School Improvement and Governance Network

Teachers

Information Links

Partners and links

For our wide-ranging list, go to our Useful Links.

Teacher Learner Network

The Teacher Learner Network provides professional development for educators.

Education Services Australia

MindMatters

Australian College of Educators

The Australian College of Educators (ACE) is an independent professional association aimed at advancing the education profession nationally.

Australian Education Union

Australian Education Union
Australian Education Union, Victorian Branch

Victorian Institute of Teaching

The Victorian Institute of Teaching is a statutory authority for the regulation of the teaching profession in Victoria.

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK)

Some of the most impressive school policy frameworks for teaching and learning link three things:

Pedagogy and teaching practice
Curriculum content
Learning technologies.

Punya Mishra and Matthew Koehler and others are researching this mix. They use the term ‘TPACK’ or Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge to describe it. It is a useful model that can be the basis of a school's policy framework.

Cambridge Primary Review

The first comprehensive review of primary education in England for 40 years.

Pathways to School Improvement

New Horizons

New Horizons still serves as a great resource for educational change.

Robin Alexander

Professor Robin Alexander's site includes articles on the power of talk in teaching and learning.

Michael Fullan

Michael Fullan's very useful site.

Infed - the Encyclopaedia of Informal Education

Ted.com

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Ted.com brings together thinkers and doers who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). Over 400 talks on the site.

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

The Department's website obviously has a wide range of information resources for educators. Covers materials and policies for all aspects of the school system including curriculum resources.

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) provides national leadership for the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments in promoting teaching and school leadership.

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

The mission of the VCAA is to provide high quality curriculum, assessment and reporting that enables individual lifelong learning.