Victorian students will get the tailored learning support they need to thrive at school, with the extension of the Tutor Learning Initiative until at least the end of 2025.
On Tuesday, September 5, Daniel Andrews and Education MP Natalie Hutchins visited Sunshine North Primary School to announce $485 million to extend the program for the next two school years.
With a focus on getting literacy and numeracy support to students who need it most and building their confidence.
The state government said Victorian students at all government and low-fee non-government schools will continue to benefit from the program, which will play a key role in building on the progress demonstrated by Victoria’s nation-leading NAPLAN results.
Victoria recorded the lowest proportion of students in the lower NAPLAN bands in the country – a testament to the difference the program’s first two years have made.
According to the state government, this investment will now make sure every student identified as ‘Needing Additional Support’ in the 2023 and 2024 assessments at a government school will get it.
Tutors work with small groups of students who have been identified by assessments or by their teachers as needing extra help in their literacy and numeracy, while individual schools determine how tutoring support is implemented, tailoring it to the needs of each student.
The government said the program will now also provide tailored education support for 500 students in the care system who have become disengaged from school in care settings.
Which will provide a trauma-informed approach to re-engaging these students in learning, with continued and consistent support.
The tutor program called on pre-service teachers, teachers on leave, retired teachers and casual relief teachers to sign up and get back in the classroom, with at least one tutor in all government schools.
Education MP Natalie Hutchins said, “Tutors’ tireless hard work in schools across the state has been paramount to keeping our kids on track, but we’ll continue this work to make sure every child is supported.”
