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More than half of Australia’s population is under COVID-19 lockdowns, which means many of you are right in the thick of a long period of remote learning, maybe while trying to homeschool your own children at the same time. In today’s episode I run through some of the recent wellbeing pieces we’ve published, as well as some other highlights from a busy month here at Teacher.

Each year, in the Teacher survey, we ask our readers to share one piece of advice they'd give to a fellow educator. Here, we share some responses from our 2020 survey on the topic of working collaboratively with students.

We’re delighted to let you know our annual reader survey is opening today. It’s the seventh year in a row we have invited you to share your feedback, and this year, if you complete our survey you’ll go into the draw to win a $500 VISA prepaid gift card.

What do you need information on? Evidence-based practice? Tutoring in schools? Oral language? Data interpretation? The ninth Teacher alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful. Download the PDF for a hyperlinked version.

Six years ago Professor Geoff Masters AO penned a column for Teacher on the ‘big five’ education challenges facing Australian schools. This year, ACER has been running a five-part webinar series exploring each challenge in greater detail, and in today’s podcast, we run you through some of the highlights.

How has remote teaching and learning changed the way school communities collaborate as we move past this global pandemic? How can schools work effectively with tutors to support students who fell behind during remote learning? We take a look at these questions and more in today’s podcast.

Welcome back to a new school year. Over the past few weeks, the Teacher team have been busy putting together content to help support you for the year ahead, and in today’s episode we’re going to take you through some of the highlights. We’ll be discussing school leadership, gifted education, setting up your classroom, and resources for planning.

We’re at the end of another year and what a year it’s been for everyone. We’ve spoken to some amazing educators and experts during 2020, so in this special episode, the Teacher team are looking back at some of our personal podcast highlights.

You might’ve noticed we’ve been placing a real emphasis on wellbeing at Teacher recently. We’ve looked at new research into student wellbeing, resilience, and launched a new publication dedicated to educator wellbeing outside of the classroom. In today’s podcast we take you through anything you might have missed.

What do you need information on? Strategies for implementing school improvement? Resources for building cultural responsiveness? Ideas for online excursions? The eighth Teacher alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful.