qualified Aboriginal teachers to deliver our AITSL-aligned teacher professional learning course.

Our Teach About Country program enables all teachers to:

• Develop their understanding and connection with Aboriginal cultures

• Break down the barriers currently affecting them to embed Aboriginal perspectives within their Key Learning Area

• Interact with a range of culturally appropriate resources, whilst improving their confidence and capability to embed Aboriginal perspectives

• Reflect, develop and implement an Aboriginal education action plan for their school over the following 12 months