NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) has undergone significant changes for 2023. As a teacher, it is essential to understand these changes to prepare your students for the upcoming tests. New assessment standards One of the most significant changes to NAPLAN is the introduction of new assessment standards. These new standards have replaced…
Teenagers are an interesting age group that high school teachers have voluntarily chosen to engage with on a daily basis. If home schooling hasn’t been enough proof, surely parents already know that you have to be a special kind of person to volunteer for that gig. And of all the tasks that teachers and parents…
What if you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up? What if what you will go on to excel at is a role in a field that doesn’t yet exist? What if you’re still ascertaining who you are and what you like – and separating that from parents, friends and community? What if…
I was asked a really great question by one of my colleagues this morning: How did you become so confident at standing up and performing your poetry? It made me think about the history of my voice and how it came to find itself amplified through a microphone, on a stage, in front of an…
2020 was definitely a year like no other in recent history and for many of us we are still facing lockdowns and other stresses as a result. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of many facets of our lives and in particular, education has been an area that changed significantly in such a short period…
We’ve all been bystanders to the water-cooler conversation about ‘that’ teacher from ‘back in the day’ who secretly had a smoke at lunchtime behind the school gym, or the teacher who put some questions on the board and simply sat behind their desk or aimlessly walked around the room. I’m sure those of us who…
Education Redefined: Erini Christopoulos on taking a multi modal approach and knowing where your school is, on the ‘techtrum”. “If we are expecting students to build their skills of independence, self efficacy and responsibility we need to be foregrounding the technology and the skills to use that technology in productive and effective ways at school.”…
“It’s about having a deep understanding of how you can harness technology to effect positive learning outcomes” In this EP chat, Ben and Paula discuss the SAMR model and TPACK framework as ways to measure your digital integration.
“EP can be a very powerful tool when implemented strategically alongside a set of instructional principles” Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction form a helpful framework with which to plan effective units of learning. In this video, Jimmy unpacks some of the key principles and illustrates how EP can facilitate these for strategic planning and consolidated learning.
“The flipped classroom approach is more than just getting students to watch videos before they come to class” Kelly Hollis, Global Head of Science, explains how flipping the learning is all about creating opportunities for students to engage with the lower order of Bloom’s taxonomy in the home space so that when they are in…
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