Hi teachers!
Inspire students to think, write and thrive.
Access a complete A-Z English units to deliver the Australian curriculum (version 9) across your campus.
Founded on the Language In Use model (Halliday et al, 1985), the TeacherTalk writing courses empower students to think critically about the ideas they encounter classroom texts, decide whether they agree, and articulate a response with powerful language that leaves a lasting impression.
No planning required!
Deliver a whole-school approach to lift English results
Say goodbye to patch-working resources!
Access our whole-school solution to deliver the Australian English curriculum equitably and consistently to all students.
Our resources are meticulously tailored to the Australian curriculum (version 9) to fast-track learning, differentiate for diversity, and generate tangible evidence of learning.
Access is free for teachers through a whole-school subscription.
Ignite imaginations, nurture critical thinking, lift academic results and experience the joy of writing across your campus.
Complete Prep to Year 12 Writing Program
The planning is done!
The Australian English curriculum can be difficult to navigate. Our courses combine the three principles of pedagogy - curriculum, learning and learner - and provide a logical pathway through the Australian English curriculum content.
Our trademarked tools generate unprecedented insight into student achievement. Celebrate each success as students build independence with reading, speaking and writing.
Australian students are falling behind our international counterparts. Start now to return our students to the international podium where they belong.
Foundation (Prep) Year
Years 1 & 2
Years 3 & 4
Years 5 & 6
Years 7 & 8
Years 9 & 10
Years 11 & 12
Do your reluctant writers have a lot to say?
Use our scaffolds to help students get their 'stories' on paper!
Our scaffolds are 100% curriculum-aligned so everything they record can be used to lift data and celebrate success.
Are your enthusiastic writers missing the point?
Use our scaffolds to help students focus on pertinent elements to make a point!
The TeacherTalk pedagogy
The data shows we need a new approach
The curriculum is clear that essays must increase in tension and make a point … AT THE END! However, when marking NAPLAN and Senior English assessments, it is evident that most students lack a clear purpose for writing. Consequently, their essays lack coherence, fizzle out, and fail to reflect their true capability.
Australia’s declining educational outcomes indicate that our current methods aren’t working. If we continue with current practices, we risk slipping further behind. Our students deserve better, and they are capable of better! Deliver our courses across your campus to ignite critical thinking, develop literacy, and prepare students to communicate effectively in all aspects of life.
Our pedagogical difference
1.
Socrates' puzzle: How can students investigate something if they don't know what it is?
Students access a comprehensive, curriculum-aligned Glossary Of Literary Devices so all students can reach for the stars.
2.
Literary devices are things - devices - that do something!
Students capture literary devices and analyse how they work together to create meaning. Through wordplay student use these devices to respond to an author and develop literary style.
3.
In literary texts,
the magic happens at the end!
Students analyse texts to and learn how to hear the author's message. They use their life experience to decide if they agree thereby generating ideas to craft authentic responses that are written from the heart.
Founded on 3 educational principles
Equitable access
Access a comprehensive Glossary Of Literary Devices to empower all students to work with A-grade curriculum concepts. Master these devices through a sequence bite-sized lessons.
Student-centered learning
Students learn to think for themselves and craft authentic responses to texts that make a point. Our Eng-Code® diagnostic system fosters independence to strive for excellence.
'In the zone' productivity
Lev Vygotsky championed the idea that students learn best when teaching is presented at – or just above – their current ability. Easily differentiate our resources to help students ‘get in the zone’ and be productive.
We're like a H.O.C. in your pocket!
Deliver the curriculum with confidence. We're like having a H.O.C. (Head Of Curriculum) in your pocket and an extra set of hands in the classroom.
Differentiation is simple! Match your students to the course that's right for them. Then support them to click through the lessons on their devices. Assign lessons and activities to fill workbooks with visible, measurable evidence of learning. It's easy!
It's easy ...
Our aim is to alleviate the stress of schooling children. Therefore, our packages include professional development and ongoing support ... just like having a H.O.C. in your pocket! Enquire now to get started.
Here's what our courses do for you
Return Australian students to the international educational podium where they belong.
Click the + symbols below to see how courses can help you lead a literacy transformation at your school.
Principals, HODS, Adminstrators
Classroom Teachers
EAL/D, Inclusion and Learning Support Teachers
Librarians
Teacher Aides
Private and corporate tutors
Professional Standards For Teachers
Curriculum Connections & General Capabilities
Meet AI technologies head-on
FAQs
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Restore the joy of teaching!
When a plane hits turbulence and oxygen masks drop from the ceiling, the instruction is clear: Buckle up and secure your own mask before helping your kids. However, at school, we do the opposite! We prioritise the needs of our students and neglect our own well-being. It's no surprise, then, that Education Minister Jason Clare is concerned that teacher shortages have reached 'crisis' levels (NCA NewsWire, January 2024). Teachers are buckling under the pressure and dropping out of the profession. Continuing with current practices is no longer viable. We need solutions. Now!
At TeacherTalk, we do the planning and deliver complete units of work that are easy to deliver during turbulent times. If you find your hand trembling over the eject button, please try this instead: Click our button to access our resources, give students the education they deserve, and restore the joy of teaching.
We're teachers too, and happy to answer any questions.
Testimonials
'When you give children the space to write what they want to write, and the tools to do it easily, the ideas that flow onto the page are inspiring.'
Kylie Van Grinsven, Founder of TeacherTalk
Facebook 28.2.24
Loved by Dr Jordan Peterson, Clinical Psychologist
'Your pedagogy is right on point. However, we only have budget for trauma-informed resources to support our staff and students to survive day by day. You're welcome to reach out again next year, but I fear things won't have changed.'
