Human leadership

In this webinar, Bruce Armstrong delves into the disruption in schools and how we can navigate through this and lead during these times.

Find and access recordings and presentations from the 2024 Government Schools Principals Conference.

2022 Teaching Excellence Program (TEP) alumni Jay Chew (Al-Taqwa College), Ben Jones (Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College) and Kendall Aglinskas (Assumption College) dive deep into their teaching journeys.

Written by Teaching Excellence Program (TEP) Master Teacher Anam Javed, this article focusses on design thinking and how teachers can promote strategic and innovative thinking in their students.  

Leadership Excellence Division 2023 Principal in Residence Greg Lacey is joined by principal Andrew Schneider and paediatrician Vanessa Gabriel to discuss the barriers disadvantaged communities face in accessing quality healthcare.

In this episode Carol Hodgson (Department of Education, regional) and 2022 Teaching Excellence Program (TEP) alumni Melissa Pavey from South Street Primary School in Moe and Cathy Buchanan-Hagen from Hamlyn Banks Primary School in Geelong discuss all things literacy, education and mentor texts.

Anna Miller, Director of Junior School Music at Strathcona Girls Grammar School, shares her experience using the Design Thinking model, and gives some tips for teachers and how to get students engaged.

On this page, you will find a broad range of resources to support the implementation of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools in schools from all three sectors (government, Catholic and independent).

Renowned positive psychology expert Professor Lea Waters has partnered with the Academy to develop bite-size professional learning sessions for school leaders to help replenish staff wellbeing without depleting leader energy, and the recharging power of micro moments.

Check out the graphic illustrations that capture the inspiring messages from our Government Schools Principals’ Conference 2023.

The Academy Leadership Excellence Framework (ALEF) sets out the practices, capabilities and dispositions required for excellence at all levels of leadership.​ 

International thought leader Dr Judy Willis recently visited our Shepparton and 41 St Andrews Place sites as part of the Teaching Excellence Program. With over 15 years as a practicing neurologist and another 10 years as a classroom teacher, we asked her for some insights into the neuroscience of learning and practical guidance that can influence change in the classroom and at home.

An engaging and practical set of mathematics resources for use in schools. Printable and podcast resources were co-designed by the Australian Council for Educational Research and the Academy to improve student outcomes and the approach towards mathematics.

Join Professor Yong Zhao to better understand and support student engagement. Consider how students can be involved in decision-making in your school and how to best engage them for impact.

What does it take - and what does it mean - to be the best version of yourself?

Being your Best Self explores how you can boost your self-awareness and ability to manage emotions to engage your considered response more readily and frequently.

Every one of us is having an influence on others in everything we do. So how do we make sure these interactions are positive and constructive?

In this recording, you will be guided through techniques to enhance relationships and your own capacity to be a positive influence on the way others think, feel, and respond to events in their lives.

Steve Munby believes that the more we seek to become the perfect leader, the more likely we are to disempower those around us.

In this recording, Steve explores key principles to navigate leadership expectations and learn how imperfect leadership can help you balance leading with power and love.

Maintaining confidence and calm while navigating challenges and seizing opportunities during complex times can be difficult.

This recording provides practical tools and techniques to help you enhance your capacity to demonstrate empathy and positively influence the way people are thinking and feeling.

Explore the benefits and uses of formative assessment and feedback to facilitate reading growth and drive future planning.

This webinar examines how you can identify the next point of learning for your students, with a focus on identifying what you know and what you need to find out.

How can being emotionally intelligent support you to overcome the challenges of working remotely? 

This recording explores practical tools and techniques for being productive while working from home.

Dr Ryan Dunn believes that by using adaptive approaches as a response to uncertainty we build school resilience in the face of continual change.

In this recording, Ryan explores how to cultivate cohesive, empowered teams ready for change and innovation.

How do school leaders capture the hearts and minds to establish community during challenging times?

This webinar explores the models, tools and techniques to bring about constructive change and engage school communities.

Being aware of our emotions during times of crisis can support us to take intentionally and constructive action to support wellbeing.

This recording provides an overview of practical tools and techniques for bringing balance to the way you think and feel in a crisis environment.

Forming new habits is the start of enhancing your wellbeing. 

This recording focuses on the physical and environmental strategies you can use to structure your day around wellbeing. 

Thinking strategies are one way to enhance your wellbeing.

In this recording, you will deep-dive into 3 thinking strategies - creating boundaries, using perspective and generating new ideas - that support and enhance wellbeing.  

Professor John Hattie and Samantha Rodgers speak about what engagement and curiosity looks like in the secondary classroom

This recording explores the models and approaches that move their students from disruption to engagement.

