Thrive in 2025

A warm welcome to 2025!

The beginning of the year is a time of excitement, new challenges and the promise of a fresh start. We’ve curated some of our resources to help you achieve your professional development goals and get the support you need.

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TIM BULLARD, CEO, AITSL

Thrive: what does it mean to you?

‘Thrive’ means different things to everyone, but some key characteristics of thriving at work include: growth and development, connection to people and purpose, and a sense of agency. From building your high-quality professional learning plan, to supporting beginning teachers, or strengthening the cultural responsiveness in your educational setting, there are many ways to thrive in your teaching practice.

Resources

AITSL has a broad range of resources, tools and research to support your teaching practice at every stage of your career. To help you Thrive in 2025 we will be providing curated resources designed to meet your needs throughout the year. There’s no better place to start planning your professional learning than with self-reflection and goal setting.

Reflect on your practice to determine what your areas of focus will be in 2025.

Teacher Self-Assessment Tool

A free interactive resource to help you review your teaching practice and plan your professional development.

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Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Self-Reflection Tool

A free tool that helps you in reflecting on your perspectives, assumptions, and beliefs about your identity and culture.

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Classroom Practice Continuum

Understand what classroom practice looks like at increasing levels of expertise. Use for self-reflection and establish directions for continued learning and growth. Leaders can use the Looking at Classroom Practice tool for a school-wide approach.

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Interactive Leadership Profiles

Leaders can use the interactive tool to reflect on their practice and access resources for professional growth.

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Our High-Quality Professional Learning Cycle is a good place to start in planning your development for the year.

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First year in a classroom?

If 2025 is your first year teaching: welcome to the profession!

Start off by reading AITSL’s Guidelines for the Induction of Early Career Teachers in Australia and signing up to AITSL Mail for regular updates. To connect with your peers, join the Teachers Supporting Teachers Facebook group or access My Teaching Advice app for more personalised one-on-one support.

We have bitesize inspiration to give you a quick boost!

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Supporting Beginning Teachers

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Leading for Impact: Principal Reflections

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An Introduction to Classroom Observation

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Join the conversation on our social channels

Connection with peers is a core part of thriving and we are bringing you insights and inspiration from our HALT teachers and leaders across the AITSL social media channels.