who had re-adopted the Stronger Smarter Philosophy and was seeing the school starting to pick up again. Stronger Smarter Philosophy Sarra explains the Stronger Smarter Philosophy as follows: Views on "white" teachers working in Aboriginal communities In 2008, Sarra blamed poor outcomes for Aboriginal students on "white trash" school teachers. He said: Stronger Smarter Institute Sarra is chairman and founder of the Stronger Smarter Institute, which works with schools to build a positive cultural identity for and among Aboriginal children and to set high expectations of behaviour and academic achievement. The Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organisation which operates nationwide to ensure Indigenous student aim for - and achieve - a brighter future Sarra assumed the role as chairman and appointed former Deloitte's Consulting Partner Lisa Siganto as Chief Executive Officer in 2014. On 6 November 2014, Indigenous senior executive, Darren Godwell was appointed as the Institute's new CEO, taking over from Lisa Siganto who moved to the Board. Independent directors have been appointed to the board including Herb Elliott AC MBE (former Deputy chairman, Fortescue Metals Group and Olympic gold medal winner), Paul Bridge (educator based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia), Gary Lennon (Executive General Manager Finance at National Australia Bank) and Tanya Orman (NITV Channel Manager). By mid-2015 the Institute reported that it had supported over 2,000 graduates in over 530 schools through the Stronger Smarter Leadership Program, potentially influencing the classrooms of over 38,000 Indigenous students. Funding Funding provided while the Institute was based at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) The Myer Foundation provided support of $400,000 in financial year 2006/07, $460,000 in financial year 2007/08, and $400,000 in financial year 2008/09. In September 2009 then Education Minister Julia Gillard announced $16.4 million of government funding for the Stronger Smarter Learning Communities project. In July 2010 the Telstra Foundation provided funding of $1.2 million, bringing the total to $2.4 million received from the Telstra Foundation. In September 2011 the Gillard Labor government provided a further commitment totalling $30 million through the Focus Schools Next Steps Initiative. The Myer Foundation provided additional support of $400,000 in financial year 2010/11. No support was provided in financial year 2011/12. Support of $50,000 was provided in financial year 2012/13. No support was provided in financial year 2013/14. The Stronger Smarter Learning Communities project and the Focus Schools Next Steps Initiative remained with QUT when the Institute became an