Guidance Reports

Evidence for Learning have a developed suite of nine Guidance Reports on a range of high-priority topics. Additional resources have been developed to support Victorian schools use these Guidance Reports. The additional resources have been tailored for Victorian schools in partnership with the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership. This work has been generously supported by The William Buckland Foundation. 

Putting evidence to work: a school’s guide to implementation

A guide to implementation application to any school improvement decision.

This Guidance Report aims to help school leaders understand how they can create the right conditions for implementation, as well as a structured process for planning, delivering, and sustaining change. 

• Guidance Report: Putting evidence to work: a school's guide to implementation 
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster

• Editable implementation plan template

• Example Implementation Plan: Wellbeing at Monterey Secondary College
  

• Example Implementation Plan: Metacognition at Wodonga Senior Secondary College 

Metacognition and self-regulated learning

This Guidance Report reviews the best available research to offer school leaders and teachers seven recommendations to support schools to teach metacognition and self-regulated learning.

• Guidance Report: Metacognition and self-regulated learning 

• Summary of Recommendations poster 

• Red Amber Green self-assessment guide 

• Victorian compendium
  

Improving social and emotional learning in primary schools 

This Guidance Report reviews the best available research to offer school leaders and teachers six recommendations to support schools to support social and emotional learning. 

• Guidance Report: Improving social and emotional learning in primary schools 
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster
  

• Audit and discussion tool 
  

• Summary of SEL skills 
  

• Victorian compendium 

Working with parents to support children's learning

This Guidance Report reviews the best available research to offer schools and teachers four recommendations to support parental engagement in children’s learning.

• Guidance Report: Working with parents to support children's learning
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster

• Victorian compendium
  

Improving mathematics in upper primary and lower secondary

This Guidance Report was developed by reviewing the best available international research and consulting experts, teachers, and academics to arrive at key principles for effective teaching of mathematics.

• Guidance Report: Improving mathematics in upper primary and lower secondary 
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster

• Red Amber Green self-assessment guide 

Improving literacy in lower primary 

This Guidance Report was developed by reviewing the best available international research and consulting experts, teachers, and academics to arrive at key principles for effective teaching of literacy.

• Guidance Report: Improving literacy in lower primary 
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster 

• Red Amber Green self-assessment guide

Improving literacy in upper primary

This Guidance Report was developed by reviewing the best available international research and consulting experts, teachers, and academics to arrive at key principles for effective teaching of literacy.

• Guidance Report: Improving literacy in upper primary 
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster

• Webinar: Exploring primary literacy with Dandenong North Primary School 

Improving literacy in secondary

This Guidance Report was developed by reviewing the best available international research and consulting experts, teachers, and academics to arrive at key principles for effective teaching of literacy.

• Guidance Report: Improving literacy in secondary 
  

• Summary of Recommendations poster

Making best use of Teaching Assistants

This Guidance Report aims to help school leaders support the work of Teaching Assistants in their schools.

• Guidance Report: Making best use of Teaching Assistants

• Summary of Recommendations poster