Leadership and culture
How teams plan, learn and hold each other to a shared standard. I've gathered webinars and reading on collaborative planning, team meetings, middle leadership and professional culture.
Practices in this area:Collaborative planningMeeting designMiddle leader developmentPsychological safety
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.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
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.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
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.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Webinar
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.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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
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.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
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.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
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.
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.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
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.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Leadership conversations
Education Research Reading Room · with Viviane Robinson
Viviane Robinson returns to discuss virtuous educational leadership and what it means for leaders to do the right work in the right way.
FreeOpens at ollielovell.com
Nathaniel Swain · Substack · 2026 · Australia
A follow-up on culture of error that turns to whole-school consistency. Swain discusses phasing in change, no opt out with support, and the difference between collaboration and mere co-operation among staff.
FreeOpens at nathanielswain.substack.com
Haili Hughes · Substack · 2026 · Australia
Hughes argues that staff wellbeing comes less from treats and gestures than from manageable workloads, clear systems, purposeful professional development and a culture that takes teachers' growth seriously.
FreeOpens at hailihughes.substack.com
Rebecca Birch (On Education) · Substack · 2025 · Australia
Birch describes implementing a whole-school writing approach in a secondary school, including the tools used and how to support teachers who feel unsure about teaching writing in their subject.
FreeOpens at rebeccabirch.substack.com
Haili Hughes · Substack · 2026 · Australia
Comparing England and Australia, Hughes argues that strong teachers do not automatically make strong mentors, and that mentor training is a worthwhile investment in new teachers and retention.
FreeOpens at hailihughes.substack.com
Evidence for Learning · Guidance report · 2019 · Australia
Seven recommendations to help principals and leadership teams in primary and secondary schools make the best use of teaching assistants. The full report and a one-page poster are free to download.
FreeOpens at evidenceforlearning.org.au
Papers and blog · UK
Opens at ambition.org.uk
