School Assembly is the podcast where we find out what it takes to build a school from the ground up. In Series 3 we’re following Dan McShea, Principal of Notre Dame College, Queensland. In this episode we’re talking leadership – including the differences between taking on the role at an existing school, as opposed to being a foundation principal. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Dan McShea Supporter: Monash University

Improving students’ academic achievement goes hand-in-hand with supporting their health and wellbeing. In Episode 56 of our School Improvement podcast series, we’re focusing on grief and loss education. We’ll be hearing about an evidence-based program that’s helping a high school in regional New South Wales support its students with these issues. Host: Jo Earp Guests: Keeva Mostyn, Yogesh Mani and Angela Bubalo

This year, when we asked you what topics you’d like to see us cover in the future, many of you said curriculum implementation. This is something we’ve been focusing on this month, so in this episode of Teacher Staffroom we catch you up on the latest. Host: Dominique Russell

School Assembly is the podcast series that explores what it takes to build a school from the ground up. In this episode we catch up with Notre Dame College Principal Dan McShea to talk about crafting the school vision, mission and motto. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Dan McShea

We’re joined by Professor David Hopkins ahead of his keynote at ACER’s Research Conference 2025, titled ‘Unleashing Greatness – A Strategy for School Improvement’. Our conversation zeros in on one of the 8 steps of his strategy, instructional leadership, and includes practical pointers and plenty to reflect on in relation to your own context and practice. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Professor David Hopkins

In this episode of our Global Education podcast, Teacher Editor Jo Earp talks to Soukdalone Phommathep – Foundation Principal of Lab Langban in Laos – about its growth from humble beginnings, learning while having fun, the importance of student voice, and a playful design touch that’s enjoyed by adults just as much as the children. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Soukdalone Phommathep

From our very own Teacher Awards to the ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award and the STEM Video Game Challenge, it’s certainly the time of year for awards. In this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we take a look at the educators being recognised around the country. Host: Dominique Russell

We're celebrating 10 years of Teacher magazine this year, and that also means 10 years of podcasting. In this special episode, the Teacher editorial team share snippets from the last decade to chat about how it all started, the thinking behind the different series, and how your feedback and input has shaped what we do. Hosts: Jo Earp, Dominique Russell, Andrew Broadley

In Series 3 of our School Assembly podcast, we’re following Dan McShea – Foundation Principal of the new P-12 Notre Dame College on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Episode 2 is all about student enrolments – from juggling the many enrolment interviews, to some eye-catching ways of selling a vision for a school that doesn’t exist yet. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Dan McShea

Today we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Teacher Awards! Nominations closed late July and we announced our shortlist 2 weeks ago which included 25 entries from all school sectors and 5 states in Australia. Find out who the 2024 winners are in this special episode. Host: Jo Earp

Are Australian students getting better or worse at mathematics? Are they more or less creative than their OECD peers? Andrew Broadley chats to ACER Senior Research Fellow and National Project Manager for PISA, Lisa De Bortoli, about what we can learn from the latest PISA results. Host: Andrew Broadley Guest: Lisa De Bortoli