Our latest podcast features Reid Smith, the co-CEO of Ochre Education. Ochre is a national not-for profit committed to advancing student outcomes and closing the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach and enabling all Australian students to access a high-quality curriculum, through their online library. 

Catholic Education Canberra Goulburn (CECG) was thrilled to collaborate with Ochre in the development of scope and sequenced curriculum resources. Over 20 of our teachers collaborated with the Ochre team to produce low variance, knowledge-rich curriculum resources for a comprehensive online library. 

We know teachers are managing multiple priorities and are time poor, these challenges are compounded in schools with disadvantaged communities where limited support is available. 

CECG has embedded a robust pedagogical framework for our teachers to deliver best practice teaching principles in the classroom since 2020. In collaboration with Ochre, we have curated a wealth of tried and tested, knowledge-rich resources that have been designed to support efficient and effective curriculum implementation which are readily available to draw on. 

CECG’s teachers and Leaders can access curriculum scope and sequences, unit plans and lesson plans for core subjects through their Catalyst MS Teams and those external to CECG via Ochre’s website. Unit plans include starter quizzes, videos, presentations and worksheets and are supported by Daily Review and assessment resources. The materials are available to download, for teachers to leverage in their classrooms. 

“It was wonderful to play our role in making curriculum resources readily accessible to all teaching colleagues across the nation. We are fortunate at CECG to have a superior level of investment in professional development. It has been a privilege to share our knowledge to benefit others.”

Listen to Reid’s podcast to hear more about the fantastic work of Ochre Education.