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The art of conversation?
The art of conversation?

In schools across Australia there are educators avoiding having difficult conversations with their colleagues. Debra Ferguson offers some tips on how to get those conversations started.

Legal matters: Intervention orders
Legal matters: Intervention orders

Staff at one Victorian school told Teacher they would like to know more about intervention orders, so we asked two lawyers from the state give a brief overview.

Is teamwork key to student engagement?
Is teamwork key to student engagement?

An action research project in Adelaide has highlighted the benefits of team teaching.

Finding time for teachers
Finding time for teachers

The life of a teacher can be hectic, so what can you do to free up time for development? Take a look at this infographic.

A personal approach

Is a change in mindset – one that focuses on ‘personal best’ rather than ‘world records’ – needed to help improve Indigenous student outcomes?

Attendance: It's a big deal
Attendance: It's a big deal

Principal Mike O'Connor makes attendance data a 'big deal' at Brisbane's Browns Plains State High School and is only too happy to shine a spotlight on student absence.

Teaching in an Islamic school
Teaching in an Islamic school

Coming from a non-Islamic background, Andrew Turcinovich was a little apprehensive when he got a teaching job in an Islamic school. Here, he explains why he needn’t have been worried.

Open the door: Effective teaching is no secret
Open the door: Effective teaching is no secret

If we really want to improve student achievement we need to focus on the person who closes the classroom door and performs the teaching act – the teacher - but to do that we need to open classroom doors.

New school buildings - some practical considerations
New school buildings - some practical considerations

Wendy Wills considers some of the practicalities schools need to address when planning and overseeing the construction of new buildings or other facilities.

The answer to teacher shortages
The answer to teacher shortages

Research suggests we have too many and too few teachers, but where we do have real shortages we need both to retain locally trained teachers and attract them from overseas. Danielle Roddick reports.