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Fostering a sense of school pride and meeting the individual needs of every student are just two priorities for Melanie Macmillan, Principal of Warwick Farm Public School. In today’s article she shares how she focuses on community partnerships, visible leadership and student engagement to achieve those goals. #TeacherArchives

‘I guess some of the capabilities are rather abstract; they’re about attitudes and they’re not easily defined in the first instance and perhaps easily identified in pedagogical practice.’ There are 7 General Capabilities (GCs) in the Australian Curriculum – so, how are teachers implementing them in the classroom? A research study offers some insights. #TeacherArchives

In this series, we take a look at some further readings available on a particular topic, including open access research papers from various online databases, and Teacher archive content you might not have come across yet. Today, we’re bringing you 5 pieces of content on the topic of Health and Physical Education (HPE), from a research paper delving into the issue of public schools outsourcing HPE to external providers, to insight from students on how they feel about fitness testing, and how they would change it.

This year, when we asked you what topics you’d like to see us cover in the future, many of you said curriculum implementation. So, that’s something we’ve been focusing on this month at Teacher, and in this episode, we catch you up on what we’ve shared.

‘Our findings provide insight into how imaginative, adventurous, confident and capable Australia’s 15-year-olds are in their creative thinking and how it is being fostered in classrooms across the country.' International results from the OECD Education and Skills' first ever PISA assessment on creative thinking revealed Australia’s 15-year-olds were among the world’s top performers. Now, new analysis from the Australian Council for Educational Research offers insights into student performance and attitudes, and how teachers in different states and territories are fostering #creativethinking in the classroom.

What strategies does your school have in place to ensure all students feel seen, understood and respected? In today’s article, we speak with Cathy Cook from Marryatville Primary School in South Australia – winner of the Cultivating an Inclusive and Positive Culture Award – about her comprehensive approach to inclusion.

Helping students to retain information is a fundamental challenge in education and one that staff at Coolum State High School recognised the need to support. They've partnered with researchers to investigate one promising technique for improving retention: Retrieval Practice. #TeacherArchives

'... there’s always the question that we’re asking as leaders – how do we know that all of our students are learning? ... Learning Walks and Talks are a tool to support leaders and teacher leaders to answer that question.' In this episode of Teacher Talks from the #TeacherArchives, Dr Lyn Sharratt sits down to discuss a powerful school leadership approach, Learning Walks and Talks, in front of a live audience of teachers and school leaders in Melbourne.

Today is #WorldTeachersDay2024 in Australia! To celebrate, we're sharing some of the responses from our annual Teacher Survey, about what you love most about your role. #WTD2024 🔗 https://lnkd.in/giGJFgDz

' I think the principal has to arrive at something that resonates deeply and enables alignment across all layers of the school, and it almost defends what the school will be and should be ...' School Assembly is the podcast series that explores what it takes to build a school from the ground up. In this episode we catch up with Notre Dame College Principal Daniel McShea to talk about crafting the school vision, mission and motto. Brisbane Catholic Education