Senior secondary school | Australian Education Research Organisation

Browse AERO’s resources for senior secondary schools.

Guides & resources (10+)

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Practice resource

Foundational classroom management resources handbook

This handbook contains a collection of AERO's foundational classroom management practices.

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Punctuation: What’s the point?

This practice guide complements AERO’s simple, compound and complex sentence practice guides. It provides an overview of essential punctuation for writing in schools.

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Practice resource

Students moving through the school: Classroom management practice

This practice guide will support you in refining an effective routine for students moving through the school.

Research (10+)

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Research report

Strategies to enhance schools' readiness for change

This is the second research snapshot in a series that summarise learnings from readiness for change research undertaken as part of the Getting it Right from the Start (GIRFTS) project. It outlines strategies school leaders can use to increase their school’s readiness for change and highlights real-life examples from the GIRFTS project.

Discussion paper

Insights into implementation

AERO is working with a small number of schools to learn about a deliberate and structured approach to implementing evidence-based practices in different school contexts. This discussion paper shares our early insights from this work.

Research report

Supporting secondary student reading: Screening, monitoring and intervention

This publication combines AERO’s practice guides, practice resources and explainer on delivering reading interventions in a secondary school MTSS, with details of the methodology used to create these resources.

Summaries & explainers (10+)

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Developing maths proficiency

This explainer outlines how students develop proficiency in maths. It explains how teaching practices and whole-school approaches aligned with how students learn can support the development of maths proficiency.

Taking an evidence-informed approach to implementation

This explainer is the first in a series of 5 on implementing evidence-based practices in schools. It outlines how schools can take a deliberate and structured approach to implementation based on key ideas from the research evidence.

Using a staged approach to implementation

This explainer is the second in a series of 5 on implementing evidence-based practices in schools. It outlines the key ideas for taking a staged approach to implementation.

Other (10+)

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Teacher interview: Improving classroom management with AERO resources

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has developed a suite of classroom management resources that are helping schools across the country. Natalie Polak, Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction at Dubbo South Public School (NSW), shares her insights on implementing these evidence-based approaches.

Submission to the Independent Review into the Tasmanian Education System

In this submission, AERO encourages the Tasmanian Government to implement evidence-based teaching practices in schools to help all students reach their full potential. It outlines the key practices that should underpin education reforms, as well as considerations for effective and sustainable implementation.

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Six things about how students learn

Knowing how students learn helps you apply teaching practices well, by understanding why some practices are more effective than others. This article focuses on techniques and strategies that improve outcomes for students.