Immersion Program
The Teach Learn Grow (TLG) Immersion Program is a Year 10-12 service-learning initiative that connects metropolitan high school students with rural and remote primary schools.
High school students volunteer to travel to a community to tutor and mentor primary school students at host schools, focusing on areas like mathematics and science, while also engaging in various educational and extracurricular activities.
Using a project-based learning framework, participants undergo extensive training to prepare for their roles and develop important skills such as leadership, resilience and teamwork throughout their volunteer journey.
The program has a demonstrably positive impact for both the high school volunteers and the primary school students who participate, with high percentages of participants and students reporting improved educational outcomes and personal development as measured in program surveys and assessments.
TLG partners with several Perth-based high schools to support the planning and facilitation of these trips, including Perth College, St Hilda’s, Presbyterian Ladies College and All Saints College.
For more information on how to get your school involved, contact immersionprogram@teachlearngrow.org.au
“To have a number of tutors in the school for a week is a unique opportunity for our students and staff. Attempting to meet the individual needs of students is practicable”
- Staff, East Manjimup Primary School
“I didn't ever think I would want to be a teacher, but throughout the week I have loved working with the kids and would possibly consider it now”
- Participant, St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls
Our Partner Schools
“The energy, the excitement and the pure love for school amongst our students was infectious, and I felt so privileged to be able to spend time with them in the local community and work alongside the phenomenal teachers at Bayulu Remote Community School.”
— Grace Hoes, All Saints’ College Alumni & TLG Volunteer
“I saw the TLG Immersion Program as a great opportunity to go out to rural WA and have a new experience, and mentor a diverse group of students… I went to Bayulu both times and absolutely loved every minute of it. The school was quite small, the students were amazing, and the scenery was incredible.”
— Niamh Doherty, All Saints’ College Alumni & TLG Volunteer