The Collective Conversation

As you move into the second week of the school holidays or back to school (depending on your state), you may be feeling ready to look...

As the school term winds down and the holidays stretch ahead, it’s the perfect time for educators to press pause, take a breath, and...

When we think about innovation, education is rarely the first sector that comes to mind. Start-ups? Sure. Tech? Absolutely. But schools?...

For too long, the final years of school in Australia have been framed as a high-stakes sprint to a number - the ATAR. It's the yardstick...

A few different versions of this meme have been making the rounds recently, claiming Finland “accidentally” created the world’s best...

Walk into any school, and beyond the explicit curriculum of maths, literacy, and science, there’s another layer of learning taking place;...

Every week, my social feeds fill with reflections from educators: "Today we explored how AI will impact teaching and learning..." "An...

“When students are engaged, they invest in their learning emotionally, cognitively, and behaviourally. Engagement is not about...

In terms of learner agency and voice, how can we create a model in which students are empowered as co-designers of their learning, with genuine input into both what they learn and how they learn it?

In schools today, leadership can feel like both a privilege and a pressure cooker. The stakes are high, the demands are relentless, and yet the support for school leaders often falls short. This is where coaching, high-impact, strengths-based, reflective coaching, can make all the difference.

🌍 Why Education Needs to Evolve For decades, traditional education has centred around content-heavy curriculums, passive learning, and...

As school leaders, we have a moral imperative to question the very purpose of education. But here’s the hard truth: building a genuinely contemporary school is harder than replicating traditional models.

💭 The Disconnect Many schools have beautifully crafted vision and mission statements. But when you ask students, staff, or parents what...

By Mel Evans, Co-Founder, The EduShift Collective This weekend, Australia headed to the polls for the federal election. But let’s be...

What if the most powerful leaders in our schools aren’t sitting in offices - but standing at the front of every classroom, shaping the...

In a rapidly changing world, the way we define and measure success in schools must change, too. Enter the learner profile...Our learner profile didn’t arrive overnight. It emerged from rich, layered professional learning across the year...How does this develop a skill or disposition from our learner profile? If it didn’t… we had to pause. Reflect. And sometimes, boldly let go.

The ABC recently shared a clip from Australian Story about explicit teaching—framed as a way for teachers to ‘take back command of the classroom.’ That word—command—hit hard. It made me pause. And it made me ask: Where does explicit teaching truly fit in contemporary education? And maybe even more importantly—should it?

there’s no better time to step away from the lesson plans and lean into some inspiration - a good read for the holidays.

By Mel Evans, Co-Founder, The EduShift Collective Over the past few weeks, I've watched my child navigate a relentless cycle of tests and...

By Mel Evans, Co-Founder, The EduShift Collective Ok, I'll start out by saying, this blog was born out of complete frustration. In the...