Using Stile as a complete ecosystem

Montmorency Secondary College

Campbell talks about building student confidence and giving teachers time back.

Location
Montmorency, VIC
Students
1,085
Using Stile since
2021
Sector
Government
Using Stile as a complete ecosystem
"We can actually spend more time looking through students' responses to those key questions in each lesson, every lesson. And if we can do that, we'll better understand our learners and provide timely feedback to improve results, which is our core business."
Campbell Wilson
Science Learning Area Leader

For Campbell Wilson and his team at Montmorency Secondary College, Stile is a complete ecosystem for science teaching and learning, allowing them to focus on what matters most: their students.

Stile provides what Campbell calls “the backbone of each unit” in the classroom and Stile X gives students a scaffolded guide for the study and revision process. After a lesson, he sets the matching Stile X pages as homework, giving students a chance to consolidate what they’ve covered. “It facilitates ongoing revision and conceptual development,” he said. Stile X helps students develop their note-taking skills and gives them the space to reorganise concepts, building deeper understanding. When students complete the corresponding Stile check-in during their next lesson, they receive real-time formative feedback and teachers can clearly see where support is needed.

This clear structure translates into results. Campbell has found that students who used Stile and Stile X in Year 7 are performing at a higher standard by Year 8 than previous cohorts, something he puts down to Stile “holding middle years’ interest and attention” in a subject where engagement can otherwise slip.

The impact is showing up further up the school too. Montmorency now has its largest cohort of Year 11 physics students on record, something Campbell links directly to the foundation Stile has built. “It’s enabled more kids to have the confidence to choose that,” he said.

For teachers, the shift has been just as significant. Campbell says Stile has stripped out much of the administrative busywork that used to eat into his day. With learning intentions, success criteria, and a clear lesson structure already built in, teachers can spend their time with students. “We can actually spend more time looking through students’ responses to those key questions in each lesson, every lesson,” Campbell said. “And if we can do that, we’ll better understand our learners and provide timely feedback to improve results, which is our core business.”

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