Vital Statistics

Successful Education IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS that could happen to a child to prepare them for successful prospects in life and to enable them to become the best they can be - ACTUALISE THEIR POTENTIAL.

The Edusyn Team: Passionate, highly qualified and experienced educators with over 50 combined years of experience in private, government, teaching, management educational contexts including indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, urban and remote) got together to develop programs and products that will maximise children's opportunities for a successful education in a complex and challenging environment. We have walked the walk.

The largest investment, beside food, clothing and shelter, for a child's future is their education. Like a heart beat, new skills provide the opportunities for future possibilities. A child has to have the right tools to open the many exciting opportunities for a happy and fulfilling life.

For the Child's sake, no matter what cultural background, we can't afford to foul this opportunity up. 

Taking Heads out of the Sand

If very young children can, confidently, acquire the complex skill of oral language and implement the most complex strategies and behaviours to 'get their way', all without any formal education, what great potential when harnessed by a 'strategic' learning plan in a formal education context - the schools?

We feel secure in the fact that socially and politically schools are mandated with the responsibility for the education of children which includes:

1. Teaching an extensive curriculum to privide children with the information and skills to acquire confidence in the foundation skills of Literacy and Numeracy
2. Ensure children become well-adjusted, healthy and wise and are equiped with an awareness and empathy for people's individuality and cultures
3. Strategies for the students to develop the understanding, maturity and self-discipline to refuse the harmful influences of our present society.
4. Successfully addressing the specific needs of every child in the school.
5. Providing a dynamic learning environmment where children feel and are safe.
6. promoting and protecting children's rights
7. An 'inclusive' system that caters for students with 'special' needs.

That sounds wonderful, but, is that a realistic mandate?

The successful implementation of the above is an extremely ambitious project when, as research demonstrates strongly, the classroom teacher is the only major person responsible for implementing all those requirements promolgated from the mouths of the government, society and parents.

The teacher has an  extensive range of responsibility covering nearly every facet of a child's development, knowledge, skills and welfare.

The teacher is directly responsible for the child's education in a milueu of limited resources, challenging behaviours and minimal 'partnership' support from parent(s)/ caregiver(s), one would not be blamed for being concerned that it all sounds great but, in reality, is it working'?

There are constant public reminders and a huge emphasis on schools having responsibilty of the above mandates.

It is attractive and easy, therefore, to make teachers convenient 'scapegoats' on whom to blame failure of individual students. This makes the teacher's role even more demanding and puts less emphasis on the responsibilities of others to make it happen.

The reality is that because of the pressures to implement the above teachers, in a majority of cases, switch into 'survival' mode, trying to 'cope' with the challenges. As a result, often, 'crowd control' tactics 'safe' pedagogy are used by the teacher to minimise disruption.

Also, there is an increasing number of children identified with 'learning needs' most of whom display 'normal' capabilities in other contexts including go home after school and play complex computer games. By what criteria are children judged to have 'special learning needs'? Evidence could point to the benchmark being the degree with which the student adapts to the education environment created by the present overtaxed system rather than the capacity of the child to learn. As well, there's so much time, energy and resources spent on addressing 'special needs' that  those without them are beginning to be the 'forgotten generation' where equitable access to an education is compromised.

There is no surpise, therefore, that statistics on student achievements tell a disappointing story.

Closing the Gap 

Does Edusyn have an axe to grind.? NO. Edusyn acknowledges the tremendous task of the government to provide avery child with an equitable education. We acknowledge the complexity of the task and applauds the efforts of committed participants.

Obstacles must be minimised because every single child deserves the best opportunity for a successful education experience. Edusyn hopes relevant authorities will address the present challenges within the education system with a more honest and realistic approach. In summary, schools are overtaxed and it's time to start thinking seriously about realistic expectations. One solution is for relevant authorities to start closing the gap and develop a strategic plan to provide quality viable education for children's future in the context of formal partnerships with private enterprise.

Edusyn Pty Ltd was established to fill the gap.

Edusyn sees itself providing quality products and services using contemporary theory and research for students to take better advantage of the school system including:

1. High achievenment in learning outcomes
2. Developing a more positive attitude about education and aspiration about future personal goals
3. Improving motivation, self-confidence and self-discipline
4. Increasing home/ student/ school partnerships.
5. Giving students the inspiration for them to be the best they can be.

You're Invited 

We invite parents/ caregivers to explore this site taking advantage of the FREE support and to contact us about any program or product that will give your child a better ooportunity for a successful education.

We invite schools to contact us to identify how we can best work in partnership with them to maximise student successful achievements.