Welcome to Improving Schools Australia’s ideas column. We are an experienced group of educators from both the state and non-state school sectors who aim to support boards and leadership teams with their school improvement processes. Improving Schools Australia was formed so that your school team has someone to walk beside them in their school improvement journey.
Ideas:
- Understanding Fisher and Frey’s gradual release of responsibility: https://files.ascd.org/staticfiles/ascd/pdf/siteASCD/publications/books/Better-Learning-Through-Structured-Teaching-3ed-sample-chapters.pdf
- Feedback to teachers key to lifting teaching standards: https://www.aitsl.edu.au/standards
- Partnerships: Realising potential: https://www.realisingpotential.com.au/
- Student wellbeing: Student Wellbeing Hub
- Three rules to spark learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYHqfk0X2A
- Quality school governance, cybersecurity, AI and strategy: proedenterprises.com.au
- See Sir Ken Robertson on improving teaching and pedagogy: Sir Ken Robinson – The Official Website – Inspiring Creativity & Innovation for Future Generations
- School-community partnerships: Parents & Citizens Associations (P&Cs) | ACNC
- School culture and climate: https://ascd.org/blogs/school-culture-versus-school-climate
- Differentiation starting points: https://www.schools.vic.gov.au/differentiation-improve-engagement-and-learning
