Alexandria Park Community School in Partnership

The Schools in Partnership initiative recognises that educational success is a team effort.

As well as focussing on reinforcing essential skills in literacy, numeracy and technology and fostering an enthusiasm for learning, the initiative also encourages mothers, fathers, uncles, aunties and the wider community to play a part in the students’ education.  When everyone gets involved we see a big difference in the way students succeed.

As part of Phase 2 of the initiative, next year Alexandra Park will join 29 other schools across the State that that are taking up the invitation to develop a whole school commitment to striving for equal educational outcomes for Aboriginal students.

The Iemma Government is working hard to improve outcomes for Aboriginal students through the $65 million-four year indigenous education plan.  Schools involved in the initiative receive between $100,000 and $400,000 per year in additional funding to help them set and achieve annual targets for improving literacy and numeracy results, school retention rates and school attendance.

If a school reaches their annual targets, they can access a further $50,000 to help them achieve even better results and higher standards.  Improvements in educational outcomes for Aboriginal students benefit us all.

The Schools in Partnership initiative commenced in September 2005 as part of a key partnership agreement between the Department of Education and Training and the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc (AECG), and with the support of the NSW Teachers Federation, the NSW Primary Principals Association, Secondary Principals Council and the NSW Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations.