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As part of our commitment to strengthening our culturally responsive research and organisational practices, we’re proud to launch our new First Nations at AERO and First Nations Expert Reference Group (ERG) webpages.

This explainer outlines how the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) is partnering with First Nations people to represent and include First Nations perspectives and contexts in our work.

This paper provides an overview of the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)’s cultural responsiveness work to date and outlines the commitments and actions we have taken to strengthen our culturally responsive research and organisational practices.

This charter underpins the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)’s ambition to make a positive contribution to the success of First Nations children and young people. It establishes the foundations and mechanisms through which the organisation will pursue reconciliation efforts and confirms AERO’s commitment to First Nations peoples through the work that it performs and the operations enabling that work.

This practice guide will help teachers understand how to develop responsiveness by engaging in reflexive practice and building relationships of trust with students, their families and community.

This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory video outlines children’s progress in mathematical thinking. It can be used alongside the EYLF 2.0 assessment and planning cycle to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing.

This research summary outlines research on culturally responsive teaching practices that create culturally safe learning environments.

Staff at Parramatta Marist High School (NSW), Como Secondary College (WA), Parafield Gardens High School (SA) and East Loddon P–12 College (Vic) discuss how they select staff and deliver training to support an MTSS framework aligned with AERO’s guidance.

Staff at Como Secondary College explain why they implemented MTSS, what the different tiers of intervention look like and what impact they’ve seen. Como SC is a government school in metropolitan Perth with an above-average Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) and a diverse population.

Staff at Craigmore High School explain why they implemented MTSS, what the different tiers of intervention look like and what impact they have seen. Craigmore High School is a low-SES government school, located 30 minutes north of Adelaide, with many students coming from diverse backgrounds.

Staff at East Loddon P–12 College explain why they implemented MTSS, what the different tiers of intervention look like and what impact they have seen. East Loddon P–12 College is a government school located north of Bendigo, between multiple small towns. It has less than 300 students from Prep to Year 12.