MACS - Vision For Instruction

In February 2024, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) introduced a new plan to help every student succeed: Vision for Instruction.

Based on evidence of how students learn best, Vision for Instruction promotes a unified and consistent approach, and continuous improvement to meet the changing needs of our students. It provides MACS teachers, including COHR teachers, with the training and resources they need to ensure excellence and equity in all our schools. Research on how students learn shows that explicit instruction methods are the most effective way to help children gain the knowledge and skills they need to flourish and become lifelong learners.

Vision for Instruction promotes explicit instruction, a way of teaching in which complex skills are introduced to students in small steps, supported by clear explanations and demonstrations of what students are expected to learn. Students then practise what they have learned and receive feedback from their teacher until the skill is mastered.

More information can be found in the Parent Guide to Vision of Instruction.

At COHR we as a staff have been developing our understanding of Vision for Instruction and implementing many of the strategies within it. Many of the components are a strong part of our current practice and it has reinforced these. It has also given us a further opportunity to collaborate and deepen our professional knowledge.