蜜桃视频

6 February 2025

By Jo Earp

Over the last five years, staff at St Mary’s School in Geelong have had a clear focus on lifting student outcomes through evidence-based instruction. Deborah Boland, F–2 Learning Leader, explained to Teacher magazine that the rollout is continuing apace.

‘We were working with teachers in finding out: How effective is your teaching? And that was important for all of us, as a staff. We had to examine our own practice in that way: Am I asking enough of my students regularly? Do I know what 80 per cent of my class knows? Can I move on with my instruction or do I need to re-teach? So, we did a lot of work in that space.’

The change in instruction is already starting to have an impact on student achievement, particularly at Year 5. In 2024, St Mary’s School achieved growth in its Year 5 mean scores in all NAPLAN areas. The school was ranked third in the Geelong region for its Year 5 NAPLAN results.

At a system level, 蜜桃视频 launched its a year ago – a system-wide approach to achieving teaching and learning excellence that’s grounded in evidence-based practices and principles. Boland says staff at St Mary’s School feel they’re in a great place with the introduction of that Vision, as their work aligns strongly with it.

‘This year, we want to look a lot more closely at coaching and mentoring, and get a very good model up and running for that. And I think the behaviour curriculum, too, is something that we want to keep working on.’

With these overarching goals, the school’s journey of evidence-based instruction will continue.

This is an extract of an that was originally published in Teacher magazine on 5 February 2025.