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Here I have gathered professional learning to sit down with. There are webinars, talks, school stories and short explainers, for you or for a whole staff. Every entry links to the original.
Want to see a lesson being taught? Classroom footage is on the Watch shelf.
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Recordings that suit a whole-staff meeting, each with a couple of prompts to get the conversation going.
How learning happens 18Motivation, self-efficacy and metacognition 5
Explainer
NSW Department of Education · 4:10 · F-12 · Australia
A four-minute animation covering attention, working memory, overload and long-term memory. A plain starting point for staff discussion about how students learn.
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
Talk
researchED, with Peps Mccrea and Caroline Spalding · About 1 hour · UK
Peps Mccrea and Caroline Spalding's researchED Home session on using the science of motivation in schools. A starting point for staff discussion about student motivation.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
AERO · Australia
A short animation on how learning happens, covering working memory, long-term memory, cognitive overload and why retrieving knowledge over time builds mastery. Handy for introducing staff to the basics.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Explicit instruction 27Retrieval, spacing and review 5Checking for understanding and responsive teaching 10Classroom culture, routines and attention 19Participation and opportunities to respond 3Feedback and practice 6
Explainer
Education Endowment Foundation · 2:57 · UK
A three-minute Education Endowment Foundation video on supporting working memory in the primary classroom. Short enough to watch and discuss in a team meeting.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 14:01 · Years 7-12 · Australia
A NSW secondary school shares how it approaches explicit teaching, part of the What Works Best series.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Carl Hendrick · About 1 hour · 2025 · UK
Carl Hendrick looks at how teachers can use in-the-moment evidence of student understanding to adapt instruction. The second of his two sessions for Think Forward Educators.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Oral language 18Phonological and phonemic awareness 3Phonics 14Reading fluency 2Vocabulary 5Reading comprehension and text study 9Spelling and morphology 11Handwriting and transcription 8Writing 19Frameworks and research behind literacy 36
Webinar
Education Scotland, with Voice 21 · About 1 hour · UK
Voice 21 presents on why oracy matters, learning both through talk and to talk, in a session hosted by Education Scotland. Useful for teachers planning how talk is taught.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Oregon RTIi, with Susan Brady · About 1 hour 15 minutes · USA
Susan Brady presents on phoneme awareness and what is now known about it, in a session of about 75 minutes shared by Oregon RTIi.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
A reading coach on noticing students' errors during phonics and turning them into teaching moments.
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Explicit teaching in maths 9Fluency, number facts and daily review 4Representations and problem solving 3Number, multiplication and fractions 2Screening, intervention and maths difficulties 11Leading maths and the evidence 11
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Samantha Charlton, Templestowe Heights Primary School · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Samantha Charlton unpacks the parts of an explicit maths lesson aligned with the VTLM 2.0, covering review, teaching new content, guided and independent practice, fluency and in-lesson assessment.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Kat O'Rourke · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
NSW teacher Kat O'Rourke shows how she sequences strategy instruction and practice to build number fact fluency in a 15-minute daily block, and what she learned implementing it.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jess Easton · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Jess Easton shows how bar models bridge concrete materials and abstract calculation, and how to pair them with written methods so students see the structure of a problem.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jillian Robinson · About 45 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Jillian Robinson introduces four Teach Like a Champion tools for building background knowledge to support comprehension, including embedded non-fiction and knowledge organisers, with classroom footage.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
Read Ballarat, with Stephanie Le Lievre · About 65 minutes · Australia
Stephanie Le Lievre presents a knowledge-based model of reading comprehension in a session for Read Ballarat. Useful for teachers rethinking how comprehension is taught.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Daniel Willingham · About 10 minutes · USA
Daniel Willingham's ten-minute video making the case that teaching content is teaching reading. Short enough to show in a staff meeting.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Assessment and data 26Tiered support and inclusion 83Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needs 60
Explainer
Education Endowment Foundation · 2:57 · UK
A three-minute Education Endowment Foundation video on supporting working memory in the primary classroom. Short enough to watch and discuss in a team meeting.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Karen Woods, Templestowe Heights Primary School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Karen Woods explains how she hears students read without benchmarking kits, moving from book groups to shared, choral and paired reading, with the classroom norms that make it work.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Cambridge University Press ELT, with Joni Holmes · About 50 minutes · UK
Researcher Joni Holmes speaks on working memory and classroom learning. Relevant across this section, because many students with learning difficulties also find it hard to hold information in mind.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Teachers Talk Radio, with Jamie Clark and Zach Groshell · 2024 · UK
Jamie Clark and Zach Groshell discuss how students learn, how direct instruction improves learning, and how instructional coaching can help teachers refine their practice.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Ollie Lovell and Mark Dowley · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Ollie Lovell and Mark Dowley share routines from their Classroom Management Handbook for entering the room, gaining attention and defusing debate, and show rehearsal through coaching.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Explainer
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
A reading coach on noticing students' errors during phonics and turning them into teaching moments.
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Instructional leadership 26School culture, trust and behaviour 17Teams, middle leadership and professional culture 12
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 15:36 · Years 7-12 · Australia
The principal of a large western Sydney high school explains how a decade of culture change and consistent classroom expectations were built with staff.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
AERO · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
An AERO researcher and two classroom teachers walk through the School Writing Instruction Framework and what leading writing across a school involves.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Talk
researchED, with Adelle Holmes · About 45 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Adelle Holmes's researchED Ballarat 2025 talk on teaching maths with a common curriculum at Clarendon. Of interest to teams considering shared lesson materials.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Implementation 22Change management 8
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Nathaniel Swain · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Nathaniel Swain introduces his book Harnessing the Science of Learning, using its school case studies to show how small changes in teaching, literacy, maths and curriculum add up.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Sarah Kelly · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Regional Victorian principal Sarah Kelly recounts moving her school away from a levelled reading approach, and how the leadership team built staff knowledge and a shared vision.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson, Grattan Institute · About 70 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Grattan Institute's Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson summarise the evidence on primary maths teaching and share lessons from seven case study schools that put it into practice.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Benjamin Riley · About 1 hour · 2025 · USA
Benjamin Riley tells the story of how cognitive science emerged from the mid-century contest between behaviourism and mentalism, and argues it still matters for teaching today.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Alice Westera and Lisa Brodbeck · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Alice Westera and Lisa Brodbeck introduce Engelmann's Direct Instruction, including Project Follow Through, the philosophy behind it and the teaching design shared by all DI programs.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
Mornington Peninsula Foundation, with Pamela Snow · 2025 · Australia
Pamela Snow's 2025 La Trobe Oration asks why reading instruction is still contested after decades of research, what has slowed research reaching classrooms, and what needs to change in teacher education.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
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Explainer
NSW Department of Education · 4:10 · F-12 · Australia
A four-minute animation covering attention, working memory, overload and long-term memory. A plain starting point for staff discussion about how students learn.
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
Explainer
AERO · Australia
A short animation on how learning happens, covering working memory, long-term memory, cognitive overload and why retrieving knowledge over time builds mastery. Handy for introducing staff to the basics.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Explainer
Education Endowment Foundation · 2:57 · UK
A three-minute Education Endowment Foundation video on supporting working memory in the primary classroom. Short enough to watch and discuss in a team meeting.
How learning happensTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attentionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Series
ONlit, with Nathaniel Swain and guests · Six sessions · 2025 · Canada
A six-part book study on Nathaniel Swain's Harnessing the Science of Learning, with guest experts joining each session.
How learning happensExplicit instruction
FreeOpens at onlit.org
Explainer
Evidence Based Education · Five short animations · UK
Five short animations on memory, dual coding, retrieval practice, deliberate practice, and spacing and interleaving. Easy to drop into a staff meeting.
How learning happensRetrieval, spacing and review
FreeOpens at evidencebased.education
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Benjamin Riley · About 1 hour · 2025 · USA
Benjamin Riley tells the story of how cognitive science emerged from the mid-century contest between behaviourism and mentalism, and argues it still matters for teaching today.
