Schools and districts around the world strive for a common goal: ensuring every child receives the quality education he or she deserves. Solution Tree Australia shares this goal and wants to help you make it a reality. Professional Learning that ...
More »How a teacher ‘accidentally’ became a leader
Speaking to Lisa Helenius, it soon becomes clear that humanity is at the heart of everything she does as a school leader. People as individuals, and the communities they form together, are her focus. The school community she is currently ...
More »6 Educational Tools Australian Teachers Are Using In 2018
Emerging technologies can (and should!) be used by teachers to engage, inspire, and better educate their students. Here, we look into 6 of the top education tools Australian teachers are using in their classrooms. There’s no escaping technology and its ...
More »Lighting the flame: Growing lifelong learners
A principal uses her experiences in Tonga and Japan to grow lifelong learners. Trudy Moala has led primary schools for 24 years. Starting her career in Adelaide as a primary school teacher, her life took an intrepid turn when she travelled ...
More »The ‘guides on the side’: exploring the flipped teaching method
The traditional way of imparting knowledge (teacher at the front of the class, lecturing, setting kids homework they might not do) could one day be a thing of the past. This age-old method "assumes that the student's brain is like ...
More »See You ATAR: Time for universities to rethink their acceptance criteria
It’s time to look beyond the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank. Australian universities have had it so good for so long. They expect and have become accustomed to secondary schools doing the university selection testing using the ATAR. At the completion ...
More »Sound advice: Classroom acoustics linked to student success
How poor classroom acoustics are linked to lower skill levels in students. If you feel you’re struggling to maintain discipline and cooperation, and your students’ motivation and engagement levels are lacking, it may have something to do with the way ...
More »The internet of school things
How technology will connect educators and students, and usher in a new age of smart schools. Schools are becoming increasingly technology rich. Many provide connected devices for students or have programs that enable students to bring their own devices (BYOD). ...
More »Measuring success: How can we help our teachers help themselves?
The Teaching Teams trial promises teacher education students and their supervisors a new approach to self-reflection and assessment. With the current push for new teachers who are ‘classroom ready’, it’s no wonder our teacher education students, teachers and schools are ...
More »Building on experience: laying the groundwork for staff and student success
West Australian Liz Smith is a 21st century educator who very much has the future in mind – for both staff and students – when leading her school’s teaching and learning. She began her teaching career on the cusp of ...
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