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A curated collection, free for teachers and leaders

The Knowledge Nest Library

Great professional learning resources are scattered all over the internet. This library gathers the best of other people's work in one place, sorted by topic, so you can spend your time learning instead of searching. You'll find classroom videos, webinars, podcasts, articles and research on the science of reading, explicit instruction, maths, MTSS, learning difficulties, coaching and leadership, chosen with Australian teachers and school leaders in mind.

Not sure where to begin?

Start here

Five good places to begin a school's professional learning.

Structured literacy

Phonics and fluency, comprehension and vocabulary, spelling and writing, taught systematically from Foundation to Year 6.

Three to begin with

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PhonicsReading fluencyVocabularyReading comprehension and text studySpelling and morphologyWriting

For Victorian schools

Browse by the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0

Podcast episodes matched to each element of learning and teaching, and to current Victorian priorities.

Open podcasts by the VTLM 2.0

Attention, focus and regulationKnowledge and memoryRetention and recallMastery and applicationPlanningEnabling learningExplicit teaching: OverviewExplicit teaching: Focus the learningExplicit teaching: Explicit explanation and modellingExplicit teaching: Scaffold practiceExplicit teaching: Monitor progressSupported application

Looking for my own articles and a downloadable guide? Find them here.

About this collection

Other people's brilliant work, gathered in one place

I'm Jo Griffin. I was spending a long time trawling the internet to find resources that support teachers' professional learning, and thought it might help others if they were all in one place, sorted into categories.

This is a collection, not my own work. Every resource belongs to the people who created it. Each entry names its creator and links straight to the original, and nothing is copied or hosted here.

Is your work listed here? If you would like it described differently or removed, just let me know.

Help it grow

Know something that belongs here?

This library is built by sharing. If there is a video, podcast, article or piece of research that has helped you or your team, send a quick email with the link and it can be added for everyone.

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