How learning happensEvidence, myths and debates
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Nuella Flynn, AERO · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Nuella Flynn introduces AERO's model of learning and teaching, explaining why practices aligned with how students learn work more consistently and how the model can frame teacher development.
How learning happensExplicit instruction
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Peter Sherwin · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Maths teacher Peter Sherwin draws on Bjork's desirable difficulties to describe effective teaching techniques and study habits that feel uncomfortable or counter-intuitive, and how to build them into lessons.
How learning happensRetrieval, spacing and reviewExplicit instruction
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Nathaniel Swain · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Nathaniel Swain introduces his book Harnessing the Science of Learning, using its school case studies to show how small changes in teaching, literacy, maths and curriculum add up.
How learning happensExplicit instructionImplementation
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Cambridge University Press ELT, with Joni Holmes · About 50 minutes · UK
Researcher Joni Holmes speaks on working memory and classroom learning. Relevant across this section, because many students with learning difficulties also find it hard to hold information in mind.
How learning happensTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Teachers Talk Radio, with Jamie Clark and Nathaniel Swain · 2024 · UK
Jamie Clark talks with Australian teacher and researcher Nathaniel Swain about the science of learning movement and practical classroom strategies drawn from it.
How learning happensExplicit instruction
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
AERO · Australia
An animated walk through AERO's model of learning and teaching, showing how its four phases of practice (enabling, planning, instruction and gradual release) line up with how students learn.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Talk
researchED, with Peps Mccrea and Caroline Spalding · About 1 hour · UK
Peps Mccrea and Caroline Spalding's researchED Home session on using the science of motivation in schools. A starting point for staff discussion about student motivation.
Motivation, self-efficacy and metacognitionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Learning Difficulties Australia · Australia
A talk by Dr Lorraine Hammond, published by Learning Difficulties Australia, on explicit instruction and why the words teachers choose matter.
Explicit instructionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 14:01 · Years 7-12 · Australia
A NSW secondary school shares how it approaches explicit teaching, part of the What Works Best series.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Explainer
La Trobe University · 2:04 · Australia
A two-minute explainer from La Trobe University on what explicit teaching is. Short enough to open a staff meeting or share with families.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Kate Barton · About 1 hour · 2026 · Australia
Dr Kate Barton weighs the evidence on differentiation and ability grouping, then shows ways to add depth and stretch for high potential students within explicit teaching, with K-12 examples.
Explicit instructionTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Peps Mccrea · About 1 hour · 2026 · UK
Peps Mccrea sets out a framework of five evidence-informed strategies teachers can use to lift learning, motivation and equity.
Explicit instructionHow learning happensMotivation, self-efficacy and metacognition
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Alice Westera and Lisa Brodbeck · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Alice Westera and Lisa Brodbeck introduce Engelmann's Direct Instruction, including Project Follow Through, the philosophy behind it and the teaching design shared by all DI programs.
Explicit instructionEvidence, myths and debates
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Interview
Teachers Talk Radio, with Jamie Clark and Zach Groshell · 2024 · UK
Jamie Clark and Zach Groshell discuss how students learn, how direct instruction improves learning, and how instructional coaching can help teachers refine their practice.
Explicit instructionInstructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
NSW Department of Education · 3:15 · F-12 · Australia
A short animation explaining how breaking new learning into small parts in a logical order protects working memory. The video sits partway down the strategy page.
Explicit instructionHow learning happens
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
Interview
Teachers Talk Radio, with Jamie Clark and Peter Sherwin · 2024 · UK
Maths teacher Peter Sherwin joins Jamie Clark to unpack Bjork and Bjork's desirable difficulties and how to design lessons that make learning stick.
Retrieval, spacing and reviewHow learning happens
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Tips for Teachers (Craig Barton) · UK
Craig Barton's Tips for Teachers video on mini whiteboards, working through the routine in detail. For teachers who want whole-class responses to run smoothly.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Carl Hendrick · About 1 hour · 2025 · UK
Carl Hendrick looks at how teachers can use in-the-moment evidence of student understanding to adapt instruction. The second of his two sessions for Think Forward Educators.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingFeedback and practice
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Explainer
NSW Department of Education · 3:27 · F-12 · Australia
A short animation on why teachers check every student's understanding during the lesson, and how doing so helps catch errors before they settle. Useful as a staff meeting opener.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Carl Hendrick · About 1 hour · 2025 · UK
Carl Hendrick explains how to tell real understanding from recognition, covering retrieval practice, diagnostic questions and using misconceptions to make student thinking visible.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingRetrieval, spacing and review
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 15:36 · Years 7-12 · Australia
The principal of a large western Sydney high school explains how a decade of culture change and consistent classroom expectations were built with staff.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Cate Whiting, AERO · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Cate Whiting presents the evidence behind AERO's first set of classroom management resources and how teachers at any career stage can use them to refine routines.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Ollie Lovell and Mark Dowley · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Ollie Lovell and Mark Dowley share routines from their Classroom Management Handbook for entering the room, gaining attention and defusing debate, and show rehearsal through coaching.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviourInstructional coaching and professional learning
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
researchED, with Sara Wiggins · About 45 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Sara Wiggins's researchED Ballarat 2025 talk on classroom mastery, behaviour and lifting results. A starting point for staff discussion about routines and expectations.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
InnerDrive · F-12 · UK
Doug Lemov talks through Cold Call and Turn and Talk in InnerDrive's Teaching Unpacked series, two techniques for getting every student thinking and taking part.
Participation and opportunities to respondChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Christopher Thomas, PWRD Leadership · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Christopher Thomas gives an overview of Teach Like a Champion techniques for academic engagement, classroom culture and checking for understanding, and links them to Australian evidence.
Participation and opportunities to respondClassroom culture, routines and attentionChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 12:51 · Years 7-12 · Australia
The principal of a large, linguistically diverse Sydney high school describes how a sustained culture of feedback was built among staff and carried into classrooms.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
Education Scotland, with Voice 21 · About 1 hour · UK
Voice 21 presents on why oracy matters, learning both through talk and to talk, in a session hosted by Education Scotland. Useful for teachers planning how talk is taught.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Tanya Serry · About 70 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Professor Tanya Serry uses Nancy Hennessey's assembly line metaphor to explain the language foundations of reading comprehension, from word identification and vocabulary to syntax and background knowledge.
Oral languageReading comprehension and text studyFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Spellcaster Education, with Pamela Snow · About 75 minutes · Australia
Professor Pamela Snow speaks about oral language development and its relationship to reading, in a session hosted by Spellcaster Education.
Oral languageFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Progressively Incorrect (Zach Groshell), with Pamela Snow · About 1 hour
Pamela Snow talks with Zach Groshell about early language and literacy skills, in an hour-long episode of his podcast.
Oral languageFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Tanya Serry · 30 to 60 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Professor Tanya Serry's second session on the language foundations of reading comprehension, turning to what they mean for teaching reading and writing.
Oral languageReading comprehension and text studyFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Oregon RTIi, with Susan Brady · About 1 hour 15 minutes · USA
Susan Brady presents on phoneme awareness and what is now known about it, in a session of about 75 minutes shared by Oregon RTIi.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Five from Five · 1:53 · Australia
A two-minute animation on what phonemic awareness is and why it matters for learning to read.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
PaTTAN · F-6 · USA
Short videos that each introduce one literacy topic.
PhonicsPhonological and phonemic awareness
FreeOpens at sites.google.com
Explainer
Five from Five · 1:38 · Australia
A short animation explaining why guessing words from pictures and context is not an effective way to teach reading. Handy for a staff or parent conversation.
PhonicsEvidence, myths and debates
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Five from Five · 2:05 · Australia
A two-minute animation explaining how systematic synthetic phonics teaches children to use letter-sound relationships to read words accurately.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
A reading coach on noticing students' errors during phonics and turning them into teaching moments.
