Shaping Minds

We are an organisation focused entirely on supporting teachers and school leaders to maximise outcomes for their students. We advocate for evidence-based practices that have been vetted by extensive research in the Educational and Cognitive Sciences, but importantly — if they don’t work in a diverse everyday classroom, then we won’t use them.

Led by teachers with genuine experience raising outcomes

Shaping Minds combine the science of learning with the art of teaching to provide evidence-based professional learning, instructional coaching, curriculum expertise, and customised teaching resources for schools in a diverse range of contexts. Jordan O’Sullivan, Jared Bussell and Brooke Wardana OAM have been supporting teachers, schools, and systems all over Australia for a decade. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with a range of schools and educational organisations including Fogarty EDvance, the Kimberley Schools Project, Department of Justice, Learning Difficulties Australia, Teach for Australia, the Knowledge Society, Catholic Education, and were the original Master Teachers for the Summer Teaching Intensives and the philanthropist-backed Teach Well Masterclass initiative.

Our signature Research to Impact course includes demonstrations at your school, face-to-face coaching, quality resources, and workshops that can be delivered live or via our online platform.

Having achieved whole-school improvement in both metro and regional settings, The team at Shaping Minds understand the complexities inherent to teaching. Our success stems from investing deeply in connecting schools with validated, research-driven practices and providing long-term pragmatic support for those teachers implementing them. The team has deep roots in W.A. and feel strongly about supporting schools in both metro and regional areas. This includes delivering professional learning workshops in rural and remote locations and ensuring that our most isolated educators get access to quality professional learning and support.

Below are some of the organisations we have worked with, not including the hundreds of schools we have visited, demonstrated and coached at.