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Exciting changes are coming to the Early Career Teacher (ECT) Development program in 2027.
In response to feedback from ECTs, mentors and leaders, the program is being refreshed to place a stronger focus on professional growth, learner needs and classroom practice. The requirements for transition to full registration are not changing. What is changing is how ECTs are supported to get there.
- ECTs will access 3 professional learning days. From 2027, these days will be more closely connected to classroom practice and professional inquiry. They will focus ...[read more]
Six months after completing the Restorative Practices program, Orbis asked 50 educators across South Australia what had changed at their sites. Their responses point to 2 key levers of Our Strategy for Public Education: effective teaching and partnering with families and communities.
Statewide, 92% of leaders and teachers said Restorative Practices had been effective in building positive relationships at their sites, while 90% said the same for responding to conflict and repairing harm. Nine in ten said the approach helped students improve their learning and ...[read more]
How does a school build leadership from the inside out?
At Woodville High School's Special Interest Music Centre, two teachers in Orbis' Leading Future Learning program did something simple and quietly innovative: they asked their students.
What emerged is a compelling example of Our Strategy for Public Education in action — showing what happens when professional learning activates strategy in our schools.
In this episode of the Orbis Podcast, host Professor Pasi Sahlberg talks with Ben Fuller, Paul Monaghan, and five of their students about what ...[read more]
How inquiry and engagement lead to school improvement
From an inner-city primary school to a remote Aṉangu community, schools across South Australia are finding their own paths to improvement. At a primary school in Adelaide's inner west, students became co-designers of their own mathematics learning — and achievement followed. In a remote Aṉangu community, a pottery program shaped by Elders and students has become a space of creativity, cultural continuity and genuine aspiration. At a high school in outback South Australia, embedding daily rituals of ...[read more]
AI Spotlight: Education in an AI Era
In this spotlight, Charles Fadel explores how education needs to change in a world where AI is everywhere. He encourages educators to guide learners beyond just using it— to leading, questioning, and thinking critically about the future it shapes.
Charles highlights the importance of understanding artificial intelligence and working together with smart systems while reminding us that human capabilities like critical thinking, creativity, adaptability and ethical decision making will always be valued.
What you’ll learn in this 60-minute session:
- How ...[read more]
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