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AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION SUPPORT

Our aim is to promote, sustain and improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged Australian children, particularly those of Indigenous heritage

Pictures, hopefully featuring us with the computers, students who benefit, deliveries etc.

9th February 2014

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Summary of the computer donation process

Establish demand for computers

Donate computers

Reimage computers

Transport computers

Install computers

• The AIES liaises regularly with the Northern Territory Department of Education (NT

Dep Ed) to establish their unmet computer requirements

• Recipient schools are determined according to their indigenous student enrolment

• The AIES approaches university faculties that are replacing computers

• University faculties complete the paperwork necessary to transfer ownership

from the faculty to the AIES

• NT Dep Ed reimages computers for use in schools

• University programmes and licenses are not used in schools

• The AIES’s logistics partner transports the computers from Melbourne to Darwin

• The NT Department of Education collects the computers and transports them to

the schools in need

• The NT Department of Education has its own software licenses which are used

to install educational software on the computers

• All installation costs are borne by the Department of Education

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You can help by donating your used computers

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Computer-based learning can significantly improve literacy in young children, and can help close the Indigenous education gap

• Common Indigenous student learning strengths include imitation, trial and

feedback and visual spatial learning− Computer learning can effectively leverage these strengths


Indigenous student learning strengths

Suitability of computer learning

Computer study results

• Computers use colourful graphics, readily forgive mistakes and require little

writing, suiting the oral cultural background of many Indigenous students

• Computers are well suited to self-paced learning for remedial teaching

• It has been shown that computer based learning significantly improves literacy

in young children

The NT Department of Education has unmet demand for c.3,000 computers(1)

Gap in computer provision

• Currently the National Secondary School Computer Fund does not provide for

younger students

• A number of studies have found that interventions targeted at Indigenous

students early in schooling can significantly reduce later gaps in literary

attainment

Establish demand for computers1

(1) Per discussions with NT Dip Ed Information Technology department

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Greater educational attainment can improve the lives of Indigenous Australians along a number of dimensions


Indigenous student educational underperformance

Improved educational outcomes can lead to better health, social and economic outcomes

Health• Indigenous Australian life expectancy is c.20

years lower than non-Indigenous Australians

Social• The jailing rate of Indigenous Australians is up

to eight times higher than the jailing rate of

black males in Apartheid South Africa

Economic• The employment rate of Indigenous

Australians is c.25% lower than non-

Indigenous Australians

The learning gap equates to c.2 years of schooling

Education completion rates

Secondary School Completion

Bachelor degree0%

20%

40%

60%

Non-In-digenous Australians

Indigenous Australian

Reading Maths Science400420440460480500520540

Non-In-digenous Australians

Indigenous Australian

PISA test scores

Source: Australian Government statistics; Australian Council for Educational Research

Establish demand for computers1

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There are a number of procedural requirements that need to be fulfilled before donated computers can be transferred to the AIES


Donate computers2

Faculty IT must receive confirmation

of need

Faculty IT board deliberates donation

recipients

University releases computers to AIES

• AIES maintains on going dialogue with faculty IT heads, ensuring AIES is

notified when computers are available

• NT Dep Ed contacts in need schools to determine individual school needs

• AIES communicates aggregate of individual school needs to IT department

• Board meets periodically to discuss among other

issues, the donation of computers

• Potential organisations are tabled and use for each

organisation discussed

• Computers split up to maximise impact

• AIES signs a letter

accepting computers

and ancillary

equipment

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Computers are reformatted prior AIES receiving them


Clear computer memories3

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The AIES transports computers to Darwin through its logistic partner, [Peter Gunn’s company]


Transport costs

1Based on freighting 100 computers using Toll Linehaul and courier services2Centres located in Darwin, Alice Springs, Kathryn and Tenant Creek

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Transport arrangement

Journey Bearer of transport costs

Melbourne to Darwin (NT Department of Education)

Private trucking company

NT Department of Education to schools2

NT Department of Education)

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• The AIES has a relationship with [Peter Gunn’s

company], which frequently transports goods from

Melbourne to Darwin

• Limited funding is raised by the AIES fundraising

team to cover additional minor transport costs

Delivery map

Transport computers4

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The Department of Education covers all computer installation costs


Install computers5

Darwin • Education department

headquarters

• All computers arrive from

Melbourne

Katherine• Regional education centre

• Responsible for [XXX areas]

• Hub for computer delivery

Alice Springs• Regional education centre

• Responsible for Southern Northern

Territory

• Hub for computer delivery

Installation Delivery map

Darwin • IT centralised functions run out of

Mitchell centre Darwin

• Computers reimaged

• Functional education programs

installed

Regional hubs – Katherine & Alice

Springs

• Prepares computers for “plug &

play” at destination schools

Cost of installation & delivery from Darwin are minimal and are borne by NT

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Co-Founders and current charity board members

Name and contact details Background information

Andrew Kemp0403 184 205 [email protected]

University of Melbourne Student (BCom)Treasurer, FMAA 2011-12Intern, Credit SuisseCadet, Ernst & Young

Kyle Sutcliffe0434 812 [email protected]

University of Melbourne Student (BCom)Secretary, FMAA 2011-13Intern, Goldman SachsCadet, Ernst & Young

Andrew Wheeler0410 140 [email protected]

University of Melbourne Alumnus (BCom Hons)Associate, L.E.K. ConsultingPresident, FMAA 2011-12

Australian Indigenous Education SupportA.B.N: 90 586 993 265

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