S7 E11 - What Does It Really Take to Make School Improvement Last?

About this episode

Jocelyn Seamer discusses the findings of AERO's guidance report on effective professional development and reflects on changes in her podcast.

This episode is a little different. Australia's national education evidence body, AERO, has just released a guidance report that puts rigorous research weight behind something many educators have long known: most professional development doesn't work — and the reasons why are predictable and fixable. In this episode, Jocelyn uses AERO's findings to reflect on six years of Jocelyn Seamer Education, share what's changing about the Structured Literacy Podcast, and introduce the brand new L...

People in this episode

Host: Jocelyn Seamer

Topics covered

• school improvement
• professional development
• education research
• AERO report
• Structured Literacy Podcast

Keywords

• school improvement
• AERO
• professional development
• education
• Structured Literacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AERO

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