SVA is delighted to announce the entry of Teach For Australia into our venture portfolio.

Teach For Australia is an ambitious social enterprise working to confront educational disadvantage in Australia by attracting some of our country’s most outstanding young individuals ‘ passionate and determined leaders of change who represent all disciplines and career interests ‘ and empowering them to pursue teaching as part of their career journey.

Teach For Australia’s immediate objective is to improve student outcomes in areas of educational disadvantage by attracting and supporting outstanding individuals to teach in disadvantaged schools for at least two years.

Longer term, Teach For Australia is building a network of alumni to form part of a lifelong movement of passionate and socially aware leaders who will remain connected with the Teach For Australia mission and who will continue to make an impact on improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged young Australians.

To achieve these objectives Teach For Australia recruits outstanding, well-rounded graduates from all disciplines who have the distinguished academic performance, leadership experience, and communication and empathy skills to succeed in teaching in disadvantaged schools as Teach For Australia Associates. Working in partnership with academic institutions, the public sector and a variety of supporting partners, Teach For Australia facilitates the development of Associates through strong, evidence-based education, on-going support in the classroom, and leadership programs ‘ all the while focusing intently on improving student outcomes in the classroom.

As part of their inclusion in the venture portfolio, Teach for Australia will receive strategic assistance and consulting services pertaining to a number of key projects, including driving greater efficiencies in their business model and development of a funding plan. The partnership is designed to assist Teach for Australia as they seek to scale their operation and collect evidence of the positive impact Teach for Australia is having on increasing educational equity in Australia.