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From the uniform and building names to community consultation and learning, Aboriginal perspectives and culture is woven into the fabric of Googong Public School. Teacher speaks to principal Rebekah Lindsay, a 2024 NAIDOC Teacher of the Year Award winner, about their approach and the success it’s bringing.

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.

Are Australian students getting better or worse at mathematics? Are they more or less creative than their OECD peers? Andrew Broadley chats to ACER Senior Research Fellow and National Project Manager for PISA, Lisa De Bortoli, about what we can learn from the latest PISA results.

The winners of the 2024 STEM Video Game Challenge have been announced today. They were chosen from over 500 entries from over 1,400 students in years 3-12. Find out more about the annual challenge and take a look at the winning entries in this article.

‘We weren’t looking at expanding (the program) but the demand from the education sector was strong.’ Researchers behind the trial of a meditation program for primary students have just launched a new study focusing on principals and teachers. In this article, we find out more from Dr Peta Stapleton.

This year marks the 10th birthday of Teacher magazine online, and to celebrate we’re looking back at some of the highlights, the topics that have been most important to you, and exploring the publication’s impact. Today’s article explores a decade of columnist contributions, including some of their own favourites.

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.

As a school leader, what’s been your biggest achievement of the last month? What about a challenge or hurdle you’ve had to overcome? And what’s been a key learning for you in your own practice? In this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we take a look at some of the leadership-focused content we’ve published recently.

High quality implementation of educational approaches can have a significant impact on improving students' outcomes. But when it comes to implementing a new approach, how can schools ensure it’s being done effectively? We speak with AERO’s Kate Griffiths.

‘School leaders expressed a need for better-prepared new teachers who could integrate smoothly into the Independent school environment … [the program creates] a pipeline of qualified teachers who are already familiar with the school's culture and practices.’ In today’s article, we look at a new mentorship program addressing staffing needs.