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“Teach For Australia was the ultimate stepping stone to opening up a huge sense of possibility.”
Zid Mancenido (Cohort 2013) is now an independent consultant in education policy and initial teacher education. He calls teaching one of the hardest, but most rewarding, things he’s ever done and credits the program with shaping who he wanted to be as a leader in education.
We caught up with Zid at our National Alumni Summit, reconnecting with old friends and staying sharp on what it takes to keep advancing educational equity across Australia.
#TeachForAustralia #AlumniSummit2026 #TeacherStories by @teachforaustralia

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We commissioned education policy expert Dr Pete Goss to test whether schools that partner with Teach For Australia see better NAPLAN outcomes.
He analysed 653 schools from 2019 to 2025 using the NAPLAN value-add methodology, which compares each school’s results with results for students from similar backgrounds.
Year 9 value-add in TFA partner schools rose by 1.4 months of learning and schools that employed more TFA Associates and Alumni saw gains of 3.7 months.
The full report is at the link in our bio.
#TeachForAustralia #NAPLAN #Education #EducationalEquity #Teaching by @teachforaustralia

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📣 Join us for our next Alumni Q&A: Teaching in Regional & Remote Schools.
Hear directly from our Leadership Development Program Alumni about what it’s really like to teach and do the program in a regional or remote community: the unique highs, challenges and impact you can make.
🗓️ Tuesday 20 October, 6-7pm AEDT
💻 Online via Zoom
Hosted by Emma Anderson, with speakers Daniel Marget, Julia Seitz and Alex Stokes sharing their honest, firsthand experiences.
Spots are limited, register via the link in our bio. 🎓
#TeachForAustralia #AlumniQA #RegionalEducation #TeachingInAustralia by @teachforaustralia

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In this clip, Teach For Australia alum Alison Eslake (Cohort 2021) reflects on one of the biggest mindset shifts she's made as a teacher: learning how to contextualise student behaviour.
Hear more from Alison in our recent Alumni Q+A webinar at the link in our bio.
#TeachForAustralia #TeacherStories by @teachforaustralia

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Our inaugural National Alumni Summit is a wrap. 🎓
We brought together Teach For Australia Alumni from across the country, hearing incredible stories, celebrating the 2026 Jane Hansen Alumni Impact Award winners and reflecting on ‘where to from here?’
There is more to come from the Summit, but in the meantime, thank you to every alum who showed up, engaged in honest conversations and continued to commit to improving education outcomes for our young people.
#TeachForAustralia #AlumniSummit2026 #TeachForAustraliaAlumni by @teachforaustralia

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Our CEO Edwina Dohle spoke with WA-based Associate, Kelly Fliedner, who has lead a program at her school to build her students' confidence and their belief that they belong in the creative industries. Alongside Perth's Centre For Stories, the program brings writers into the classroom to help students publish their own book, complete with a book launch.
"By the end of it, they can see themselves and call themselves writers."
We're very proud to celebrate our Associates like Kelly, who bring their real world experience and connections into the classroom. 🎓 @centreforstories
#TeachForAustralia #CEOChats #TeacherStories #teacher by @teachforaustralia

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📣 New research out this week shows TFA partner schools are improving student outcomes.

Dr Pete Goss looked at 131 TFA partner schools against 522 comparable ones, tracking Year 9 Reading and Numeracy from 2019 to 2025. TFA partner schools saw stronger NAPLAN growth than comparable schools, with the strongest gains seen in schools with more TFA teachers and deeper engagement with the program.

Investing in exceptional teachers really does make a difference. We're grateful to every teacher and partner school whose work made this possible. 💙
#TeachForAustralia #EducationResearch by @teachforaustralia

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Congratulations to the winners of our 2026 Jane Hansen Excellence Awards, announced last night at our inaugural National Alumni Summit.
Our +1,700 Alumni are the lifeblood of our mission. Every day, they are using their immense effort and expertise to create change for our students: across their schools, but also in the wider community and system.
This is not easy work, and there are often as many steps backwards as forwards – which is why it’s important to pause and celebrate those that have persevered, and continued to innovate and push for improvement.
Across five categories, the 2026 winners are:
Classroom Impact – @Jesse Bowden, for Kurious Beats, a music program to platform issues their students care about.
Policy and Strategy – @Emily Pearson, whose research into AI in schools prompted a NSW Government review of its impact on student learning and HSC assessment.
School Leadership – Xavier McLaurin, for eight years of work at Western Port Secondary College reintegrating students who had disengaged from school.
Advocacy and Innovation – Daniel Farrant, who built a STEM program with four remote schools around the offshore wind industry arriving on their doorstep.
Community Leadership – @Alex Stokes, for three years of conservation work with students at Hellyer College, in partnership with Friends of Don Reserve and Burnie Council.
Our thanks to The Hansen Little Foundation, whose support makes these awards possible.
#TeachForAustralia #EducationalEquity by @teachforaustralia

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As featured in the Shepparton News, Victoria Braithwaite spent her career as an engineer in Sydney. Then she left it all behind to retrain as a teacher through Teach For Australia, trading the city for Nathalia, a regional town 720km away.
"I was just really ready for a change and to explore something new," she says.
She joined the local football and netball club, built a life outside the classroom, and found a community that had everything she needed.
Swipe through Victoria's story. 🎓
#TeachForAustralia #AlumniStories #CareerChange #RegionalTeaching #TeacherStories by @teachforaustralia

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Meet Nicole Carter of the Leadership Development Program Cohort 2026, who took her skills from working in Queensland Government policy to the classroom. After moving 4,500km from Brisbane to Bunbury to pursue teaching, Nicole now brings that same strategic thinking to shaping how Science and HASS are taught to her class.
We're continually proud of the bold paths our LDP Associates take to get to the classroom and the fresh perspective they bring once they're there.
Applications for Cohort 2028 open soon, register your interest through the link in our bio 🔗
#TFA #TeachersOfTikTok #TeacherLife #EducationMatters #fyp #NewTeacher by @teachforaustralia

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"I'm actually really brave," reflects Alysha Hermann of TFA Cohort 2025.
She finished Year 12 at 19 with a toddler by her side, never imagining where that path would eventually lead. Now she's the one standing at the front of the classroom, shaping the very future she fought for. 🎓
#TeachForAustralia #TeacherStories #CareerChange #teacher by @teachforaustralia

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Congratulations to our partner school @millparksecondarycollege for winning @theageaustralia's Schools that Excel award for the northern Melbourne region for its improvements in its VCE results over the past decade!

Highlights include taking VCE completions up to 99%; and VET up to 93% 🎉

Mill Park Secondary has partnered with us from the very beginning, hosting over 50 TFA teachers in that time 🤝

Congratulations Mill Park and we look forward to seeing the school continue to go from strength to strength. by @teachforaustralia

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