Changes over the past decade have allowed our world to be more ‘iConnected’ than ever before.

Aasha Murthy defines the key dimensions of the ‘iConnected’ world and how you can identify the emerging patterns in your sector by analysing its driving forces and critical uncertainties.

Throughout history, there have been many inventions that were embraced by some, while others were met with more scepticism. In our ever-evolving world, it is important for teachers to understand the implications of new technologies to enhance the learning experience for their students. Teaching Excellence Program Master Teacher Ange Tutty delves into imagination and the role of technology in education.

Wellbeing is not just a state of feeling good, it is also a lifelong resource students can draw on to stay healthy, build good relationships, deal with stress and learn effectively, writes Professor Lea Waters.

Joanne Quinn explores ways of learning that are bringing joy back to schools and engaging students in learning cultures that build empathy, engagement and wellbeing.

Joanne Quinn explores ways of learning that are bringing joy back to schools and engaging students in learning cultures that build empathy, engagement and wellbeing.

How can educators best meet the needs of students in a changing world?

Michael Fullan explores what it means for educators to be dynamic and responsive, and build trust within their school community, to advance student outcomes and wellbeing.

In this webinar, Dr Helen Street provides an opportunity to broaden understanding of student behaviour by considering context and how it relates to student motivation and actions.

Part of the Thought Leadership Series, James Nottingham discusses the distinction between authentic engagement and compliance, reveals how to interpret students' subtle cues, and provides practical tools to help make students' learning purposeful.

Student voice is having a long overdue renaissance in education. As teachers, we have a growing expectation that we embed opportunities for students to speak about and have a genuine impact upon the teaching and learning occurring in our classrooms.

Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions
internationally.

This report explores a range of frameworks and tools that support school leaders and teachers to act on insights developed about students at risk of disengagement and take a preventative approach to disengagement.

School leaders need to be catalysts for change. To do this, they must also become digital leaders, writes thought leader, educator and author, Eric Sheninger.

Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions
internationally.

This article explores the factors that contribute to disengagement, the predictive strength of these factors, and best-practice examples of interventions to prevent disengagement.

Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions
internationally.

This report summarises the findings of a review of recent international research on the early identification of, and early intervention with, students at risk of disengagement.

Hosted by Academy Principal in Residence Simone Eirth, this episode delves into all things instructional coaching with internationally recognised thought leader Dr Jim Knight.

Principals in Residence, Kendra Parker and Simone Eirth are joined by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Viviane Robinson, to discuss the Academy Leadership Excellence Framework (ALEF) and how it can be used by school leaders and leadership teams to identify, develop and support educational leadership excellence across our system.

Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions
internationally.

This report presents case studies of how school leaders and teachers from a sample of 10 Victorian schools use data to identify students at risk of disengagement.

This blog provides 2 evidence-informed practices to improve teacher-student relationships and discusses referent power.

Practitioner inquiry with Christopher Hudson and RMIT’s Amanda Berry

What does it mean to advance the quality and status of the teaching profession?

In this vodcast, Professor Eric Mazur, Dr Claire Brown, and Gail Bray discuss what it will take and why now more than ever it is so critical to raise the profile of teachers.

In order for children to thrive in school and achieve their full potential later in life, schools must promote social and emotional learning (SEL), write Kimberly Schonert-Reichl and Pippa Rowcliffe from the Human Early Learning Partnership.

This episode delves into the ever-evolving technology and computational environments used to support both student and educator learning. With a focus on practical and engaging project-based numeracy development, this a must-listen episode for classroom teachers with the desire to improve student outcomes in mathematics.

Join Principal in Residence Kendra Parker and international thought leader Professor Yong Zhao to better understand and support student engagement.

Teaching Excellence Program Master Teachers Lorena Pellone-Gismondi and Francés Braithwaite are joined by neurologist, former teacher and change maker Dr Judy Willis to discuss the connections between neuroscience, teaching and learning.

Hosted by Head of Mathematics at Albert Park College and Teaching Excellence Program (TEP) Alumni Rachael Gore, this episode will discuss a model for understanding Maths anxiety and strategies for addressing causes and symptoms. Featuring the Australian Council for Educational Research's (ACER) Senior Research Fellow Dr
Sarah Buckley, this episode and associated strategies complement techniques that are widely used in classrooms.

Valuing maths positively impacts student learning outcomes and determines whether a student will continue to engage with maths at school and beyond. This episode is hosted by Teaching Excellence Program Master Teacher Emma Moore and features Dr Sarah Buckley from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).