Our teacher coach Helen recently returned from a trip to Mapoon where she supports the school to implement Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI). With an experienced principal championing EDI and many graduate teachers who have never been exposed to the pedagogy before, Helen admires how the...
In this interview Dr Sheri Wilkins, Director of Professional Development at Good to Great Schools Australia, explains what mastery learning is and how it helps teachers ensure they aren’t leaving any students behind. What is effective teaching? Effective teaching is about paying close attention to what...
Good to Great Schools Australia’s Implementation Improvement Director Dr Lynn Lysko will facilitate effective teaching training in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in May 2019. This introductory course to effective teaching is suitable for educators at all levels, from teaching assistants, classroom teachers, heads of...
In this interview Vicky Vachon, Implementation Improvement Director at Good to Great Schools Australia, reflects on more than four decades of experience in education and how she overcame what she thought were insurmountable challenges with very low functioning students. How did you become involved with effective...
In this interview Dawn Hughes, Good to Great Schools Australia’s Senior Teaching Coach, explains what Explicit Direct Instruction is and what it means for teachers and students. Dawn is an experienced mainstream and special education teacher specialising in explicit pedagogies. She has lead school implementations...
Good to Great Schools Australia recognises the critical importance of culture to the health and wellbeing of indigenous students, their families and communities. Our Culture curriculum, which is implemented at Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy (CYAAA), promotes individual identity, culture and languages to help students prepare for...
Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy (CYAAA) once again partnered with the Queensland Music Festival to hold the Band Camp in August 2018. Twenty-three students from Coen, Hope Vale and Aurukun had a blast at the four-day camp in the Atherton Tablelands, learning band instruments, improving...
By becoming more involved in their children’s education, parents and families can understand what their children need to succeed and how to be support them. Last year Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy held its first ever Year 5 Retreat, where over two days parents of Year...
The annual Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy Awards were held in late November at both our Coen and Hope Vale campuses. These awards are a chance for the school community to recognise and celebrate students’ achievements across the school year. A number of our partners sponsored...
Now that the footy season is over Anthony “Walla” McDonald-Tipungwuti is trading in his boots for the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy (CYAAA) classroom! The star Essendon Bomber, who grew up on Melville Island and as a 16 year old couldn’t proficiently read, write or speak...