PhonicsInstructional coaching and professional learningChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with the Victorian Department of Education Phonics Lesson Plans Unit team · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
The Victorian Department of Education team behind Phonics Plus explains its components, how to get started, and the assessment, scaffolding and extension resources that come with it.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Charlotte Peverett, Lake Colac School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Charlotte Peverett shares what four years of systematic synthetic phonics at Lake Colac School showed matters most, with guidance for students with disability, neurodiversity or trauma backgrounds.
PhonicsTiered support and inclusion
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
Five from Five, with Rhona Stainthorp · 51 minutes · UK
Professor Rhona Stainthorp of the University of Reading sets out the knowledge about phonics that every teacher of reading needs.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Five from Five · 1:53 · Australia
A short animation on the smallest parts of spoken and written words, and why teaching the links between them is the heart of phonics.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Five from Five · 1:44 · Australia
A short animation on what the five-minute Year 1 Phonics Check is and what it tells schools about early decoding.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Karen Woods, Templestowe Heights Primary School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Karen Woods explains how she hears students read without benchmarking kits, moving from book groups to shared, choral and paired reading, with the classroom norms that make it work.
Reading fluencyAssessment and data
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
Five from Five, with Jennifer Buckingham · 45 minutes · 2020 · Australia
Dr Jennifer Buckingham explains what reading fluency is, how to teach it and how to assess it using evidence-based methods.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Lyn Stone · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Lyn Stone demonstrates her four-step process for studying a word in depth, bringing together phonics, morphology, spelling, syntax and etymology.
VocabularySpelling and morphology
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jillian Robinson · About 45 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Jillian Robinson introduces four Teach Like a Champion tools for building background knowledge to support comprehension, including embedded non-fiction and knowledge organisers, with classroom footage.
Reading comprehension and text studyKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Talk
Read Ballarat, with Stephanie Le Lievre · About 65 minutes · Australia
Stephanie Le Lievre presents a knowledge-based model of reading comprehension in a session for Read Ballarat. Useful for teachers rethinking how comprehension is taught.
Reading comprehension and text studyKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Daniel Willingham · About 10 minutes · USA
Daniel Willingham's ten-minute video making the case that teaching content is teaching reading. Short enough to show in a staff meeting.
Reading comprehension and text studyKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Melissa and Lori Love Literacy, with Hugh Catts · About 56 minutes · USA
Hugh Catts joins the Melissa and Lori Love Literacy podcast to talk about rethinking reading comprehension. This is the video of episode 118, and it pairs with his American Educator article.
Reading comprehension and text studyFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Five from Five, with Jennifer Throndsen · 1 hour 11 minutes · 2026 · USA
Practical strategies and tools for scaffolding challenging texts, so every student can work with grade-level content even when the reading is hard for them.
Reading comprehension and text studyTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Tessa Daffern · 5:23 · F-2 · Australia
Tessa Daffern on assessing spelling in the early years. Useful for early years teachers reviewing how they assess spelling.
Spelling and morphologyAssessment and data
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Mandy Nayton · About 1 hour · 2026 · Australia
Mandy Nayton gives a short history of English, explains lexical quality and outlines teaching that builds spelling and vocabulary in middle and upper primary. Part 1 of two.
Spelling and morphologyVocabulary
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Tessa Daffern · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Tessa Daffern explains why spelling needs a nuanced approach to explicit instruction and how a multi-tiered system of support for spelling can work from Foundation to early secondary.
Spelling and morphologyTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jessica Colleu Terradas · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Jessica Colleu Terradas introduces the Direct Instruction program Spelling Mastery, how it combines phonemic, morphemic and whole-word teaching, and what schools considering it should know.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Lyn Stone · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Lyn Stone explains why she never issues word lists and how the books students are reading can supply the words for spelling and vocabulary teaching.
Spelling and morphologyVocabulary
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
The Reading League Illinois, with Lyn Stone · About 1 hour 30 minutes · USA
Lyn Stone presents on morphology and spelling for The Reading League Illinois. A long session for teachers wanting to deepen their knowledge of how words are built.
Spelling and morphologyFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Learning Difficulties Australia, with Alison Clarke · About 1 hour · Australia
Melbourne speech pathologist Alison Clarke presents on spelling for Learning Difficulties Australia. Relevant to anyone supporting students whose spelling lags behind their reading.
Spelling and morphologyTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needsFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Five from Five, with Alison Madelaine · About 1 hour · Australia
Dr Alison Madelaine's guest presentation for Five from Five on rethinking classroom spelling teaching. Strong Tier 1 spelling is the first support for students with written expression difficulties.
Spelling and morphologyTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needsFrameworks and research behind literacy
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Learning Difficulties Australia, with Tessa Daffern · About 1 hour 10 minutes · Australia
Tessa Daffern presents for Learning Difficulties Australia on using assessment to guide the teaching of spelling.
Spelling and morphologyAssessment and data
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Mandy Nayton · 30 to 60 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Mandy Nayton's second session looks at teaching complex vocabulary from Year 3 onwards, using morphemes, word origins and lexical quality to strengthen spelling and comprehension.
Spelling and morphologyVocabulary
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Learning Difficulties Australia, with Robyn Bartram · About 1 hour · Australia
Robyn Bartram presents on handwriting for Learning Difficulties Australia. One for junior teams reviewing how handwriting is taught and supported.
Handwriting and transcriptionTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Iowa Reading Research Center · About 1 hour · USA
An Iowa Reading Research Center webinar on teaching and assessing handwriting using evidence. Helpful for schools without an agreed way to check handwriting fluency.
Handwriting and transcriptionAssessment and dataTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Thinking Deeply about Primary Education · About 50 minutes · UK
An episode of the UK podcast Thinking Deeply about Primary Education on why handwriting is hard to teach well and what teachers can do about it. This is the video recording of the episode.
Handwriting and transcriptionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Reading Universe, with Joan Sedita · About 2 minutes · USA
Joan Sedita explains in two minutes why effortful handwriting takes energy away from composing, and why handwriting letters while learning their sounds helps young students.
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Webinar
AERO · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
An AERO researcher and two classroom teachers walk through the School Writing Instruction Framework and what leading writing across a school involves.
WritingInstructional leadership
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Polly Anderson, Serpentine Primary School · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Polly Anderson shares the routines Serpentine Primary uses to move early writers from oral sentences to short narratives and reports, including how scaffolds are faded.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with David Didau · About 1 hour · 2026 · UK
David Didau explains how speech and writing differ and shows structured talk routines that lighten cognitive load and give students practice with academic English before they write.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Phil Coloca and Jeanette Breen · About 1 hour · 2026 · Australia
Phil Coloca and Jeanette Breen explore why students struggle with writing and argue for sentence-level instruction, modelling and a carefully sequenced writing curriculum.
WritingKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Christine Jackson, AERO · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Christine Jackson gives an early look at AERO's Secondary Writing Instruction Framework, piloted in three secondary schools, and the lessons learned about a school-wide approach to writing.
WritingInstructional leadership
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Think Forward Educators, with Natalie Wexler · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · USA
Natalie Wexler argues that explicit writing instruction embedded in subject content can deepen knowledge, strengthen reading comprehension and build analytical thinking.
WritingKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceReading comprehension and text study
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Think Forward Educators, with Daisy Christodoulou · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · UK
Daisy Christodoulou shares what No More Marking has learned from comparative judgement of more than two million pieces of student writing, and how teachers can use those insights.
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The Reading League Vermont, with Steve Graham · About 1 hour · USA
Writing researcher Steve Graham gives The Reading League Vermont an overview of effective writing teaching, from handwriting through to genres.
WritingHandwriting and transcriptionTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needsFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Interview
Reading Rockets, with Steve Graham · About 40 minutes · USA
A Reading Rockets video with writing researcher Steve Graham on effective writing teaching. Pairs well with the Karen Harris podcast episode on self-regulated strategy development on the Listen shelf.
WritingTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needsFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Talk
Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn, with Pamela Snow · Australia
Professor Pamela Snow presents on the science of reading, in a session recorded for Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn's Catalyst program.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Talk
Mornington Peninsula Foundation, with Pamela Snow · 2025 · Australia
Pamela Snow's 2025 La Trobe Oration asks why reading instruction is still contested after decades of research, what has slowed research reaching classrooms, and what needs to change in teacher education.
Frameworks and research behind literacyEvidence, myths and debates
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Explainer
The Reading League, with Wesley Hoover · About 3 minutes · USA
Wesley Hoover explains the Simple View of Reading in under three minutes, in a short video from The Reading League's Defining Guide series.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Interview
Melissa and Lori Love Literacy, with Hugh Catts · About 23 minutes · USA
Reading researcher Hugh Catts joins the Melissa and Lori Love Literacy podcast to talk about the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Reading Rope. This is the video of episode 178.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Interview
SoR: What I Should Have Learned in College, with Hollis Scarborough · About 1 hour 5 minutes · USA
A question and answer session with Hollis Scarborough, the researcher who created the Reading Rope. It runs for a little over an hour.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Explainer
Spelfabet · About 9 minutes · Australia
A short video on building the language house from Spelfabet, the site run by Australian speech pathologist Alison Clarke. It runs for about nine minutes.
Frameworks and research behind literacyOral language
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Interview
Teaching Literacy Podcast, with Pamela Snow · About 55 minutes
Pamela Snow joins the Teaching Literacy Podcast to talk about SOLAR, the Science of Language and Reading, the framework her Language House illustrates. This is the video of episode 21.
Frameworks and research behind literacyOral language
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Explainer
Reading Universe · About 9 minutes · USA
A short Reading Universe video that answers the question in its title. At under ten minutes, it is a quick way to introduce the Writing Rope to a team.
Frameworks and research behind literacyWriting
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Talk
Reading Universe, with Joan Sedita · About 53 minutes · USA
Joan Sedita, founder of Keys to Literacy, presents her Writing Rope and shows how thinking, language, structure and craft weave together, using real student work and classroom video.
Frameworks and research behind literacyWriting
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Webinar
The Reading League Florida, with Joan Sedita · About 1 hour 5 minutes · USA
Joan Sedita presents for The Reading League Florida on the Writing Rope and on integrating reading and writing instruction.
Frameworks and research behind literacyWriting
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Series
PaTTAN, with Joan Sedita · Five sessions · USA
A PaTTAN playlist of five sessions on the Writing Rope. The first introduces the rope and what is known about effective writing instruction, and it suits a team working through the framework over a term.
Frameworks and research behind literacyWritingInstructional coaching and professional learning
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Webinar
MiMTSS Technical Assistance Center · About 1 hour 20 minutes · USA
A session from the MiMTSS Technical Assistance Center on the Not So Simple View of Writing. It runs for about 80 minutes, and the presenter is not named in the title.
Frameworks and research behind literacyWriting
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Interview
The Reading League, with Linnea Ehri · About 1 hour 30 minutes · USA
A long-form interview with reading researcher Linnea Ehri, from The Reading League's podcast Teaching, Reading and Learning.
Frameworks and research behind literacyPhonics
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Talk
The Reading League, with Maria Murray · About 35 minutes · USA
Maria Murray of The Reading League explains what orthographic mapping is and why it is so important, in a talk of about 35 minutes.
Frameworks and research behind literacyPhonics
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Explainer
Lyn Stone · About 9 minutes · Australia
Australian educational linguist Lyn Stone gives a short explainer on orthographic mapping. A quick starting point before the longer talks.
Frameworks and research behind literacyPhonics
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Webinar
Learning Difficulties Australia, with Anne Castles · About 51 minutes · Australia
Anne Castles, co-author of Ending the Reading Wars, presents for Learning Difficulties Australia on teaching sight words.
Frameworks and research behind literacyPhonics
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Talk
WISE Channel, with Stanislas Dehaene · About 34 minutes · International
Professor Stanislas Dehaene's lecture on how the brain learns to read, published by the WISE Channel and about 34 minutes long.
Frameworks and research behind literacyHow learning happens
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Interview
PaTTAN, with Louisa Moats · About 51 minutes · USA
Louisa Moats talks with PaTTAN about the 2020 edition of Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science. It pairs well with reading the paper itself, which is also in this section.
Frameworks and research behind literacyInstructional coaching and professional learning
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Talk
Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, with Kathleen Rastle · About 1 hour 20 minutes · UK
Kathleen Rastle, co-author of Ending the Reading Wars, gives a lecture of the same name, shared by Psychology at the University of Edinburgh.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Talk
A Learner's Toolkit, with Tanya Serry · About 1 hour 5 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Professor Tanya Serry's keynote at researchED Brisbane in 2025, titled A matter of translation and shared on the A Learner's Toolkit channel.
Frameworks and research behind literacyEvidence, myths and debates
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Talk
Knowledge Society, with Pamela Snow · About 14 minutes · Australia
Pamela Snow, in a short talk for Knowledge Society, on why effective literacy instruction is essential to overcoming disadvantage.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Interview
PaTTAN, with Louise Spear-Swerling · About 37 minutes · USA
Louise Spear-Swerling talks with PaTTAN about structured literacy, in a session from its Leaders and Learning in Literacy series.
Frameworks and research behind literacyInstructional leadership
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Interview
Children of the Code, with Keith Stanovich · About 6 minutes · USA
Keith Stanovich talks about Matthew effects in reading and whether reading makes you smarter, in a six-minute interview clip from the Children of the Code project.
Frameworks and research behind literacy
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Talk
Five from Five, with Jennifer Buckingham · 42 minutes · 2022 · Australia
A presentation for Learning Difficulties Australia on how far Australian reading instruction has come and what still needs to change.
Frameworks and research behind literacyEvidence, myths and debates
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Samantha Charlton, Templestowe Heights Primary School · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Samantha Charlton unpacks the parts of an explicit maths lesson aligned with the VTLM 2.0, covering review, teaching new content, guided and independent practice, fluency and in-lesson assessment.
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instruction
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Think Forward Educators, with Brendan Lee · About 1 hour · 2026 · Australia
Brendan Lee looks at the common reasons a maths lesson does not land and the instructional choices that make student success far more likely.
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instruction
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Think Forward Educators, with Sean Alston · About 50 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Sean Alston explains the four stages of the Instructional Hierarchy and uses primary maths examples to show when to teach explicitly and when problem solving fits.
Explicit teaching in mathsRepresentations and problem solvingExplicit instructionFeedback and practice
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Think Forward Educators, with Ollie Lovell, Toni Hatten-Roberts and David Morkunas · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Ollie Lovell, Toni Hatten-Roberts and David Morkunas take teachers through the core instructional routines that keep every student thinking in primary maths, whatever program a school uses.
Explicit teaching in mathsParticipation and opportunities to respondClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Think Forward Educators, with Jane St John, Jonathan Nettelbeck and Michelle Lastrilla · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Staff from three small and regional schools describe how they organise multi-age classes, lessons, planning and intervention to teach maths explicitly, and the challenges they still face.
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instruction
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Think Forward Educators, with Samantha Charlton and Martin Ravindran, Templestowe Heights Primary School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Two Templestowe Heights teachers unpack the evidence behind the F-2 maths strands, show what explicit teaching of them looks like and where play can connect.
Explicit teaching in mathsNumber, multiplication and fractionsExplicit instruction
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Think Forward Educators, with Toni Hatten-Roberts, David Morkunas and Ollie Lovell · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Toni Hatten-Roberts, David Morkunas and Ollie Lovell cover instructional routines, cognitive load and systematic review in primary maths, with practical strategies teachers can try straight away.
