Explore the ESA online resource suite to find digital resources, professional learning, webinars, lesson plans, assessment tools, apps and more.
Spanning a range of topics, including literacy, numeracy, STEM, languages and student wellbeing, our digital collection features curriculum-aligned material for educators, students and families.
Scootle is the national digital learning portal for primary and secondary educators. The collection is continually being refreshed to provide access to curriculum-aligned quality-assured resources across all year levels and learning areas.
The Digital Technologies Hub supports the implementation of quality digital technologies programs in schools and also provides engaging out-of-school activities for students and families. It includes lesson plans, a scope and sequence from Foundation to Years 9-10 that provides topics with suggested resources, assessment support and professional learning.
The Student Wellbeing Hub supports physical, mental and emotional wellbeing in schools. It is informed by the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework, which is designed to help parents and teachers provide students with the strongest possible foundation for reaching their aspirations in learning and in life. You can also access the School Wellbeing Check, which helps to analyse and assess your school’s wellbeing.
Explore topics that help the whole school community create and maintain a safe, supportive and respectful learning environment, including:
The Girls in STEM Toolkit helps young people to understand how their skills and interests can link to careers and study pathways in science, technology, engineering and maths. Explore:
The Year 1 Phonics Check evaluates decoding skills in increasingly complex words, aiding teachers to identify strengths and instructional needs. Phonics Check data supports teachers to:
The Literacy Hub is all about helping young students to develop their skills and knowledge to become confident, creative and enthusiastic learners. The Hub focuses on:
These career education resources are designed to support educators, parents and students and their learning communities.
These resources are designed to help subject teachers build their students' career awareness. Each resource is aligned to an Australian Curriculum learning area.
The Mathematics Hub supports Australian teachers and schools to teach mathematics and numeracy in engaging and informative ways. You might like to explore:
ELLA is an exciting digital language learning program for preschool. It opens up a world of cultural possibilities for children early in life.
Children learn one of thirteen languages using play-based apps called The Polyglots. (A polyglot is someone who is multilingual.) The apps were designed with help from language, early childhood and technology experts.
The NCCD portal provides a range of practical resources and information to support educators and families of students with disability to better support students’ learning experiences at school.
It includes: case studies, illustrations of practice, podcasts and guides to assist schools to understand and make consistent judgements on levels of adjustments, imputing disability and whole school approaches to the NCCD.
The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) have launched its Know Your Drone campaign featuring curriculum-aligned classroom resources developed by ESA. The classroom resources on drone safety education have been designed for people under the age of 16, and feature learning-based activities such as quizzes, animated videos, lesson ideas and games.
ESA offers a range of free online professional learning modules for educators to complete at their own pace. From courses to help schools engage positively with current and future challenges and support in implementing the Digital Technologies Curriculum, to professional learning modules to assist educators with implementing and gaining confidence in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) model.
Read the quarterly school library magazine Connections online to keep up to date with the latest in school library trends and information.
This free short course for school library staff focuses on collection, curation and cataloguing. It will help with the organisation of your library's resource offerings.
Subscribe to the SCIS Blog and gain access to SCIS research and initiatives and keep up to date with the latest in school library trends and information.
Watch quick and easy help videos on how to make the most of your SCIS Data subscription.
The Hub’s free courses provide high quality professional learning to help schools engage positively with current and future challenges. All courses are aligned to the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework and to the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) professional standards at the Proficient level.
The Seven Principles for Inclusive STEM Education in action professional learning course consists of 10 modules designed to challenge stereotypes and biases in STEM, and build STEM confidence in all students.
Mathematics Hub features free self-paced Explicit Teaching modules developed by AAMT, academics and practising teachers with supporting podcasts and webinars. The Hub also offers self-paced courses covering all topics from Foundation to Year 10.
Training courses across all years of schooling
Consolidating teacher judgment for the NCCD
Preparing and implementing a whole school approach to the NCCD
Classroom adjustments and NCCD disability conversations
Moderation for the NCCD and Imputing disability
Here you will find resources to help you learn more about Digital Technologies and how to prepare your child to access the opportunities of the future.
Teachers, parents and students can use this page to search for Digital Technologies resources that are aligned to the Australian Digital Technologies curriculum.
The involvement of family, especially parents, in STEM learning is invaluable in providing support for girls engaging in STEM experiences. However, the role of parents in influencing subject and career choices is often overlooked.
These resources have been handpicked for girls to inspire them to pursue an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Bored with the same old entertainment on offer? Give yourself a brain-boosting update with these fun films, YouTube channels and books – handpicked for girls in STEM.
Classroom adjustments for students with disability