Archive - Brendan’s Substack

What It Really Takes to Elevate Instruction

Templestowe Heights PS and the Unseen Updraft of Excellence

Jul 2 •

June 2025

Good Tool, Wrong Time (Part 1)

Why Great Strategies Sometimes Miss the Mark

Jun 16 •

Top-Up Tuesday:🧠 The Secret to Making Assessment Data Actually Useful

How to Make Assessments Work for You, Not Against You

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Top-Up Tuesday: Five Things Every Teacher Should Do

What Dr. Carl Hendrick wished he knew at the start of his career

May 19 •

Top-Up Tuesday: A Practical Guide to Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports

Key Concepts and Classroom Strategies

May 5 •

April 2025

Explicit Instruction: A Key to Learning, But Not the Whole Story

Education is not all about explicit instruction

Apr 8 •

February 2025

Creating an Instructional Playbook

Download my schools Instructional Playbook for FREE & learn how to create your own.

Feb 25 •

December 2024

When teaching maths...

Instead of this, Do this

Dec 2, 2024 •

October 2024

The Gradual Release of Responsibility in Action

What I wish I knew when I started teaching

Oct 24, 2024 •

June 2024

5 SIMPLE STEPS TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

I’ve decided to start up a Substack because it seems to be what all the cool cats are doing (although I will still re-post on learnwithlee.net).

Jun 24, 2024 •

This is Brendan’s Substack.

Jun 17, 2024 •

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