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Nurturing the entrepreneurial skills of students

by pivotpl | Jul 9, 2018

The Mitchell Institute at Victoria University has been collaborating with about 20 secondary schools in New South Wales and Victoria on a program that focusses on entrepreneurial learning. Paradigm Shifters, based on the work of international education expert Yong...

Pivot’s Dr Bronwyn Hinz Features in the Daily Telegraph

by pivotpl | Jun 5, 2018

Originally published in the Daily Telegraph: It’s the biggest shake-up of teacher-training ever, but too many new teachers are still flying blind and set up to fail. Education boffins, policy makers and teacher-trainers from around Australia met today in Sydney at...

Put students at the centre for sustained boost to learning

by pivotpl | May 2, 2018

Put students at the centre for a sustained boost to learning: Pivot’s Director of Research and Development responds to the release of Gonski 2.0. Read our Media Release here. PIVOT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PTY LTD ABN: 24 402 165 316 Email: info@pivotpl.com Phone:...

Pivot in focus at Scotch College, Adelaide

by pivotpl | May 5, 2017

We were thrilled to be profiled by the Principal of Scotch College, Adelaide, in his Term 2 communication to the school community. Pivot has been working with Scotch for three years and the Pivot approach is now deeply embedded within the school’s teaching and...

Pivot named as a ‘best idea’ in education, PWC

by pivotpl | Mar 20, 2017

Pivot was profiled in PWC’s leading paper on steps to advance meaningful education reform in Australia, as an example of a ‘best idea’ that has been proven to help boost teaching effectiveness and should be rolled out more broadly. Pivot’s Director Belinda Harries...

Pivot named a “Startup Star”: The Weekly Review, 2016

by pivotpl | Sep 20, 2016

Pivot Professional Learning is profiled in The Weekly Review as a ‘Startup Star’ on the rise. Cleo Westhorpe, Belinda Harries and Caitlin Macleod speak about their professional development tool designed to “prove” the current performance of teachers and “improve”...

Pivot partners with the Australian Association of Maths Teachers

by pivotpl | Jul 2, 2016

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the Australian Association of Maths Teachers to help maths teachers and faculties to better understand their impact in the classroom. If you’re a maths teacher looking to prove and improve your teaching effectiveness,...

Pivot awarded a Top 50 in the Anthill Smart100

by pivotpl | May 27, 2015

They’re innovative, Australian, highly commercial and they’re changing the world, one idea at a time. Pivot Professional Learning was proud to be among the Anthill Smart 100 in 2015 for developing and building a powerful online professional learning tool that allows...

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Making the case for reform of Australia’s education system – and Pivot!

Apr 25, 2018

A new report by PwC argues for ‘constructive, concrete reform’ of Australia’s education system to prepare students for changing workforce demands – particularly in STEM subject areas.1 The PwC report recognises that good ideas and innovation for driving…

Classroom behaviour management

Dec 1, 2017

Classroom behaviour management What is classroom behaviour? The are various types of challenging behaviour in the classroom, from low-level disruptions such as talking out of turn and not following directions, to more anti-social behaviours such as…

The role of evaluation and reflection in teaching and school improvement

Oct 1, 2017

Expectations of teachers and schools are changing rapidly. This is being driven by a range of factors including our growing understanding of the future of society and workplace that today’s children will face when they finish formal schooling. As the OECD…

Professional Learning Communities

Jul 1, 2017

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have become a hot topic lately as building in-school capacity is increasingly viewed as a major lever for improving student outcomes. PLCs have been found to contribute to instructional improvement of teachers,1…

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