In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the quest to "get better at getting better" has become more critical than ever. For Australian schools, the pursuit of continuous improvement is not just a goal—it's a necessity. Improvement Science offers a systematic, evidence-based approach to drive meaningful change in schools, ensuring that every student has access to high-quality education.
Read MoreWhat is a Warm Demander?
Educators hold their students to high standards, convince them of their own brilliance, and help them to reach their potential in a disciplined and structured environment.
Why is this important?
An educator who is both warm and demanding helps create an atmosphere of safety and co-design with learners, allowing their brains to engage while keeping expectations high.
Looking back on my early teaching days I could probably describe my teaching stance as “organised bouncer”: I was efficient and wholly focused on behaviour management. I felt like if my lessons were well structured and engaging, the traits I felt were most important for good classroom practice, then student behaviour would fall into place. Though I think I was pretty friendly and approachable (I don’t think students hated me!), as a young female working mostly in boys schools made me nervous about dropping my guard, heaven forbid I should become too familiar.
Get out of the box and see school transformation in action with a tour of New Tech Schools, Texas in 2023. With a series of workshops to compliment your learning, take a deep dive into the world of the New Tech model of student-centred learning and reimagine what’s possible at your school.
Read MoreThis online, one day course is for anyone that needs a refresher in Project Design or to hit the ground running with Project-Based Learning, this workshop provides a step-by-step guide to 'speed-creating' a project in just one day. Improve an existing project or come with nothing more than curriculum dot points. You'll be guided through the process by experienced practitioners, receive feedback through Critical Friends and leave feeling inspired and confident to roll out your project.
Read MoreWould you like a more collaborative classroom where students are engaged in authentic, real world learning using critical thinking and taking the reins over their own learning?
With over 25 years experience in helping schools become more student-centred, improve student outcomes and develop as learning communities, we’re excited to be opening our doors to teachers across Australia to share the New Tech model: a student-centred approach to Project-Based Learning.
Read MoreImagining Beyond
The current moment has required the education community to reflect on what we value, and to ponder the significance of what falls outside those bounds. The response to COVID-19 has forced students, families, and educators to take action outside the traditional school experience. This has put a spotlight on the role of K-12 education, whose past entails policies, procedures, and teaching practices that don’t meet the needs of students in today’s world, and often catalyses inequities that harm learning and development.
As we persist through this crisis, we must resist the urge to put the pieces of an obsolete past back together again. We must imagine beyond, and see this moment as an opportunity to put what we value at the core of our practice…
Read MoreAt New Tech Network Australia, we focus on outcomes that matter. Not only do our schools report improved academic success at Year 12, but NTNAU graduates emerge from their schooling as effective communicators, critical thinkers and agents of their own learning. In addition, the fostering and assessment of collaborative skills has always been a key focus for teachers across our network. However, as our students return post COVID-19, how can we ensure we also return to a student-centred learning environment with collaboration at its heart?
Read MoreAfter teaching shifted online in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, we reached out to our schools to find out how we could help. In a survey of around one thousand teachers across our Network, how to keep the learning student-centred online came up time and time again.
Read MoreWe know you're working hard right now. In fact, teachers across the Network are telling us they've never worked harder. We know you've had to be very resilient and develop a Growth Mindset to many things in recent weeks and we salute you.
With teachers taking the reins to bring the best learning opportunities they can to their students we thought a discussion about Fostering Student Agency (online and beyond) would be timely.
Read MoreProject-Based Learning puts the ‘why’ into every teachers’ favourite question: “why are we doing this, Miss?“
Before Project Based Learning, I often struggled to answer this question (other than “it’s on your exam”). Why should a group of teenagers more interested in almost anything other than ‘past participles’ or ‘adjectival agreements’ commit to learning this when so often a visit to the country of the language they’re learning is something that may never eventuate?
This week we’ll be diving into the unique challenges of language teaching in the project-based learning classroom
Read MoreCrafting projects that address real-world problems, that encourage students to work with and present to meaningful external partners and that make learning RELEVANT to the lives of the many students we teach is no mean feat. With our upcoming Virtual Workshop on ‘Authenticity in PBL’, we thought some of you might be interested in this articl
Read MoreThe NTN Model of PBL and Student-Centred Learning, which started over 20 years ago in Napa, California, has landed in Australia! With over 46 hours of powerful professional development that is now also accredited by the NSW Education Standards Authority. We offer both Proficient and Lead Teacher level courses with many more accredited hours to come.
Read MoreJoin fellow New Tech Network Australia colleagues and New Tech Network Australia staff to reflect upon this year’s learning and to plan for the upcoming school year. Using NTN’s 5 Domains of Leadership Framework as a tool, participants will work together to determine implications for practice and to identify actionable next steps for pursuing their organisation’s goals…
Read MoreAre you looking to encourage more meaningful collaboration that also helps your students think deeply about the content you are teaching them? Would you like your students to be better team players?
Just us for the latest tips and tools on this topic in a discussion with New Tech Network Australia Director, Brad Scanlon.
Read MoreWe all know that student inquiry is the cornerstone that should drive teaching and learning post project launch but keeping the Need to Know list alive is something that many of us PBL teachers struggle with. Join us for the next Virtual Workshop as we explore ways to…
Read MoreHow can we promote effective collaboration amongst our students and help them discover new ways to manage conflict?
Sign up for the next Meeting of the Minds on 2nd August 2019…
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