Webinars and consultations tailored to your school’s needs

On-demand professional development webinars with Anita Archer

This video series showcases internationally revered explicit instruction expert Anita Archer presenting practical curriculum and effective teaching strategies. Each video ranges from 10 to 20 minutes long, and contains pauses for activities so that participants can practice skills throughout the video. 

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Dynamic Vocabulary Strategies
with Anita Archer

Develop skills in how to choose what vocabulary to teach, and five classroom strategies to effectively teach vocabulary with Anita Archer. 
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Connected Word Strategies with Anita Archer 

Explore research-informed insights into the importance of teaching vocabulary to students, and practical strategies for teaching prefixes and suffixes; dictionaries versus glossaries; and reading more to close the vocabulary gap. 
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Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
with Anita Archer 

Explore a number of research-informed strategies to use when teaching vocabulary; learn how to apply the 3-tier model of vocabulary development and strategies for explicitly teaching vocabulary.
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Using Read-alouds to Teach Vocabulary
with Anita Archer

See Anita Archer model using a read-aloud text to support the learning of vocabulary; learn what to consider when choosing a read-aloud to use with your class and learn five strategies to support the learning of vocabulary when using read-alouds. 

Upcoming training for Direct Instruction programs

Introduction to Spelling Mastery
 

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Introduction to Direct Instruction

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Introduction to DISTAR Arithmetic

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Introduction to Reading Mastery

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Our tailored services

Working out which instructional approaches are best for your teaching team and students takes time and can be challenging. Our tailored professional development sessions make it easy for you and your team. 
We introduce your team to the variety of approaches and programs and discuss how they can be implemented effectively in your school setting. We gather information from you about your school before sessions and then explore different options on how your school can adopt approaches and programs to meet your goals.
Our professional development is designed to meet your needs. We can tailor an implementation to your school roles, your goals and current levels of knowledge. Our professional development is available both in-person at your school or online. Sessions can range in duration from 60 minutes to a full day, depending on your needs. 

Sessions can include activities like:  
  • unpacking the evidence
  • reviewing case studies of similar schools
  • investigating programs
  • studying forms of implementation 
  • question and answer sessions. 


Our consultants can tailor a session to your needs.

Meet our team

Coaching implementations

Alice has 10 years of experience teaching, coaching and implementing Direct Instruction programs throughout Australia. Most recently, Alice worked as head of curriculum at Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy, which provides schoolwide implementation of
Direct Instruction.    
Alice Westera, Implementation Coach
Lisa has worked as head of curriculum and teacher coach at Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy. She oversaw delivery of a range of Good to Great Schools Australia explicit instruction programs in various subjects ranging from music to science and culture. Lisa has also extensively taught and coached in Direct Instruction with over six years of experience working with the programs.  
Lisa Brodbeck, Implementation Coach

Schoolwide implementations

Julie Grantham has over four decades of experience as a teacher, principal, and senior public servant. As Director of Schools at Good to Great Schools Australia, Julie supports schools and education systems to deliver programs that meet the needs of all students.
Julie Grantham, Director of Schools  
Bernardine Denigan is the founding CEO of Good to Great Schools Australia (GGSA) and former CEO of Australia's leading Indigenous think-tank, Cape York Partnership.
As Director of Innovation, Bernie leads and drives business development with a focus on innovating education programs that delight customers.
Bernardine Denigan, Director of Innovation  

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Webinars and consultations

Our free webinars for teachers

Good to Great Schools Australia regularly provides webinars on the latest in evidence-based education resources and teacher professional learning.  
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