Bringing Structured Literacy into High School
Area of focus
Literacy
When
9:30 am - 3:00 pm Thu 17th Oct 2024
Where
The Grange Estate, 4 Commonwealth Lane, Campbell Town, 7210.
Who should attend
- English Teachers.
- Secondary Teachers.
- Literacy Leaders.
Who is speaking
How Secondary Teachers Can Improve Literacy in Their Classrooms
Overview
Current research has shown that using a Structured Literacy approach is the most effective and efficient way to teach children to read and write, but what does this look like in the secondary classroom? This highly practical session will focus on building teacher knowledge and practice in using a Structured Literacy Approach in Years 7-12
Content:
- Why Literacy is everyone's’ business?
- Explicit instruction & the Science of Reading – an overview.
- Strategies to build reading fluency.
- Robust vocabulary instruction.
- The importance of building background knowledge to support reading comprehension.
- Strategies to unpack a text with students.
- Combining reading and writing.
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, including screening and intervention.
What you will learn
This professional learning will include content that falls within the following AITSL Standards and/or the National Quality Standard:
AITSL FOCUS AREAS
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NATIONAL QUALITY STANDARD ELEMENTS:
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Important information
Cancellation:
If you have registered for this event (see Terms and Conditions below) and are subsequently unable to attend, we ask that you advise us of your absence as soon as possible.
For this session, please email any such notice of cancellation to: swoodcock-davis@ist.tas.edu.au
Terms and Conditions:
All participants are required to individually register to attend this session. If you do not register for the event you will not receive a certificate of attendance.
Registration Confirmation:
For any issues receiving your registration confirmation please check your spam/junk folder, for further assistance please email professionallearning@ist.tas.edu.au