How Knowledge Powers Comprehension and Reading Success — Recording Now Available Thanks to everyone who joined the webinar! We explored how building strong background knowledge helps students read with confidence and understanding. Catch the recording here: 👉 buff.ly/WFMF14j

Thanks for an amazing 2025! Exciting things to come next year 🎇

📣 VTLM 2.0 for Teachers and Leaders is on the road across Victoria! I’m partnering with the Academy to deliver a statewide series of practical, in-person workshops designed to strengthen evidence-informed teaching and leadership. Secure your spot now buff.ly/fqcRtra

How I spend the last few days of the school year ….

🎙️ New Chalk Dust episode! More Consistency Means More Freedom is now live. Rebecca Birch and I sit down with the brilliant Peps Mccrea to unpack classroom footage from two exceptional UK teachers — Isla Lago and Pritesh Raichura. Tune in here: chalkdust.media/p/more-consi...

📘 Leading Instructional Excellence is coming to Bendigo on 16-17 Feb 2026 and Melbourne on 27 Feb and 3 Mar 2026! Join me for this two-day program designed for principals and school leaders who want to strengthen teaching and learning across their school. For more information: buff.ly/gbEllEh

Loved the chance to do more #InSituCoaching and #CoTeaching with Fi and Ty at #KorumburraPrimary. Fantastic schools from South Gippsland Network represented 🙏🙏🙏🫰

Loved the chance to do more #InSituCoaching and #CoTeaching with Fi and Ty at #KorumburraPrimary. Fantastic schools from South Gippsland Network represented 🙏🙏🙏🫰

Everyone must read this book 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Improvement — Teacher Takeaway Podcast (S5, Ep31) I had a fantastic time joining James Gray, Aaron Johnston, and Rebecca West on the Teacher Takeaway Podcast to chat all things improvement! If you’d like to listen to the episode, you can find it here: 👉 www.nathanielswain.com/media-events...

Had a blast today working with amazing teachers and leaders at Drouin Secondary College⚡️ Responsive and adaptive teaching in action! With representation from tens of schools in the local South and West Gippsland networks 🙏🙏 www.drouinsc.vic.edu.au

The Science of Learning: Debunking the Myths and Misconceptions — Podcast Episode Out Now I recently joined Kendra Parker for the first episode of a two-part series, where we unpack some of the most common myths about the science of learning. Listen here: 👉

Just wrapped up an incredible day of the program out here in beautiful Lilydale 🌿✨ Feeling energised and so ready for what’s next. Dates for next year across Victoria are open! Check it out! 👉 www.academy.vic.gov.au/professional...

It was a pleasure to launch this PL Roadshow, kicking off in Bairnsdale - partnering with the Academy for our new VTLM 2.0 workshops for across Victoria! 🌟 These half-day workshops are open to all sectors and school settings 👉 Learn more: www.academy.vic.gov.au/professional...:

Excited to start the first session in regional Victoria tomorrow in Bairnsdale! Still time to register in other Centres this year and next! www.academy.vic.gov.au/professional...

The Snow ❄️ Report: “So, if we’re not careful, the next reading war is not going to be about how we teach decoding (the jury has returned a verdict on that one), but rather whether we teach complex vocabulary and background knowledge to all students.” pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2025/11/welc...

I’m thrilled to be partnering with the Academy to deliver a new series of VTLM 2.0 workshops for teachers and leaders across Victoria! 🌟 These half-day workshops are open to all sectors and school settings 👉 Learn more and register: www.academy.vic.gov.au/professional...:

🚀 I’m partnering with Vic Academy to bring VTLM 2.0 workshops to teachers and leaders across Victoria — regional 🌇 + metro 🏙️! These half-day, in-person sessions turn evidence-informed teaching into real classroom and school impact. 📅 Starting term 4 🔗 Register: www.academy.vic.gov.au/professional...

The New Zealand 🇳🇿 Curriculum Roadshow started brilliantly in Christchurch and has continued into Wellington yesterday. Tomorrow it’s Auckland !!

We often talk about building relationships and trust with students — but how can that be embedded in EVERYTHING we do in the classroom? Listen 🎧 in to find out open.substack.com/pub/chalkdus...

So excited to share this Roundtable discussion with so many distinguished colleagues. We go deep everyone !! frojdstoolbox.podbean.com/e/avsnitt-65...

Daisy is completely en pointe here. You must read this full post! Why education can never be fun open.substack.com/pub/daisychr...

“ The great danger of comfortable fictions is not that they are wrong, but that they make us feel right. “ - Dr Carl Hendrick — a #mustread post! open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Loved this discussion between Patrice Bain and Holly Korbey  open.substack.com/pub/hollykor...

