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Marshall Roberts - Putting the tract in tractor: Dragging literacy out of the dark ages - Tas Branch
May
4

Marshall Roberts - Putting the tract in tractor: Dragging literacy out of the dark ages - Tas Branch

Marshall Roberts talks about his family’s journey into home tutoring and literacy advocacy. Marshall will discuss his family’s background story, what fired him up, what he’s learnt along the way, some parallels between education and farming cultures (yes, really!) and what he’d do differently in hindsight. He will also share some reflections and information for other parents who may be just at the point of thinking “something’s not right”.

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What it takes to shift practice - Montello Primary School's Journey towards structured literacy
Aug
25

What it takes to shift practice - Montello Primary School's Journey towards structured literacy

As a small, regional primary school with a vulnerable student population, the leadership of Montello Primary School knew that changes were needed to support their students to become proficient readers. Over the course of a year, the school has trained staff and implemented a structured literacy approach in their early years classrooms. This hasn't come without challenges, but Dion McCall (Principal) and Ruby Moore (Quality Teaching Coach) are ready to share preliminary data, experiences and wisdom with other schools thinking of embarking on a similar journey. In this session, Jocelyn Seamer will facilitate a conversation with Dion and Ruby about their methodology, motivations and future plans for structured literacy in their school.

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Dr Jenny Donovan - Off the website and into the classroom: How AERO is going to accelerate the use of evidence in education practice
Dec
7

Dr Jenny Donovan - Off the website and into the classroom: How AERO is going to accelerate the use of evidence in education practice

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has been funded by Australia’s nine education ministers to support education to become more evidence-based, in order to improve learning outcomes for children and young people. Even when evidence is compelling, proven effective practices are not necessarily the approaches most commonly used in schools. This presentation will look at why AERO considers implementation to be the biggest challenge to evidence-based practice, and what AERO will do about it.

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Jocelyn Seamer - Challenge Accepted: Practical Actions for Reading Success - TAS Branch
Oct
21

Jocelyn Seamer - Challenge Accepted: Practical Actions for Reading Success - TAS Branch

In this session, Jocelyn will share her experiences from her work in some of Australia's remotest schools and outline the necessary components for evidence informed literacy practices in the early primary years.  Focusing on practical and realistic actions, Jocelyn will invite you to consider the steps we might take to move closer to the evidence and create success and growth for every child, everywhere.  

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Jenny Baker - Designing a Low Variance Spelling & Reading Curriculum
Sep
7

Jenny Baker - Designing a Low Variance Spelling & Reading Curriculum

A Low Variance Scope & Sequence is a document that outlines the “what” and the “when” of literacy teaching – particularly in relation to systematic synthetic phonics; it “prescribes” a “map” of the “route” for Tier 1 and Tier 2 teaching. In this webinar, Jenny will discuss how to select words to create the best possible entry into any sound system based on the properties that best discriminate between the chosen spellings.

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Professor Kate Nation: The nature and content of children's book language: implications for language and literacy development
Aug
25

Professor Kate Nation: The nature and content of children's book language: implications for language and literacy development

Hosted by the Eastern Melbourne Branch, we have the opportunity to view Professor Kate Nation’s presentation from the 2021 NAPLIC conference, focussing on book language and highlights the difference between spoken conversation language and the language found in children's books. It unpacks research findings relating to exposure to book language and how this drives language and literacy development. After the presentation, Kate will be live online to answer any questions relating to book language and her research.

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