Explicit teaching in mathsFluency, number facts and daily reviewExplicit instructionRetrieval, spacing and review
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Think Forward Educators, with Brendan Lee · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Brendan Lee sorts through mixed messages about primary maths, covering what to teach, how and when, with attention to fact fluency and the hierarchical nature of the subject.
Explicit teaching in mathsLeading maths and the evidenceExplicit instruction
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Think Forward Educators, with Kat O'Rourke · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
NSW teacher Kat O'Rourke shows how she sequences strategy instruction and practice to build number fact fluency in a 15-minute daily block, and what she learned implementing it.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewFeedback and practice
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Think Forward Educators, with Brian Poncy · About 1 hour · 2025 · USA
Dr Brian Poncy reviews research on five ways fluent recall of basic facts supports later maths learning, and shares results from a five-year study.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewFeedback and practice
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Toni Hatten-Roberts · 30 to 60 minutes · 2022 · Australia
A Think Forward Educators maths session with Toni Hatten-Roberts on the science of maths and the importance of fluency.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewLeading maths and the evidenceFeedback and practice
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Think Forward Educators, with Jess Easton · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Jess Easton shows how bar models bridge concrete materials and abstract calculation, and how to pair them with written methods so students see the structure of a problem.
Representations and problem solving
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Esther White, Maths Australia · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Esther White shows how to teach fractions, decimals and percentages through an explicit concrete, representational, abstract sequence with consistent language and a single hands-on tool.
Number, multiplication and fractionsRepresentations and problem solving
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School story
Department of Education, Victoria · 2:43 · Primary · Australia
A Department of Education, Victoria video on supporting students with maths learning difficulties at Docklands Primary School.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Brad Nguyen, Docklands Primary School · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Brad Nguyen explains how Docklands Primary uses the Acadience Math universal screener, what the assessment involves and how the results inform support and school improvement.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesAssessment and dataTiered support and inclusion
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Sarah Powell · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · USA
Sarah Powell outlines five evidence-based practices for students who find maths hard, namely modelling and practice, vocabulary, multiple representations, fluency building and word problem solving.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Think Forward Educators, with Nathalie Parry · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Nathalie Parry helps educators understand, identify and support students with maths learning difficulties, including dyscalculia, and explains why early identification matters.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Think Forward Educators, with Bree Jimenez · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · USA
Bree Jimenez presents research on including students with complex learning needs in age-aligned maths lessons through personalised supports, explicit early numeracy teaching and embedded systematic instruction.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Series
National Center on Intensive Intervention · Series · Eight modules · USA
Eight free training modules from the National Center on Intensive Intervention on delivering intensive maths intervention and adjusting it using student data. Suited to interventionists and maths leaders.
Screening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusionAssessment and dataLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Explainer
NCETM · 4:31 · Secondary · UK
NCETM's overview video explaining the Five Big Ideas in teaching for mastery, as they apply to secondary maths.
Leading maths and the evidence
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson, Grattan Institute · About 70 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Grattan Institute's Amy Haywood and Nick Parkinson summarise the evidence on primary maths teaching and share lessons from seven case study schools that put it into practice.
Leading maths and the evidenceImplementationInstructional leadership
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Think Forward Educators, with Sacha Giurietto · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Sacha Giurietto walks through the Victorian Department of Education's free maths lesson plans, the position statement behind them and how schools can use them to teach maths explicitly.
Leading maths and the evidenceKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Think Forward Educators, with Nathaniel Hansford · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Canada
Nathaniel Hansford compares discovery, inquiry and explicit approaches in maths, reviews meta-analysis evidence and addresses common myths about conceptual knowledge, procedures and productive struggle.
Leading maths and the evidenceExplicit teaching in mathsEvidence, myths and debatesExplicit instruction
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Think Forward Educators, with Liana McCurry · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Liana McCurry shares what she saw of primary maths teaching in six countries on a Churchill Fellowship, and how practice there compares with Australia.
Leading maths and the evidence
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Think Forward Educators, with Siobhan Merlo · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Siobhan Merlo offers a cognitive science lens for judging maths teaching approaches, covering working memory load, primary and secondary knowledge, and how information should be presented.
Leading maths and the evidenceHow learning happens
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Sue Davis, Impact Curriculum (formerly Ochre Education) · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Sue Davis gives an overview of the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 for mathematics and a planning path from yearly overviews to lessons using Ochre Education (now Impact Curriculum) materials.
Leading maths and the evidenceKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Webinar
Grattan Institute · About 1 hour · Australia
A Grattan Institute webinar on transforming maths teaching, drawing on lessons from The Entrance. Suits leaders thinking about maths teaching across a school.
Leading maths and the evidenceImplementationInstructional leadership
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Talk
researchED, with Adelle Holmes · About 45 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Adelle Holmes's researchED Ballarat 2025 talk on teaching maths with a common curriculum at Clarendon. Of interest to teams considering shared lesson materials.
Leading maths and the evidenceKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
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Explainer
Peps Mccrea · UK
Peps Mccrea asks whether alignment is the key ingredient of effective schooling. One for leadership teams thinking about how consistently a school works.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceInstructional leadership
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Heather Fearn · About 1 hour · 2025 · UK
Heather Fearn of Ark returns to first principles on why knowledge matters, what a knowledge-rich curriculum means for lesson design and the common pitfalls when schools adopt one.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Interview
InnerDrive · F-12 · UK
Doug Lemov discusses knowledge building in InnerDrive's Teaching Unpacked series. One for teachers and leaders thinking about knowledge-rich curriculum.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Amy Haywood, Grattan Institute · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Amy Haywood presents Grattan Institute findings on the planning load teachers carry alone, and how five schools set up shared whole-school curriculum planning.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceInstructional leadershipTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
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Think Forward Educators, with David Suter · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Principal David Suter applies science of learning ideas to primary science, covering vocabulary, science inquiry versus inquiry learning, common misconceptions and formative assessment.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceChecking for understanding and responsive teachingExplicit instruction
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Webinar
Grattan Institute, with Adam Bright and Brad Nguyen · About 45 minutes · Australia
Grattan Institute talks with Adam Bright and Brad Nguyen from Docklands Primary School about their school's curriculum. Useful for leaders thinking about curriculum across a school.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceInstructional leadership
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Talk
researchED, with Reid Smith · About 35 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Reid Smith's talk from researchED Ballarat 2023, asking whether knowing is enough. A prompt for teams thinking about the place of knowledge in the curriculum.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceReading comprehension and text study
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Talk
researchED, with Christine Counsell · About 65 minutes · UK
Christine Counsell's researchED Home talk on the support middle leaders need if a school's curriculum is to flourish. Aimed at leaders who work with subject and year-level leads.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceTeams, middle leadership and professional cultureInstructional leadership
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Heather Fearn · About 1 hour · 2025 · UK
Heather Fearn's follow-up session on how specialists and non-specialists can build and quality assure a subject curriculum, and why hierarchical and cumulative subjects need different sequencing.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceInstructional leadership
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Talk
Dylan Wiliam · 16:38 · F-12 · UK
Dylan Wiliam sets out what formative assessment is and what it is not. Useful for teams wanting a shared definition before reviewing their practice.
Assessment and dataChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Interview
NSW Department of Education · 14:55 · F-12 · Australia
The principal of a specialist school for students with intellectual disability talks through how staff collect and use data to adjust teaching for each student.
Assessment and dataTiered support and inclusion
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School story
Center on PBIS · 11:46 · F-12 · USA
A Center on PBIS video of a school team using TIPS (Team-Initiated Problem Solving) in a Tier 2 and 3 coordination meeting. Useful for seeing a structured team meeting modelled.
Assessment and dataTiered support and inclusionTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Daisy Christodoulou · About 1 hour · 2026 · UK
Daisy Christodoulou reviews what research shows about AI marking and feedback on student writing, drawing on No More Marking trials, and what assessment may need to change.
