Evidence for Learning are focused on supporting evidence-informed decision making through building, sharing and encouraging the use of evidence.
This free webinar series is designed to help education professionals learn how to turn evidence into practice in schools and how to use evidence to measure the impact of their teaching and leadership. Join Dr Tanya Vaughan, Associate Director at Evidence for Learning as she discusses different topics in evidence-informed practice.
Webinar 1: Education Action Plan
Tuesday 21 August 2018
- 6.00 - 7.00pm ACT/NSW/Qld/Tas/Vic
- 5.30 - 6.30pm SA/NT
- 4.00 - 5.00pm WA
In this webinar educators will learn how to plan and structure change in their school, based on evidence through the Education Action Plan (EAP). The EAP encourages evidence-informed decision making and the gathering of practice-based evidence. It helps you outline:
- Where are you going?
- How will you get there?
- What will tell you that you’ve arrived?
This webinar will also investigate the Evidence Ecosystem, the hierarchy of evidence and the latest evidence within the Teaching & Learning Toolkit.
A recording of the webinar is above and presentations slides available for download.
Webinar 2: Evidence into action - mathematics
Tuesday 11 September 2018
- 6.00 - 7.00pm ACT/NSW/Qld/Tas/Vic
- 5.30 - 6.30pm SA/NT
- 4.00 - 5.00pm WA
Educators will learn about evidence-informed mathematics. This will include a focus on feedback, manipulatives, representations and developing learners’ independence and motivation. Practical examples about how these approaches can be used in the classroom will be discussed.
This webinar will investigate the Evidence Ecosystem, the hierarchy of evidence and the latest evidence within the Teaching & Learning Toolkit (the Toolkit). Evidence for Learning has mapped the approaches within the Toolkit to different organisations' school improvement frameworks (Tailored Toolkits), including The National School Improvement Tool, The Framework for Improving Student Outcomes and the School Excellence Framework (recently updated for version 2). This webinar will look at the Tailored Toolkit produced in collaboration with the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers.
A recording of the webinar is above and presentations slides available for download.
Webinar 3: Evidence into action - literacy
DATE CHANGE: Now Tuesday 30 October 2018
- 6.00-7.00pm ACT/NSW/Tas/Vic
- 5.30-6.30pm SA
- 5:00-6:00pm Qld
- 4:30-5:30pm NT
- 3.00-4.00pm WA
Educators in this webinar will learn about evidence-informed literacy. Educators will gain an understanding of the five elements of evidence-based reading instruction and how to measure these. You will also explore effective approaches in a secondary setting, such as one to one tuition, small group tuition and collaborative learning.
A recording of the webinar is above and presentations slides available for download.
Webinar 4: Evidence into action - feedback and metacognition
Tuesday 16 October 2018
- 6.00-7.00pm ACT/NSW/Tas/Vic
- 5.30-6.30pm SA
- 5:00-6:00pm Qld
- 4:30-5:30pm NT
- 3.00-4.00pm WA
Educators will learn about effective approaches in feedback, metacognition and self-regulation. The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) in partnership with Evidence for Learning have developed a suite of feedback resources for schools. This webinar will unpack these resources, which include the Spotlight research summary, case studies and evaluating impact.
The section on metacognition and self-regulation will look at cognitive organisers (Venn diagrams, Fishbone diagrams - primary, hierarchical concept maps - secondary) and other mechanisms that are powerful in helping students learn.
This webinar will investigate the Evidence Ecosystem, the hierarchy of evidence and the latest evidence within the Teaching & Learning Toolkit.
A recording of the webinar is above and presentations slides available for download (PDF 2.5MB).
Webinar 5: Evidence into action - Parental engagement and social and emotional learning
Wednesday 7 November 2018
- 6.00-7.00pm ACT/NSW/Tas/Vic
- 5.30-6.30pm SA
- 5:00-6:00pm Qld
- 4:30-5:30pm NT
- 3.00-4.00pm WA
Educators joining this webinar will learn about effect approaches in parental engagement and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), based on the research in the Teaching & Learning Toolkit. This includes programs focused on parents skills (such as improving literacy or IT skills), general approaches to encourage parents to support their children's learning and more intensive programs for families in crisis.
Webinar 6: Building and using evidence in education - lessons from the Thinking Maths trial
Tuesday 13 November 2018
- 6.00-7.00pm ACT/NSW/Tas/Vic
- 5.30-6.30pm SA
- 5:00-6:00pm Qld
- 4:30-5:30pm NT
- 3.00-4.00pm WA
This webinar focuses on findings from the evaluation of the Thinking Maths program, a mathematics professional learning program (focused on meta cognition and cognitive engagement). It will explore how teachers can improve their practice by critically assessing this kind of education research, consider ways to implement the effective practices confirmed by the robust research methodology, and discuss what the findings mean for mathematics teaching and practice.
