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Podcast special: Meet Brett Dascombe – a top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize
Podcast special: Meet Brett Dascombe – a top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize

The winner of the 2025 Global Teacher Prize has been announced. Mansour Al Mansour from Saudi Arabia has walked away with the US $1 million prize. One Australian teacher was a top 10 finalist this year – Brett Dascombe, a Senior Geography Teacher from Wavell State High School in Brisbane. In this special podcast episode, Brett shares how he exposes his students to real-world, project-based learning by embedding geospatial technologies like GIS, drones and remote sensing data into the geography curriculum.

Professional Development, networks and events for NSW science teachers in 2025
Professional Development, networks and events for NSW science teachers in 2025

The Science Teachers’ Association of New South Wales (STANSW) is offering a range of professional development events, networking and advocacy this year, supporting NSW teachers to excel in science education. 

School Assembly S3E6: Setting the teaching direction and a Series 1 and 2 update
School Assembly S3E6: Setting the teaching direction and a Series 1 and 2 update

It’s a special, bumper episode of School Assembly as Teacher Editor Jo Earp chats to Dan McShea about setting the teaching direction, and also checks in on Ray Boyd and Rachael Lehr, who we followed in Series 1, and Series 2 principal Jo Camozatto to find out what’s been happening at their schools.

Research news: Students, smartphones and the ‘privacy paradox’
Research news: Students, smartphones and the ‘privacy paradox’

‘Tech-savvy doesn’t necessarily mean privacy-savvy.’ Teacher talks to Julie Maclean, co-author of a new report into student smartphone use, about how a generation that has grown up with technology is failing to mitigate the risks, and what schools can do to help.

Teacher Awards 2024: Leadership Award for Driving School Improvement
Teacher Awards 2024: Leadership Award for Driving School Improvement

In this Teacher Awards 2024 winners’ profile, we chat with the executive team at Cessnock High School in NSW. Winners of our Leadership Award for Driving School Improvement, we hear about how they’ve transformed school culture and improved academic achievement.

School Improvement Episode 56: Grief and loss education in the secondary years
School Improvement Episode 56: Grief and loss education in the secondary years

Improving students’ academic achievement goes hand-in-hand with supporting their health and wellbeing. In Episode 56 of our School Improvement podcast series, we’re focusing on grief and loss education. We’ll be hearing about an evidence-based program that’s helping a high school in regional New South Wales support its students with these issues.

Leadership Q&A: Implementing evidence-based instruction
Leadership Q&A: Implementing evidence-based instruction

In this Q&A, we speak to Kirsten Hodgson and Bryan Kilkenny from St Monica’s College about their approach to explicit instruction, how they use professional learning to support staff in shifting their practice, and what they’ve learned from visiting other schools that have undertaken a similar journey.

School Improvement Episode 55: Instructional leadership with Research Conference keynote Professor David Hopkins
School Improvement Episode 55: Instructional leadership with Research Conference keynote Professor David Hopkins

We’re joined by Professor David Hopkins ahead of his keynote at ACER’s Research Conference 2025, titled ‘Unleashing Greatness – A Strategy for School Improvement’. Our conversation zeros in on one of the 8 steps of his strategy, instructional leadership, and includes practical pointers and plenty to reflect on in relation to your own context and practice.

Teacher resources: Unpacking evidence-based implementation
Teacher resources: Unpacking evidence-based implementation

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.

Supporting trauma-impacted students and their teachers: the path we must take together
Supporting trauma-impacted students and their teachers: the path we must take together

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.