Effective implementation of evidence-based teaching practices in schools has the potential to benefit all Australian students. The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) have developed a deliberate and structured approach to implementation that school implementation teams can use to help embed evidence-based teaching practices in their schools.

This discussion paper and summary detail why implementation matters and how AERO’s approach has been developed, tested and refined. The paper provides a detailed account of the development of the approach by:

• explaining why effective implementation is important
• outlining how AERO developed this approach and worked alongside schools and regional system teams to test and refine it
• suggesting next steps for AERO, school leaders, policymakers, regional system teams and researchers in this collective, ongoing work.