Ready to move beyond just covering content and start designing for deeper learning, real-world transfer, and student agency?

World-renowned educator and author Jay McTighe (co-creator of Understanding by Design®) has generously curated a set of high-impact resources, completely free for The Learning Networks audience and NSW teachers of PDHPE, CAFS & Health and Movement Science.

These downloadable articles, frameworks and strategies are designed to help you:

✅ Plan with purpose using backward design
✅ Support student ownership and independence
✅ Embed formative assessment meaningfully
✅ Create more authentic, transferable learning experiences
✅ Navigate curriculum shifts with clarity and confidence

🧠What You’ll Get:

• 8 Quick Formative Assessment Strategies to check for understanding in real time
• Assessing Deeper Learning through authentic, performance-based tasks
• Beware of Test Prep why teaching to the test misses the mark
• Demystifying Transfer Goals so students can use what they’ve learned
• Developing Self-Directed Learners by Design
• How to Make Your Questions Essential for deeper engagement and inquiry
• Instructional Shifts to Support Deep Learning
• It’s Time for Curriculum Mapping 3.0—move beyond content lists
• Seven Practices for Effective Learning every teacher should be using
• UbD White Paper—a clear overview of the Understanding by Design framework
• Yes, But…—How to respond to common objections about using UbD in real schools

Why This Matters for You

As a PDHPE, CAFS or HMS teacher in NSW, you’re balancing a content-heavy syllabus, curriculum reform and the pressure to get students “HSC ready.” These resources offer practical, proven ways to shift from surface-level delivery to teaching that actually sticks.

If you’re ready to reclaim your time, deepen your impact, and help students do more than just pass the test this free resource pack is your next step.