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Teacher Awards 2024: Excellence in Staff Collaboration

Teacher Awards 2024: Staff Collaboration

In today’s article, we speak with the winners of the Excellence in Staff Collaboration Award category for the Teacher Awards 2024. The team from Balmoral State High School were recognised for their systematic, sustainable, whole-school approach to collaboration to improve student outcomes.

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Digital distractions in the classroom

In the latest PISA test cycle, one of the topics explored in the questionnaire was the disciplinary climate of classrooms. In today’s article we take a look at one of the drivers of Australia’s less than favourable index score – digital distractions.

Infographic: Learning beyond the classroom

When you’re planning a unit of work for your students, there may be opportunities to include a local trip to support the learning outcomes. Recent research from ACER shows the most popular local learning destinations in Australia and New Zealand for some schools participating in Children’s University, a program designed to engage students aged 5-18 in out-of-school learning enrichment activities.

learning activities, partnerships in education, infographics

Global Education: Playful learning in Laos

In this episode of our Global Education podcast, Teacher Editor Jo Earp talks to Soukdalone Phommathep – Foundation Principal of Lab Langban in Laos – about its growth from humble beginnings, learning while having fun, the importance of student voice, and a playful design touch that’s enjoyed by adults just as much as the children.

school leaders, leadership, curriculum design, international, audio

STEM teachers win 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize

The 2024 winners of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Excellence in Science Teaching have just been announced. Daniel Edwards from Montello Primary School in Tasmania and Alice Leung from Concord High School in New South Wales have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the profession.

STEM, expertise, leading teachers, short articles

Infographic: Closing the Gap Report 2024

Australia's latest Closing the Gap Report communicates progress towards government targets to achieve equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in areas like education, health and employment. In today’s infographic, we share some of the education results and how they compare to the baseline year data.

early years, equal education, pathways, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, infographics

Who’s really teaching Health and PE?

‘Many teachers sensed … a marginalisation of other key learning areas, including HPE.’ In today’s article, Dr Jessica Amy Sears discusses the findings of an Australian study into the current status, staffing and teaching of Health and Physical Education in New South Wales government schools.

research news, Health and PE, recruitment, expertise, curriclum implementation, short articles

Teacher Staffroom: Award-winning educators

From our very own Teacher Awards to the ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award and the STEM Video Game Challenge, it’s certainly the time of year for awards. In this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we take a look at the educators being recognised around the country.

Teacher magazine, Teacher Awards, music, audio

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Students need mental health support more than ever. BEAM equips teachers to deliver it.

Early intervention is vital to connecting at-risk young people to appropriate support for their mental health. Co-designed with teachers, the Building Educators’ Skills in Adolescent Mental Health (BEAM) training program by Black Dog Institute was created specifically to empower year advisors and other education leaders to recognise and respond to the signs of mental ill health in their students.

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A new vision for instruction

On 22 February, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) launched its position statement, Vision for Instruction, outlining the goals, methods and processes for embedding a refreshed and system-wide approach to achieving teaching and learning excellence. Find out more in this article.

Supporting trauma-impacted students and their teachers

Excitement is growing across Australia for the fourth, biennial Trauma-Aware Education Conference to be held in Brisbane this year (Thursday 31 October to Saturday 2 November). Find out more in this article.

StoryBoard, student welfare, professional learning

Big Camp: An extraordinary extracurricular experience

A week with good food, fun and fellowship is what Big Camp promises its’ attendees every year and has been delivering for more than 95 years. It promotes leadership skills, enhanced engagement with peers and sportsmanship in the 100 attendees for the year.

StoryBoard, Health and PE, student engagement

Wellbeing

The Research Files Episode 91: The long-term impacts of a sense of school belonging on mental health

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Podcast: School belonging and mental health

New research has emphasised the importance of adolescent school belonging as a long-term protective factor that can mitigate against later depression, anxiety, and stress. In this episode of The Research Files we speak to the lead author about the findings and the implications for schools.

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Self-regulated learning and wellbeing

Dr Karen Peel from the University of Southern Queensland shares findings from her new research that explores teaching for self-regulated learning, and shares her decision-making matrix informing a self-regulatory approach to classroom behaviour management.

Infographic: Principal health and wellbeing

The annual Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey 2021 data show school leaders continue to experience negative health and wellbeing. In this infographic, we explore the survey results for various aspects of health and wellbeing.

school leaders, deputy principals, teacher welfare, research news, infographics

Podcast: Wellbeing and mental health

It is widely acknowledged that teaching is a stressful job, and the global events of the past few years have added an enormous amount of extra pressure on those working in education. In today’s episode we share some of the pieces we’ve published on the topic of teacher health and wellbeing.

reading, teacher welfare, expertise, behaviour management, school culture, audio

Teacher Awards 2023: Health and wellbeing

The winners of the inaugural Teacher Awards were announced this month, and over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing their stories. In this article, we speak with Kate O’Donnell from GOAL College, winner of the Improving Health and Wellbeing Award, sponsored by Bank First.

Teacher Awards, student welfare, staff welfare, short articles, teacher welfare

Pastoral care: Reviewing staff wellbeing

In an earlier Teacher article, Leanne Lester and Donna Cross discuss the need for schools to carry out regular reviews of pastoral care policies, program and practices. Here, they look in greater depth at Stage 2 – reviewing staff wellbeing.

staff welfare, strategic planning, school culture, short articles, teacher welfare