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These checklists can be used to plan the implementation of your school’s approaches for engaging with families to support student learning.

Note: nominations for the First Nations Expert Reference Group closed as at 20 November 2023. The group will ensure AERO's contribution to education research, policy and practices meet the needs of First Nations communities.

This article explores some of the factors shown to impact school staff’s readiness for change and recommends 4 promising approaches.

This explainer provides an introduction to the role of knowledge in learning, implications for effective teaching, and describes how building background knowledge facilitates higher-order thinking and learning outcomes.

Staff at Como Secondary College (WA), Parramatta Marist High School (NSW), Parafield Gardens High School (SA), Mount Rowan Secondary College (Vic) and East Loddon P–12 College (Vic) discuss how they use leadership to drive and sustain an MTSS framework aligned with AERO’s guidance.

This explainer gives a brief introduction to cognitive load, focusing on ways to manage it for effective and efficient learning.

AERO is collaborating with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) to examine readiness for change.

Spacing and retrieval involves separating learning over multiple lessons and providing opportunities for students to recall what they have learned. This helps to commit learning to long-term memory.

See how Amber Turner, a French teacher at Alfred Deakin High School, uses spacing and retrieval practice in her classes.

Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting.

This guide outlines key practices for using spacing and retrieval in the classroom.