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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.

AERO has developed a suite of professional learning resources to help school leaders and staff create classroom environments where students feel safe, supported and ready to learn. The practical resources encourage a whole-school approach to classroom management.

These resources are designed to help school leaders lead staff in professional learning to support a whole-school approach to classroom management.

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in executive functions. It can be used alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.

In this article, AERO Principal Teaching and Learning Specialist Cate Whiting shares practical guidance and tools to help teachers and school leaders most effectively teach for how students learn, in safe, supportive and well-managed learning environments.

In this article, AERO CEO Dr Jenny Donovan discusses how AERO is supporting teachers and educators to maximise student learning in their classrooms using AERO's evidence-based classroom management resources.

This practice guide will help teachers explain, demonstrate and model learning content explicitly in ways that manage cognitive load to support students with building foundational knowledge before they practise independently.

This practice guide will help teachers understand the ways rules and routines support learning and how to equip students with the skills to participate in routines that support their learning.

This practice guide will help teachers check that students understand and can apply new knowledge and skills, and give additional instruction, guidance or feedback where necessary.

This practice guide will help teachers create, explain and use well-informed learning objectives and success criteria and activate students’ prior knowledge.

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