Respected education academic John Hattie will continue to lead Australia’s efforts to improve teaching quality and school leadership. Read more
Focusing on learners and learning
Using its learning motto ‘where you are known’, St Bernard’s identified in 2014 the need to review the impact of learning success across the school community. This led to the school taking part in the Collaborative Impact Program, which four years later, has transformed its ability to ‘know thy impact’ through research, data and a rigour of employing effective instructional practices to ensure learning success for all students.
New program to support school leaders
The Menzies Foundation has announced its new fellowship program that aims to support the development of leadership capability in schools.
AITSL welcomes new directors
The appointment of five new Directors to the Board of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) will help drive the organisation’s focus on supporting and promoting high quality teaching and school leadership, according to AITSL Chair Laureate, Professor John Hattie (pictured above).
Video: Leading Voices – John Hattie and Patrick Griffin
In this 2016 video, Professor John Hattie and Professor Patrick Griffin discuss ways to expand our thinking about approaches to high potential learning.
Video: NAPLAN results 10 years on
Professor John Hattie speaks with 7.30’s Leigh Sales about NAPLAN, 10 years on from its implementation.