What a day of learning in Queensland. Thank you for having me and so many of my esteemed colleagues in Brisbane today for the Reading Symposium! If you're looking for slides from today, they are now available for FREE on my downloads page: www.nathanielswain.com/free-resources

It’s inspiring to be here with 1700 educators exploring research 🔬📖 and sharing practical ways to strengthen reading and spelling instruction. I’ll be presenting on several topics today — knowledge-rich curriculum and implementation to make evidence-informed teaching the norm — not the exception 🚀

I’m thrilled to be keynoting the Curriculum Roadshow for Leaders in Mew Zealand 🇳🇿🚀 📅 20 Oct – Christchurch | 24 Oct – Auckland | 28 Oct – Rotorua 💻 Join me in person or live online 👉 Register now: planmyevent.eventsair.com/curriculum-r... #explicitinstruction

What does school improvement look like in action? At the Australian School Improvement Summit, I’ll join fellow school leaders in a roundtable convo on curriculum and instruction as well as building community and culture.on 29 Oct www.knowledgesociety.com.au/australiansc...

Spend the day with me in melbourne! We’ll look at how the science of learning can transform mathematics teaching and learning, including: • Cognitive Load in maths • The Gradual Release Model • Lesson Structure • Differentiation in maths Bookings:

Fantastic to hear from Adam Hogan and Amy Porter from the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership at #ACEL2025 today!

Fantastic to hear from Adam Hogan and Amy Porter from the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership at #ACEL2025 today!

How can the science of learning make maths teaching more effective? Join me in Melbourne, Dec 2 2025 💡 for a full day of interactive, practical PD: 🔗 exploring lesson design 🔋 cognitive load ➕ fact fluency Join me ! 👉 Details + bookings here 📋

Join us April 2026 at the annual Literacy & Learning Conference. 📢 Registration and Call for Proposals are open. #LitLearn is the leading 🇨🇦 structured literacy event. We are excited for @nathanielswain.bsky.social to join us as a keynote speaker 🎉 conference.idaontario.com/call-for-pro...

Looking forward to keynoting the Curriculum Roadshow for Leaders – let’s lead curriculum change with confidence! 📅 Oct 20–28 across NZ. 👉 Register here: buff.ly/DXSAtyU

Delighted to hear from @dizdarm Murat Dizdar NSW Secretary of Education for the opening at #ACEL2025

Pleased to share a repost of this article on the @Routledge blog

Proud to support Dyslexia Awareness Day this October with @RTLit & @RTLB teams in Whanganui, Rangitikei & Feilding. Every learner deserves to be seen, supported & celebrated. Honoured to donate a signed copy of Harnessing the Science of Learning for the event. 💡📚 #DyslexiaAwareness #Inclusion

Starting this weekend! Pumped to speak at the 2025 Teaching Matters Summit from 14 - 16 September in Hobart, Tasmania. Join me as we explore strategies to elevate teaching practice and foster learning for life.Visit teachingmatters.au/registration and use the discount code Swain#10

An auspicious start to this meeting of 2000 educators from across Melbourne. 👏👏👏 It’s looking like a standout opportunity to hear from incredible speakers from around the world 🌏 #MACS #FlourishingLearners

ACEL National Conference 2025 | Amplifying every voice 29 Sept–1 Oct | Hilton Sydney Join educators & leaders to explore: 🔊 Amplifying voices 📖 Shaping our story 🚀 Empowering all learners 👉 Save the date & be part of shaping the future of education www.acel.org.au/nc25

Effective differentiation = engaged classrooms Join the Differentiation & Engagement in Teaching & Learning Conference (Melbourne in Oct) to hear from some great educators! 👉 the-hatchery.co/event/differ... 🎟 Code: CC*SPK

Excited to share my spotlight article for the launch of Arc: Evidence to Action 🎉 A new hub to help teachers bring the VTLM 2.0 into practice with tools, examples & lesson plans. Proud to support this work! 👉 Explore on Arc

Great to see so many engaged leaders in action at the Leading Literacy course at the Academy today where I ran a session on Essential Leadership in this space 🙌📚 Thank you to all who contributed to rich discussions on sustaining literacy improvement and strengthening school leadership 🏫✨

Pumped to be a panellist at this year’s Australian School Improvement Summit in October! 🎉 Looking forward to connecting with education leaders, thinkers, and excellent classroom practitioners. Tickets 👉 lnkd.in/gr9F_WUt

Love this piece. The Paradox of Memory: Why Forgetting Makes Learning Possible open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

#HarnessingTheScienceOfLearning #Education @nathanielswain.bsky.social I'm still carefully reading your book, a little at a time. This is gold from p73: "... knowledge (is) an unavoidable prerequisite to deeper understanding" 🙌

Thanks for sharing @meganisalanis.bsky.social !!! So glad the book is helping

Excited to be a panellist at this year’s Australian School Improvement Summit in October! 🎉 Looking forward to connecting with education leaders, thinkers, and excellent classroom practitioners. Early bird tickets here 👉 lnkd.in/gr9F_WUt

Calling all Australian primary school teachers - what is your approach to curriculum? Australia-wide survey closing Friday 29 August. To take the anonymous survey or to learn more about the study, scan the QR code or go to redcap.link/0klrxuo3

Inspired by the dedicated team at Kangaroo Flat PS this week 💡 From strong foundations in wellbeing to embedding evidence-based teaching, this little school is doing big things for its community. Excited to keep building in Term 4!