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There’s so much potential for artificial intelligence and generative AI tools to support teaching and learning, but alongside these exciting opportunities there are challenges and risks. If you’re a teacher or a school leader, you may already be using or experimenting with AI tools – and you certainly won’t be surprised to hear that many of your students definitely are! Our guest for this special...

What made you decide to become a teacher? We’ve been looking at teacher recruitment this month, but perhaps from a different lens that you might think. In this episode, you’ll hear about what young people are saying about teaching as a career, how much schools in Australia are growing year on year, and more. Host: Dominique Russell Sponsor: This podcast from Teacher is supported by Sora, the stude...

We speak often about the importance of students having an adequate amount of food to help them focus and learn during the school day. But what about teachers? In today’s podcast special, we’re joined by Tammie Jakstas, former teacher and Accredited Practising Dietitian, to hear about her teacher nutrition study. Host: Dominique Russell Guest: Tammie Jakstas

We know the global teacher shortage is impacting many different school contexts, and that encouraging young people to consider a career in teaching is an important part of the long term picture. Dr Tracy Woodroffe joins us to discuss her 12-month research project that gathered perspectives from Aboriginal students and teachers. These perspectives informed recommendations to encourage more Aborigin...

We're really excited to share with you some of the highlights from this month, focusing on the incredible podcast episodes we’ve published on Teacher. Throughout this episode we’ll share some snippets from those recordings, as well as highlight some of the other content that has been popular on the site this month. Speaking of popular, some of the older content in our archive proves to be some of...

Late last year, the 2024 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Excellence in Science Teaching were announced. The national Prizes recognise and celebrate the role primary and secondary educators play in inspiring and encouraging students to take up an interest and consider careers in STEM. So for this episode of School Improvement, we had the pleasure of speaking with Alice Leung from Conc...

School Assembly is the series where we find out what it takes to build a new school from scratch. We’ve been following Dan McShea from Notre Dame P-12 College on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast since the middle of last year, hearing about the role of Foundation Principal and what it entails – not just in the lead-up to a new school opening, but also the first few months of operation. This is Series 3,...

My guest today is Professor John Munro, a teacher and a psychologist who has taught and researched in gifted education and talent development for 4 decades. The last time I sat down with John was in January 2020 when we recorded a podcast on gifted education – in particular, how to identify these learners, how to understand their learning needs and how to encourage them to reach their potential in...

We hear a lot about the role of educators and schools in developing the essential skills students need for learning and for life – things like critical thinking and collaboration. But, it’s not necessarily a simple thing to support the development of these things in the classroom. We're delighted to welcome Dr Claire Scoular back to the Teacher podcast today. You may recognise her name – Dr Scoula...

It’s our first episode of Teacher Staffroom for 2025, and there’s plenty to take you through today to catch you up on content that’s kicked off our publication schedule for term one here at Teacher. If you’re new to Teacher Staffroom, or it’s been a little while since you’ve last listened to the series, don’t forget, like all of our other episodes of Teacher Staffroom, we’ll be posing some questio...

Thanks for joining us for Episode 7 in Series 3 of the School Assembly podcast from Teacher. School Assembly is the series where we find out what it takes to build a new school from scratch. For the last 6 months we’ve been following Dan McShea, Foundation Principal of Notre Dame P-12 College on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Well, the big day finally arrived and we’re about to check in with Dan on...

The winner of the 2025 Global Teacher Prize has been announced. Mansour Al Mansour from Saudi Arabia has walked away with the $1 million US dollars in prize money. Mansour was recognised for his strategic vision and unwavering belief in his students' potential, and for building an inclusive and innovative learning environment. One Australian teacher was a top 10 finalist this year – our very own B...

In the classroom, how can we go about enacting global citizenship? What might it look like when you’re starting out with your students? What does it look like when it’s being done well? A new Global Citizenship Education Monitoring Toolkit has been released to explore and answer these questions. Developed in partnership by ACER and UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understa...

Some of our 2024 Teacher Awards winners join us in this special podcast episode, where they share their top tips for starting the new year. From reading recommendations to leadership tips for welcoming and supporting staff for the new year, there’s something in this episode for everyone. Host: Dominique Russell Guests: Cathy Cook, Donna Harvey, Rose-Marie van Raad and Georgia Wignall

It’s a special, bumper episode of School Assembly as Teacher Editor Jo Earp chats to Dan McShea about setting the teaching direction, and also checks in on Ray Boyd and Rachael Lehr, who we followed in Series 1, and Series 2 principal Jo Camozatto to find out what’s been happening at their schools. Host: Jo Earp Guests: Dan McShea, Ray Boyd, Rachael Lehr and Jo Camozatto

Happy New Year from the team at Teacher magazine. In this bonus podcast episode, we’re delighted to share with you a sneak preview into what podcasts you can expect from us this year. Host: Jo Earp

In this annual wrap-up of our year in podcasts, the editorial team at Teacher select their favourite episodes of 2024 – from our School Improvement series to the Research Files and more – and discuss why the episodes resonated with the team and Teacher listeners. Hosts: Andrew Broadley, Jo Earp and Dominique Russell

In Series 3 of School Assembly we’ve been following Dan McShea, Foundation Principal of Notre Dame College on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The P-12 college opens for the new school year in early 2025 – so it’s almost time for the keys to be handed over. In this episode we’re talking about the school building, landscaping and outdoor spaces. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Dan McShea

In our last episode of Teacher Staffroom for 2024, we recap some of our leadership, research news and inclusive education stories that might be useful for you as you begin to look towards the new school year. Host: Dominique Russell

Professor Phil Roberts joins Teacher Editor Jo Earp to talk about the Rural and Regional Education Project, which explores how to lift outcomes for students in these areas. The project included a roundtable event bringing together a range of stakeholders, including the important voices of principals and teachers. We’ll be discussing some of the research findings and feedback from educators.

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 U...

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...

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 Hopki...