
Teacher Magazine (ACER)
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Sep 29, 2024 • 11min
Teacher Staffroom: Award-winning educators
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

Sep 25, 2024 • 38min
Teacher at 10 – a decade of podcasting
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

Sep 11, 2024 • 20min
School Assembly S3E2: Growing student enrolments
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

Sep 9, 2024 • 6min
Announcing the 2024 Teacher Awards winners
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

Sep 5, 2024 • 24min
Australian insights from PISA 2022
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

Aug 29, 2024 • 11min
Teacher Staffroom: School leader insights
As a school leader, what’s been your biggest achievement of the last month? What about a challenge or hurdle you’ve had to overcome? And what’s been a key learning for you in your own practice? In this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we take a look at some of the leadership-focused content we’ve published recently.
Host: Dominique Russell

Aug 21, 2024 • 19min
Toxic masculinity in schools
As an educator, you may be aware that misogynistic thinking has increased among young boys recently. So, what can teachers do to tackle misogyny in their classrooms, and what can leaders do to create safer spaces? These are the questions a new 2-year research project hope to answer. Dominique Russell speaks with the lead researcher and co-chief investigator in this episode of The Research Files.
Host: Dominique Russell
Guests: Dr Naomi Pfitzner and Dr Stephanie Wescott

Aug 14, 2024 • 16min
School Assembly S3E1: Meet Our Series 3 Principal
For Series 3 of School Assembly, we’re switching locations and widening the student age range. Dan McShea is Foundation Principal of Notre Dame College, a P-12 in Bells Creek on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. In Episode 1, Teacher editor Jo Earp finds out more about the college, Dan’s previous leadership roles and his involvement in community life.
Host: Jo Earp
Guest: Dan McShea
Sponsor: Monash University

Jul 30, 2024 • 12min
Teacher Staffroom: Concentrating on creativity
Last month, new data from PISA 2022 on the creative thinking assessment were released, showing Australian students performed strongly. At Teacher, we’ve been looking at the topic of creative thinking and teaching creativity, and in this episode, we get you up to speed on the insights we’ve gathered.
Host: Dominique Russell

Jul 24, 2024 • 34min
Effective use of education technology
In this episode, Editor Jo Earp sits down with Acting CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Edmund Misson to talk about education technology, including the evidence on effective use, the critical role of professional learning, and possible challenges facing teachers and leaders now and in the future.
Host: Jo Earp
Guest: Edmund Misson