Use the links below to access the Teaching and Learning Toolkit approaches mapped to the relevant elements of the NSW Department of Education School Excellence Framework domain of ‘excellence in teaching’.
The ‘excellence in teaching’ domain includes:
- Effective classroom practice: lesson planning, explicit teaching, feedback, classroom management
- Data skills and use: data literacy, data analysis, data use in teaching, data use in planning
- Professional standards: improvement of practice, accreditation, literacy and numeracy focus
- Learning and development: collaborative practice and feedback, coaching and mentoring, professional learning, expertise and innovation.
You may also want to review the Teaching & Learning Toolkit approaches as mapped to the other School Excellence Framework domains: excellence in learning and excellence in leading.
The identification, understanding and implementation of the most effective teaching methods.
Behaviour interventions
Moderate impact for low cost based on limited evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+4
Collaborative learning approaches
High impact for very low cost based on limited evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+5
Feedback
Very high impact for very low cost based on extensive evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+6
Individualised instruction
Moderate impact for very low cost based on limited evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+4
Mastery learning
High impact for very low cost based on limited evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+5
Metacognition and self-regulation
Very high impact for very low cost based on extensive evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+7
Oral language interventions
Very high impact for very low cost based on extensive evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+6
Phonics
High impact for very low cost based on very extensive evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+5
Reading comprehension strategies
Very high impact for very low cost based on extensive evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+6
Within-class achievement grouping
Low impact for very low cost based on very limited evidence
Cost
Evidence
Impact (months)
+2
Teaching and Learning Toolkit
An accessible summary of the international evidence on teaching 5 – 16 year-olds.
Aligned evidence
Toolkit approaches aligned with school improvement frameworks.
Using the Toolkits
Guide to using our Teaching and Learning Toolkit and Early Childhood Education Toolkit.