Assessment and dataEvidence, myths and debatesWriting
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Think Forward Educators, with Sacha Giurietto and Reid Smith · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Sacha Giurietto and Reid Smith explain how to set up a whole-school assessment system and run data meetings that lead to changes in teaching.
Assessment and dataInstructional leadershipTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
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Think Forward Educators, with Sarah Asome, Steve Capp and Kate Buck · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Leaders from Bentleigh West, Chelsea Heights and Brandon Park primary schools explain how they assess and report on reading and maths without benchmark levels or running records.
Assessment and dataInstructional leadership
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Interview
NSW Department of Education · 13:50 · Primary · Australia
The principal and curriculum leader of a small Blue Mountains primary school explain their shared assessment schedule and how results feed into teaching.
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Talk
Dylan Wiliam · About 40 minutes · 2025 · UK
Dylan Wiliam's talk from researchED Madrid 2025, arguing that assessment for learning is more than formative assessment. Useful for teams reviewing how they use assessment.
Assessment and dataChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Interview
InnerDrive · F-12 · UK
In InnerDrive's Teaching Unpacked series, Doug Lemov explains least invasive intervention, which means correcting behaviour with as little disruption to the lesson as possible.
Tiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
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School story
AERO · Australia
Staff at East Loddon P-12 College in rural Victoria describe their tiered literacy support for secondary students, from classroom practice to small-group and intensive intervention, and the changes they have seen.
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Interview
AERO · Australia
Intervention teachers and specialists from secondary schools describe how they track progress in literacy and numeracy interventions, from weekly fluency checks to mastery tests, and decide when to reteach or move students on.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and data
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School story
Department of Education, Victoria · 2:04 · Primary · Australia
A Department of Education, Victoria video from its Diverse Learners Hub on supporting students with learning difficulties at Bentleigh West Primary School.
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Interview
AERO · Australia
Staff from secondary schools in four states explain how they screen students' literacy, including at the move from primary school, and use the results to decide who needs which support.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and data
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Explainer
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority · 6:09 · Australia
A short Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority video on supporting students through reasonable adjustments. A handy opener for a staff conversation about what an adjustment is.
Tiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Interview
AERO · Australia
Principals and teacher leaders from five secondary schools discuss what leading MTSS takes, from setting the vision and making time to timetabling small intervention classes, backing staff and staying the course.
Tiered support and inclusionInstructional leadership
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Explainer
Education Endowment Foundation · About 2 minutes · UK
A two-minute Education Endowment Foundation explainer of its 'five-a-day' principle, a set of five core practices that help all pupils succeed, including those with special educational needs. A quick opener for a staff meeting on Tier 1 teaching.
Tiered support and inclusionExplicit instructionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Think Forward Educators, with Stephanie Stollar · 30 to 60 minutes · 2026 · USA
Stephanie Stollar tackles three common misunderstandings about Tier 1 reading instruction and shows how screening, diagnostic and progress data can shape core teaching that reduces risk.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and data
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Think Forward Educators, with Charlotte Peverett · About 1 hour · 2026 · Australia
Charlotte Peverett explains what Tier 1, 2 and 3 look like in specialist settings and which practices give the most benefit for students in those schools.
Tiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Think Forward Educators, with Stephanie Dehghani, Templestowe Heights Primary School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Assistant principal Stephanie Dehghani describes how Templestowe Heights Primary built strong Tier 1 teaching, aligned Tier 2 as an extra dose of core instruction and used data to decide support.
Tiered support and inclusionImplementation
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Think Forward Educators, with Kylie Hoey · About 1 hour · 2026 · Australia
Kylie Hoey works through the practical problems of MTSS in a primary school, from protecting Tier 1, timetabling and staffing to what to do when too many students need extra support.
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Think Forward Educators, with Jessica Colleu Terradas · About 50 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Jessica Colleu-Terradas draws on her Churchill Fellowship and intervention work at Como Secondary College to set out the essentials for making MTSS work in a secondary school.
Tiered support and inclusionImplementation
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Think Forward Educators, with Karina Stocker · About 70 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Karina Stocker shares research on what helps MTSS last in Victorian schools and what quietly undermines it, giving leaders a way to diagnose their own implementation.
Tiered support and inclusionImplementationChange management
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Amanda VanDerHeyden · 30 to 60 minutes · 2026 · USA
Dr Amanda VanDerHeyden reflects on two decades of MTSS, why results vary so widely between schools and how aligning data, instruction and decisions improves impact.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and dataImplementation
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Webinar
Grattan Institute · About 1 hour · Australia
A Grattan Institute webinar on helping struggling readers catch up, built around lessons from Parafield Gardens High School. Of interest to secondary leaders planning reading support.
Tiered support and inclusionInstructional leadership
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Talk
Branching Minds, with Amanda VanDerHeyden · About 1 hour · USA
Amanda VanDerHeyden's keynote on lessons learned from 15 years of multi-tiered systems of support, hosted by Branching Minds. Useful for leaders reviewing their own MTSS.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and data
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Webinar
Learning Difficulties Australia, with Sarah Asome · About 55 minutes · Australia
Victorian school leader Sarah Asome presents on response to intervention for Learning Difficulties Australia. Useful for teams building or reviewing their own tiers of support.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and dataLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Talk
Macquarie University Centre for Reading · About 50 minutes · Australia
A Macquarie University Centre for Reading seminar asking why children who struggle with reading are more likely to have emotional difficulties. A reminder to watch wellbeing alongside intervention.
Tiered support and inclusionMotivation, self-efficacy and metacognitionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Webinar
Evidence for Learning · About 1 hour · 2020 · Australia
An Evidence for Learning webinar with practical, evidence-based advice on getting the most from teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools. It builds on Evidence for Learning's guidance report on the same topic.
Tiered support and inclusionTeams, middle leadership and professional cultureLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Talk
Kate de Bruin · About 20 minutes · Australia
Dr Kate de Bruin's short presentation, recorded for the ACT Inclusive Education Community of Practice, on why schools should move to a multi-tiered system of supports.
Tiered support and inclusionImplementationLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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School story
AERO · 2:43 · Secondary · Australia
Staff at a Ballarat secondary college explain why they adopted a multi-tiered system of supports, how the tiers work in practice and what has changed.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and data
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Interview
AERO · 4:52 · Secondary · Australia
Educators from several Australian schools explain how they staff and train the team that runs their multi-tiered system of supports.
Tiered support and inclusionTeams, middle leadership and professional cultureImplementation
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Interview
AERO · 4:35 · Secondary · Australia
Teachers and leaders from five schools show how they timetable intervention and decide how intensive each student's support should be.
Tiered support and inclusionAssessment and dataImplementation
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Interview
AERO · 4:20 · Secondary · Australia
Staff from six schools explain how they talk with students and families about intervention so that extra support carries less stigma.
