Practice resource Sep 2024 Early childhood learning trajectories This collection of AERO’s Early Childhood Learning Trajectories is designed for teachers and educators working in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children in the years before school. It can support ongoing professional learning for individuals and entire ECEC services and teams.
Practice resource Sep 2024 Classroom management professional learning resources These resources are designed to help school leaders lead staff in professional learning to support a whole-school approach to classroom management.
Video Jul 2024 Introduction to Early Childhood Learning Trajectories This video introduces AERO's Early Childhood Learning Trajectories, freely available evidence-based resources for use alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle. Early childhood education and care service teams can use these resources to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
Research report Jun 2025 National professional practice network for educators and teachers This report considers the appropriateness of a national professional practice network for teachers and educators working in early childhood education and care and outside school hours care.
Research report Jun 2025 National early career teacher mentoring and induction support This report considers the appropriateness of national early career mentoring and induction support for early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers.
Research report Nov 2024 Peer mentoring for sharing skills and knowledge from professional learning: The importance of planning and support This report discusses the findings of a study conducted by AERO and ALNF into the effectiveness of a peer mentoring approach for delivering professional learning to educators and teachers in early childhood education and care services.
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Research summary Aug 2025 Professional learning research insight: Building professional coaching relationships This research summary provides an overview of how professional learning can influence and support the use of evidence-based practices in schools and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, to enhance learning outcomes. It outlines early evidence from one of our research projects on coaching.
Research summary Nov 2024 Sharing professional learning via peer mentoring This research summary provides an overview of a study on peer mentoring for professional learning conducted by AERO in partnership with ALNF.
Article Sep 2025 The value of participating in education research: How participation benefits schools When teachers and school leaders participate in research studies, they experience benefits that extend well beyond their classroom walls. At the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO), we’ve recently had the privilege of fostering research partnerships focused on understanding how to enhance evidence-based practices in classrooms.
Article Nov 2024 Comparing learning models: Peer mentoring in early childhood education and care Ongoing professional learning is an important part of ECEC, and quality outcomes for children depend on a highly skilled workforce. AERO and ALNF have conducted an experimental study in the ECEC sector, comparing the effectiveness of a peer mentoring approach to a direct participation approach for professional learning.
Article Dec 2022 We asked 900 Australian teachers if evidence informs how they teach Article in The Conversation revealing how much use teachers make of education research evidence when teaching students.
