Equity Stakeholder Alliance

Building a coalition of organisations to work in partnership with students and teachers to shift systemic barriers to education equity in low-SES communities.

Our Shared Narrative

Our members are coming together because the inequity in Australia’s education system is growing, with our most vulnerable children and young people not consistently receiving the experiences and opportunities they need to succeed in addition to schools facing immense pressure with fragmented support.

Members have decided to work collaboratively, courageously and strategically. We want to align our efforts by collaboratively developing solutions, trialing new partnership models and advocating for systemic change.

Ultimately, we aim to take meaningful and impactful steps towards a more equitable education system where all students and teachers are empowered to thrive.

Our Key Objectives

To strengthen relationships, trust and accountability between members to act collaboratively

To build a shared understanding of the problem and leverage points for change driven by the lived experiences of students, teachers and the organisations providing support to them.

To enable ongoing collaboration to activate leverage points for change

To share and advocate for the learnings of this collaboration with the broader education equity sector to create systemic change

Our Current Members

Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Centre for Multicultural Youth
Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare
Learning Creates Australia
Project Rockit
Teach for Australia
The Smith Family
Victorian Aboriginal Education Assoc. Inc.
VicSRC
Brian M Davis Charitable Foundation
William Buckland Foundation (Equity Trustees)

Our Key Activities

Establishing shared priorities to address barriers to change based on the lived experience of students, teachers and members

Establishing a leadership council of students, teachers and organisations representatives

Participating in action learning groups and other project-based work (e.g. mapping third sector provision of school supports)

Sharing knowledge and building members capacity to act systemically

Advocating collectively to spotlight the lived experiences of students, teachers and members

Collaborating with the Department of Education and other peak education stakeholders

Our Current Priorities

Our collaborative system mapping with students, teachers and membershas identified these 3 initial priorities:

Defining education equity to work towards and advocate for a shared vision for a more equitable education system
Coordinating the supports and services members provide to low-SES school communities to improve access for students, teachers and families
Researching and identifying key opportunities to act systemically to strengthen student/teacher relationships as a key pathway to education equity

Education
Equity
Alliance

Equity Stakeholder Alliance

Our Shared Narrative

Our Key Objectives

To strengthen relationships, trust and accountability between members to act collaboratively

To build a shared understanding of the problem and leverage points for change driven by the lived experiences of students, teachers and the organisations providing support to them.

To enable ongoing collaboration to activate leverage points for change

To share and advocate for the learnings of this collaboration with the broader education equity sector to create systemic change

Our Current Members

Our Key Activities

Establishing shared priorities to address barriers to change based on the lived experience of students, teachers and members

Establishing a leadership council of students, teachers and organisations representatives

Participating in action learning groups and other project-based work (e.g. mapping third sector provision of school supports)

Sharing knowledge and building members capacity to act systemically

Advocating collectively to spotlight the lived experiences of students, teachers and members

Collaborating with the Department of Education and other peak education stakeholders

Our Current Priorities

Our collaborative system mapping with students, teachers and membershas identified these 3 initial priorities:

Defining education equity to work towards and advocate for a shared vision for a more equitable education system

Coordinating the supports and services members provide to low-SES school communities to improve access for students, teachers and families

Researching and identifying key opportunities to act systemically to strengthen student/teacher relationships as a key pathway to education equity

If you are interested in your organisation taking part in this work, please contact our Policy & Collective Impact Lead, Ange Barry

ange@equityalliance.com.au

Education Equity Alliance

Equity Stakeholder Alliance

Our Shared Narrative

Our Key Objectives

To strengthen relationships, trust and accountability between members to act collaboratively

​To build a shared understanding of the problem and leverage points for change driven by the lived experiences of students, teachers and the organisations providing support to them.

To enable ongoing collaboration to activate leverage points for change

To share and advocate for the learnings of this collaboration with the broader education equity sector to create systemic change

Our Current Members

Our Key Activities

Establishing shared priorities to address barriers to change based on the lived experience of students, teachers and members

Establishing a leadership council of students, teachers and organisations representatives

Participating in action learning groups and other project-based work (e.g. mapping third sector provision of school supports)

Sharing knowledge and building members capacity to act systemically

Advocating collectively to spotlight the lived experiences of students, teachers and members

Collaborating with the Department of Education and other peak education stakeholders

Our Current Priorities

Our collaborative system mapping with students, teachers and membershas identified these 3 initial priorities:

Defining education equity to work towards and advocate for a shared vision for a more equitable education system

Coordinating the supports and services members provide to low-SES school communities to improve access for students, teachers and families

Researching and identifying key opportunities to act systemically to strengthen student/teacher relationships as a key pathway to education equity

If you are interested in your organisation taking part in this work, please contact our Policy & Collective Impact Lead, Ange Barry

ange@equityalliance.com.au

Education
Equity
Alliance

To build a shared understanding of the problem and leverage points for change driven by the lived experiences of students, teachers and the organisations providing support to them.