Tiered support and inclusionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Explainer
Understood · 3:33 · USA
A short explainer from Understood on what dyslexia is. Brief enough to share with new staff, education support staff or families.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
RADLD · 7:28 · UK
RADLD's short introduction to developmental language disorder, a common condition that is easy to miss. A good first video to show a whole staff.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Positive Partnerships · About 45 minutes · 2026 · Australia
A recorded webinar on planning, shifting attention, flexible thinking and self-regulation in young autistic people, with slides, a strategy list for home and school and a planning template.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attentionMotivation, self-efficacy and metacognition
FreeOpens at positivepartnerships.com.au
Explainer
RADLD · 5:33 · UK
A short RADLD video explaining the consensus behind the term developmental language disorder. Helpful if older reports at your school still use other labels.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
The DLD Project · 12:24 · Australia
A short video from Australia's DLD Project on why rich vocabulary teaching is hard for children with developmental language disorder. Relevant to anyone planning vocabulary lessons.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageVocabularyTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Centre for Educational Neuroscience · 8:12 · UK
A short video from the Centre for Educational Neuroscience on facts and myths about dyscalculia. A sensible first watch before a staff discussion.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusionEvidence, myths and debates
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Numerical Cognition Laboratory, Western University, with Daniel Ansari · 5:00 · Canada
Professor Daniel Ansari of Western University explains what developmental dyscalculia is in five minutes. A good first watch before his longer webinar.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
National Council for Special Education (Ireland) · 5:01 · International
A five-minute introduction to developmental coordination disorder from Ireland's National Council for Special Education. A quick primer for classroom teachers.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
School story
Department of Education, Victoria · Case study with video · About 3 minutes · Australia
A Victorian case study with short videos showing how Echuca College built a transition program with its feeder primary schools so new Year 7 students, including autistic students, start well.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at vic.gov.au
Webinar
Learning Difficulties Australia, with Kate Jacobs · About 1 hour 10 minutes · Australia
A Learning Difficulties Australia session with Dr Kate Jacobs on specific learning disorders. A possible starting point before looking at each disorder in turn.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionAssessment and data
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Reading Universe, with Tiffany Hogan · About 35 minutes · USA
Researcher Tiffany Hogan on developmental language disorder, in a session for Reading Universe. A manageable length for teachers who are new to the topic.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Speech Pathology Tasmania · About 1 hour · Australia
A session from Speech Pathology Tasmania on understanding developmental language disorder and dysgraphia together, from an Australian speech pathology point of view.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageWritingTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Gresham College, with Maggie Snowling · About 1 hour · UK
Professor Maggie Snowling's Gresham College lecture on dyslexia and language. An hour-long public lecture from a leading dyslexia researcher.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Learning MATTERS, with Tiffany Hogan · About 1 hour · New Zealand
Dr Tiffany Hogan joins New Zealand's Learning MATTERS for a session on dyslexia and developmental language disorder together.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
National Center on Improving Literacy · About 55 minutes · USA
A National Center on Improving Literacy session explaining the International Dyslexia Association's updated definition of dyslexia. Good for leaders who need to keep school documents current.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
The Windward Institute, with Hugh Catts · About 1 hour 20 minutes · USA
Researcher Hugh Catts presents for the Windward Institute on identifying dyslexia early. Relevant to Foundation and Year 1 teams and anyone responsible for screening.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsAssessment and dataTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Speaking of Psychology (American Psychological Association), with Tim Odegard · About 35 minutes · USA
The American Psychological Association's podcast Speaking of Psychology talks with researcher Tim Odegard about myths, misconceptions and facts about dyslexia. This is the video recording of the episode.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionEvidence, myths and debates
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Lyn Stone · About 1 hour · Australia
A webinar from Australian linguist Lyn Stone, made for parents who want to know more about dyslexia and dysgraphia. Clear enough for teachers too, and one to pass on to families.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsHandwriting and transcriptionWritingTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Education Scotland · About 1 hour · UK
Education Scotland's webinar on understanding dyscalculia. A full session for maths leaders and intervention staff.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
LD@school, with Daniel Ansari · About 1 hour 10 minutes · Canada
Professor Daniel Ansari's webinar for Canada's LD@school explains developmental dyscalculia, a specific learning disability affecting maths in about five per cent of children. The page includes a transcript.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at ldatschool.ca
Webinar
National Center on Intensive Intervention · About 1 hour · USA
Dr Sarah Powell walks through free tools from the National Center on Intensive Intervention for assessing and teaching students with maths difficulty.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsScreening, intervention and maths difficultiesTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, with Amanda Kirby · About 35 minutes · UK
Professor Amanda Kirby speaks for the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health about developmental coordination disorder, which often shows up at school in handwriting and organisation. Made for clinicians, so heavier going than the short video in this strand.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionHandwriting and transcription
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health, with Joanna Martin · About 50 minutes · UK
Dr Joanna Martin of Cardiff University on the early signs of ADHD in primary school children, how it can look different in girls and boys, what to do when you have concerns and how schools can help.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
ADHD Australia, with Rebecca McLinden · About 35 minutes · Australia
Behaviour analyst Rebecca McLinden, speaking for ADHD Australia, on how ADHD affects the way rewards work, and why motivation and consistency can be hard to keep up.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionMotivation, self-efficacy and metacognitionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
ADHD Australia, with Monique Mitchelson · About 45 minutes · Australia
Monique Mitchelson's talk for ADHD Australia's Global ADHD Conference on ADHD and co-occurring autism. Helpful background when a student's profile does not fit one label neatly.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre · About 1 hour · Canada
A webinar for parents from Canada's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre on how ADHD affects learning and how to support a child at school. Useful for seeing school through a family's eyes. Some of the advice is specific to British Columbia.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Raising Children Network · About 1 hour · Australia
A recorded webinar on ADHD in children and teenagers from the Raising Children Network, the Australian parenting website. Worth knowing about when a family asks you where to start.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
inclusionED (Sylvia Rodger Institute) · About 1 hour · Australia
The first episode of inclusionED's webinar series The Inclusive Classroom. It introduces neurodiversity and autism and offers classroom strategies, from sensory needs to building on students' strengths and interests.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
inclusionED (Sylvia Rodger Institute) · About 50 minutes · Australia
The third episode of inclusionED's webinar series explains sensory seeking and sensory avoiding, and how being more or less sensitive to what is going on in a classroom affects students.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
inclusionED (Sylvia Rodger Institute) · About 50 minutes · Australia
The fourth episode of inclusionED's webinar series, on foundation practices for early career teachers. It also introduces the professional learning and community of practice on the inclusionED website.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionInstructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Yellow Ladybugs, with the Victorian Government · About 2 hours 10 minutes · 2019 · Australia
A recorded panel from Yellow Ladybugs and the Victorian Government. Panellists share their own experience of six areas that often challenge autistic girls at school, including hidden anxiety, peer relationships and class rules.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Autism Education Trust · About 25 minutes · UK
A shortened version of the Autism Education Trust's Making Sense of Autism training, made to help education staff understand autism better, with ideas for support in the classroom and at home.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia) · About 40 minutes · 2026 · Australia
An episode of Aspect's podcast A Different Brilliant on what dysregulation is, what can contribute to it and how adults can support an autistic person who is overwhelmed. This is the video recording of the episode.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Be You (Beyond Blue) · About 40 minutes · Australia
A recorded Be You session on how to support neurodiversity and disability inclusion in school communities. Be You is the national mental health in education initiative led by Beyond Blue.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
The School Can't Experience Podcast, with Linda Graham · About 50 minutes · Australia
Professor Linda Graham, Director of the QUT Centre for Inclusive Education, talks with host Leisa Reichelt about teaching and assessment that every student can access, and what the Disability Standards ask of schools. This is the video recording of the podcast episode.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Understood · 2:28 · USA
A two-minute explainer from Understood on what dysgraphia is in children. A simple starting point for staff and families.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsHandwriting and transcriptionWritingTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Positive Partnerships · Two sessions of about 45 minutes · 2026 · Australia
Two recorded webinars on the different ways autistic people communicate, being a good communication partner and extending two-way interaction, with slides and a planning tool.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionOral language
FreeOpens at positivepartnerships.com.au
Explainer
RADLD · 22:56 · UK
RADLD's longer film on understanding developmental language disorder. Suits a staff meeting when you want more depth than a five-minute explainer.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsOral languageTiered support and inclusion
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Evidence for Learning · 5:27 · F-12 · Australia
An Evidence for Learning explainer video on effective professional development. Useful background for leaders and coaches planning professional learning.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Peps Mccrea · UK
Peps Mccrea makes the case for drop-ins, short unscheduled visits from colleagues, as a way to improve teaching and build staff culture. Aimed at leaders and coaches.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
School story
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
A second-grade teacher in Ohio learns to teach reading through structured literacy, supported by coaching.
