Schools across Australia can now access free, easy-to-use tools to help teachers turn proven strategies into everyday classroom practice.
The new resources – which emerged from the Australian Education Research Organisation’s (AERO) ongoing Learning Partner project – offer step-by-step guidance on helping schools make evidence-based teaching stick where it matters most: student learning.
AERO CEO Jenny Donovan said the resources aimed to help schools “bridge the gap” between knowing what works and embedding it in everyday practice.
“Schools are increasingly drawing on evidence-based practices to improve student learning, but how those practices are implemented makes the difference,” Dr Donovan said.
“Our work shows that forming a strong implementation team, choosing a small number of well-sequenced implementation strategies, and planning for sustainability from the outset helps schools make lasting change.”
Currently, schools in the Learning Partner project are trialling AERO’s approach and new resources as part of their implementation of explicit instruction.
‘The growth of teachers has been astronomical’
School staff leading implementation teams report that the approach is making a difference.
“What was important from our previous experience is making sure that we had a sustainable model that wasn’t coming to us via a narrow funnel,” Donna Summers, Assistant Principal at Kotara South Public School, said.
“It was coming to us across an umbrella. The growth of teachers has been astronomical in the sense of the refinement of their practice.”
Since its launch in 2023, the Learning Partner project has involved 53 schools across four states, in both metropolitan and regional areas. Each school receives direct support to strengthen implementation leadership and sustain evidence-based practices.
“As the national evidence body for education, AERO is excited to be able to share what we learn from this project,” Dr Donovan said.
“To strengthen our implementation work, we will continue to investigate ways of providing scalable and practical support that can be accessed by all Australian educators.”