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Welcome to Episode 10 of the School Assembly podcast series, where we explore what it takes to build a school from the ground up. In Series 2 we’ve been following Jo Camozzato and the team at the dual campus Bemin Secondary College in the Melbourne suburb of Truganina. Our topic for this episode is staff collaboration – we’ll be talking about how you foster that with a completely new team, setting aside time for collaboration, uncovering and sharing staff expertise, and how feedback informs planning. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Jo Camozzato

Today, nominations open for the 2024 Teacher Awards! In this special episode, Teacher Editor, Jo Earp, introduces the 2024 Award categories, our Judging Panel, and information on how you can enter. Find out more here: www.teachermagazine.com/teacherawards Host: Jo Earp

If you listened to last month’s episode of Teacher Staffroom, you’ll remember we spoke about new research that found the attendance of a year 9 student experiencing disadvantage can be a key indicator of whether or not they complete year 12. The report said that closely monitoring student attendance is important, but what strategies can schools implement to ensure they’re supporting students to have high attendance? We’ve explored some recent international research on this topic, and also looked at how one school in Australia is focusing on attendance. So, in this episode of Teacher Staffroom I’ll be bringing you up to speed on this content and, of course, I’ll also bring you a couple of my other personal highlights. Host: Dominique Russell Sponsor: Grok Academy (grokacademy.org)

In this podcast episode, Glenn Kayes, Deputy Principal at Kellyville High School in New South Wales, shares how the school’s average student attendance rate has increased, thanks to an evaluation and review of existing policies and procedures, and a raft of new measures. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Glenn Kayes

New research has emphasised the importance of adolescent school belonging as a long-term protective factor that can mitigate against later depression, anxiety, and stress. In this episode of The Research Files we speak to the lead author about the findings and the implications for schools. Host: Dominique Russell Guest: Associate Professor Kelly-Ann Allen

Secondary schools occupy a special place in the learning journey for students, sandwiched between primary and post-school options. In episode 9 of School Assembly, we chat to Jo Camozzato about what that means, in terms of linking it all together. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Jo Camozzato Sponsor: Monash University

You may have experienced it as a teacher, or a school leader – out-of-field teaching remains a big issue. Professor Merrilyn Goos and Professor Linda Hobbs join Teacher editor Jo Earp for a special podcast episode to talk about the current situation in Australia, challenges and possible solutions. Host: Jo Earp Guests: Professor Merrilyn Goos and Professor Linda Hobbs

In this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we’re bringing you up to speed on our latest content on the topic of meeting student needs, including how 5 high-performing education systems are improving student outcomes and how one school is ensuring students are being challenged academically. Host: Dominique Russell #education #podcast

In the final episode of our 3-part miniseries on world-class learning systems, Jo Earp and Professor Geoff Masters discuss how schools and communities in British Columbia, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong and South Korea are working together to best meet individual student learning and wellbeing needs. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Professor Geoff Masters Sponsor: Grok Academy (grokacademy.org)

Our guest for Episode 90 of The Research Files is Dr Sharon Wagner, a casual academic and researcher at Western Sydney University. She recently co-authored a book chapter with colleague Professor Loshini Naidoo titled 'Engaging parents of refugee backgrounds in their children's education: insights from Australia'. This particular chapter draws on data from 2 different Australian studies, covering Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, and importantly the participants were families and educators – so there’s a really interesting exploration of the topic from those differing perspectives. So, we’ll be chatting about things like parent-teacher interviews, education jargon, language barrier, system expectations and lots more. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Dr Sharon Wagner