Instructional coaching and professional learningPhonics
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Stuart Kime · About 1 hour · 2026 · UK
Stuart Kime considers what research says about how teachers build expertise through knowledge, skills and habits, and offers techniques to try in your own practice.
Instructional coaching and professional learningHow learning happens
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Nathaniel Swain and Brendan Lee · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Teachers bring real problems they have met putting the science of learning into practice, and Nathaniel Swain and Brendan Lee coach them towards evidence-informed solutions.
Instructional coaching and professional learningImplementation
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Ollie Lovell and Josh Goodrich · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Ollie Lovell and Josh Goodrich explain why improving teaching is hard, the active ingredients that make instructional coaching work, and how those ingredients overcome barriers to changing habits.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jack Neil · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Jack Neil makes the case for instructional coaching as core professional development, with examples of coaching structures, their impact and how schools can grow effective coaches.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Steplab · About 40 minutes · UK
A Steplab session on group professional development that works. Useful for leaders and coaches who plan whole-staff or team sessions.
Instructional coaching and professional learningTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
IRIS Connect, with Haili Hughes · About 1 hour · UK
Haili Hughes presents on adaptive instructional coaching in a session hosted by IRIS Connect. Useful for coaches thinking about how they adjust their approach for different teachers.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Talk
Simon Breakspear · About 1 hour · Australia
Simon Breakspear introduces Teaching Sprints, his approach to team-based teacher improvement. A starting point for leaders and teams curious about how it works.
Instructional coaching and professional learningTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Peps Mccrea · 5:55 · F-12 · UK
Peps Mccrea on rehearsal resistance and how to reduce friction in teacher development. Useful for coaches who ask teachers to practise techniques.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Evidence for Learning · About 1 hour · Australia
An Evidence for Learning webinar on the mechanisms of effective professional development. Useful for leaders and coaches reviewing how their school's professional learning is designed.
Instructional coaching and professional learningImplementation
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jacquie Burrows, Rhys Coulson, Sarah Asome and Steve Capp · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Four Victorian primary principals, from Churchill, Templestowe Heights, Bentleigh West and Chelsea Heights, discuss leading curriculum and instructional change and modelling professional learning themselves.
Instructional leadershipImplementation
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 16:03 · Primary · Australia
Two leaders from a remote primary school with a largely Aboriginal enrolment describe how teaching teams and instructional leadership keep expectations high for every student.
Instructional leadershipSchool culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Joshua Bourke, Dandenong West Primary School, and Cassandra Flanagan, Rosewood Downs Primary School · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
Leaders from Rosewood Downs and Dandenong West primary schools recount how they built whole-school routines and behaviour expectations, then embedded explicit instruction and a knowledge-rich curriculum.
Instructional leadershipSchool culture, trust and behaviourExplicit instruction
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Manisha Gazula, Marsden Road Public School · About 75 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Principal Manisha Gazula describes how Marsden Road Public School in NSW used evidence and explicit teaching of foundational literacy and numeracy to lift student results.
Instructional leadershipExplicit instructionImplementation
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Jacquie Burrows, Churchill Primary School, hosted by Steve Capp · About 1 hour · 2022 · Australia
Principal Jacquie Burrows recounts Churchill Primary School's turnaround using explicit direct instruction and the science of reading. The page notes that only part of the session was recorded.
Instructional leadershipExplicit instruction
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Sarah Kelly · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Regional Victorian principal Sarah Kelly recounts moving her school away from a levelled reading approach, and how the leadership team built staff knowledge and a shared vision.
Instructional leadershipChange management
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Lachlan Yeates, Cranbourne Primary School · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Principal Lachlan Yeates describes how Cranbourne Primary rose from the bottom of its network to the top in three years, covering staff buy-in, behaviour and leadership mindsets.
Instructional leadershipChange managementSchool culture, trust and behaviour
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Kitty Hancock, St Mary's Primary School Myrtleford · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Principal Kitty Hancock tells how St Mary's Primary in Myrtleford turned around poor results over five years using the science of reading and learning, including mistakes to avoid.
Instructional leadershipImplementation
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Webinar
NSW Department of Education · 30 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Jarrad Cox from the department's curriculum team walks leaders through the explicit teaching workshops, strategy modules and technique guides, and the thinking behind how to roll them out.
Instructional leadershipImplementationExplicit instruction
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
School story
Michaela Community School · Secondary · UK
A film from Michaela Community School, a UK secondary school, presenting its approach to education. Background viewing for leaders interested in school culture and high expectations.
School culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 15:42 · Primary · Australia
A Riverina primary principal describes a whole-school approach to wellbeing built on student voice, staff support and community ties, and the lift in belonging that followed.
School culture, trust and behaviour
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Cate Whiting, AERO · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Cate Whiting explains AERO's resources for leading a whole-school approach to classroom management, and how leaders can build shared understanding and consistent practice across classrooms.
School culture, trust and behaviourClassroom culture, routines and attentionInstructional leadership
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Interview
NSW Department of Education · 12:02 · F-12 · Australia
The principal of a small rural K-12 school explains how staff agreed on shared priorities and built a habit of working on them together.
Teams, middle leadership and professional culture
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Talk
Dylan Wiliam · About 20 minutes · UK
Dylan Wiliam on leading teacher learning communities. A shorter session for leaders setting up or refreshing regular teacher groups.
Teams, middle leadership and professional cultureInstructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Explainer
Education Endowment Foundation · 3:46 · F-12 · UK
The Education Endowment Foundation's video overview of its guidance report A School's Guide to Implementation. Handy for opening a leadership discussion about a planned change.
ImplementationChange management
FreeOpens at youtube.com
School story
AERO · Australia
Leaders at Mount Hutton Public School in NSW describe the team that led explicit instruction in maths and writing, with its defined roles, weekly meeting, staff surveys on barriers and classroom observation data.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Ross Fox, Catholic Education Canberra-Goulburn · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Ross Fox shares how Catholic Education Canberra-Goulburn has led Catalyst, a system-wide shift to evidence-based reading and teaching practice across its schools, and what the change involved.
ImplementationInstructional leadershipChange management
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Webinar
Grattan Institute · About 1 hour · Australia
A Grattan Institute webinar on changing the way reading is taught, drawing on lessons learnt at Churchill Primary. Suits leaders planning a similar shift.
ImplementationInstructional leadership
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Ark Curriculum Plus, with Jonathan Sharples · About 1 hour · UK
Professor Jonathan Sharples speaks about successful implementation in a webinar from Ark Curriculum Plus. Useful for leadership teams planning a change.
ImplementationChange management
FreeOpens at youtube.com
School story
AERO · Australia
Leaders at Maffra Secondary College in Victoria explain how they embed explicit teaching through repeated professional learning cycles of knowledge building, planning time, modelling and coaching.
ImplementationInstructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Interview
Teacher magazine (ACER) · 2:52 · F-12 · Australia
Dylan Wiliam shares tips for changing teaching practice in a short Teacher magazine video. Handy for opening a staff or coaching conversation about change.
Change managementInstructional coaching and professional learning
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Zach Groshell, Christie Barrett and Kathleen O'Rourke · 30 to 60 minutes · 2023 · Australia
Zach Groshell explains cognitive biases that make teaching practice hard to shift, and two school leaders describe how coaching colleagues through change played out in their settings.
Change managementInstructional coaching and professional learningTeams, middle leadership and professional culture
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Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Clarence Green and Iain Giblin · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Clarence Green and Iain Giblin report a systematic review of genre theory and SFL-based literacy teaching, finding too little rigorous evidence to judge its effect on reading and writing.
Evidence, myths and debatesWriting
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Series
Education Rickshaw (Zach Groshell) · Series · F-12 · International
Four researchED keynote talks that are free to watch.
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Series
Think Forward Educators · Series · F-12 · Australia
Think Forward Educators' open library of past webinar recordings, sorted by reading, writing, maths, MTSS, curriculum, assessment and leadership. Free to watch without an account.
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