Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn

Excited to join the Direct Instruction Podcast with Dr. @MrZachG & Jon Owen! 🎙️ We discuss teacher fidelity, my work improving adolescents' spelling skills in interventions and rolling out DI Spelling Mastery across 40+ schools in @ceacg 🎧 Listen: lnkd.in/gS2nXuq7

So excited to be presenting alongside international speaker @natwexler in Canberra! 📚 Join us for Writing and Knowledge Building - Nov 7. Tickets $80 → events.humanitix.com/natalie-wexler… Can’t wait to learn and share with educators! ✨ co-hosted by @ceacg @ThinkForwardEdu

@ceacg is pleased to host Natalie Wexler in partnership with @ThinkForwardEdu on 7 November. Save the Date for this engaging and knowledge building professional learning day. Registration details to be released soon.

S3 E6 of Teacher Insights from Catalyst is live. St Mary’s War Memorial School educators Nickey Harland, Bree Taylor & Carlie Iverach share their insights on implementing and embedding high impact teaching practices in the classroom. Listen here: ow.ly/UVHn50X1VGt #podcast

Another great episode of Teacher Insights from Catalyst 🙌🏼 In this episode, Dr Carl Hendrick dives into how learning happens, insights on the evolving educational landscape in Australia, the Science of Learning, and the myths that often mislead teachers and schools @ceacg catalyst.cg.catholic.edu.au/resource/s3e5-…

What a pleasure to present at @CatholicEdAu #ACEC2025 conference on @ceacg journey with Catalyst, presenting with @CathEdTas Jennifer White on ‘The Tales of Two Systems’. Sharing successes and challenges with implementing an evidenced informed approach to T&L #fullhouse

@ceacg's executive director David de Carvalho has called on Catholic educators to reflect on the true measure of their mission. Source: @Catholic_Voice. cathnews.com/2025/08/12/edu…

Kicking off onboarding for our newest teachers with a fast-tracked deep dive into the Science of Reading and High Impact Teaching Strategies @ceacg 🌟 Honoured to have @DrLSHammond Professor of Early Literacy at Notre Dame, opening the day!

Our new Executive Director @deCarvalhoDJ encountered the heart of Catholic education in Crookwell this week. St Mary's Primary School has shaped generations of local families in faith and learning in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy since 1903. #CatholicEducation

Looking forward to presenting this workshop at the @CatholicEdAu, ACEC Conference in August. My colleague Jennifer White and I will explore how two systems, @ceacg and @CathEdTas, are transforming learning through scale implementation of High Impact Teaching Practice, the positive impact on student learning and the support for teachers with evidence informed professional learning and coaching.

S3 E4 of our Teacher Insights from Catalyst podcast is live. Hear how teachers and leaders at St Patrick’s Primary, Bega have embraced #Catalyst and aligned their practices to create a knowledge-rich, student-centred environment. Listen here: ow.ly/RTok50WkRfv

Today we bid a warm farewell to our Interim Executive Director, Pam Betts. Over the last 6 months, Pam has led with grace, wisdom and care. We are grateful for her guidance and the lasting impact she’s made. We wish Pam abundant blessings for the future. #Leadership #Gratitude

Our Year 6 student leaders took up the challenge from Executive Director @deCarvalhoDJ to illuminate their world with the light of Jesus at a youth ministry gathering today. #Illuminate #CatholicEducation #YouthMinistry

A warm #welcome to our new Executive Director, @deCarvalhoDJ who received a special blessing from Archbishop Prowse at a commissioning Mass this morning. David's vision that Catholic education should awaken a sense of wonder in every student deeply inspires us all. #wonder

S3 E3 of our Teacher Insights from Catalyst podcast is live. In this episode, Zoe Cawdron & Lauren Maher share how they use evidence-informed approaches to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. Click here to listen: ow.ly/rUgL50W8MwW #Catalyst #CatholicEducation

Was great to be a part of the panel at the Advancing Effective Education 2025 discussing the journey at @ceacg approach to teaching and learning through Catalyst, with colleagues from Catholic Education Lismore and Tasmania. At the heart of what we do is equity and excellence for all to reach their full potential. Great to now start hearing stories from across the country and the shifting educational landscape to be a more evidence-based approach. Collectively in education, we can make a difference to every single child’s future. What a privilege we have!

We are pleased at @ceacg to host @C_Hendrick when he visits Australia at the end of June. Carl will lead sessions on How Learning Happens, Checking for Understanding and Responsive Teaching for CECG teachers. I’m a big fan of Carl and his book ‘How Learning Happens’ was the game changing moment for me. Side note - I had the pleasure to meet co-author @P_A_Kirschner when I attended EducationFest over in England a couple of years ago, and now will have the chance to meet Carl. Can’t wait 🙌🏼 #Catalyst

@tombennett71 discussing all things behaviour, culture, belonging, norms, routines, expectations and success with ‘Running the Room’. An excellent day of learning for educators from all sectors @MericiCanberra @ceacg #Catalyst

It was great to host 30 colleagues from New Zealand at @ceacg for the last three days. Visiting across 10 schools to see the changes that have occurred through Catalyst and observe HITP in action. The visitors heard directly from leaders and teachers of the positive impact that Catalyst has had on their leadership, teaching practice and student learning. Feedback was provided that a clear alignment was evident from system to school and classroom, and one visitor detailed what he saw as ‘explicit and direct instruction with heart’. We have amazing leaders and teachers across our 56 schools and I’m extremely honoured to be a part of our system. We are stronger as one and we are truly transforming students’ lives through learning #Catalyst

Congratulations to the early career teachers inducted into @CECG at a special Commissioning Mass yesterday. Thanks to Vicar General Fr Richard Thompson for celebrating Mass. We are blessed to have these passionate new teachers in our schools. #EarlyCareerTeachers