This program is for early career teachers and those new to teaching in the Prep – 2 classroom.
This professional learning will support Prep to Year 2 teachers to build their professional content and pedagogical knowledge in the area of early reading and writing. It will be connected to the Reading Priority, the DECYP Phonics Scope and Sequence and the Australian Curriculum v9 and include:
- phonological and phonemic awareness
- concepts of print and the alphabetic principle
- grapho-phonic relationships
- explicit teaching of the phonics component of reading and writing
Participants will:
- increase their pedagogical content knowledge
- become proficient in using the DECYP Phonics Scope and Sequence
- build curriculum knowledge and understand the progression of learning in phonics
- plan, teach and reflect on explicit phonics lessons.
Teachers
- Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn
- Standard 2 – Know content and how to teach it
- Standard 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
This program is delivered in a three-day face-to-face mode with optional drop-in sessions. Participants are required to attend all three face-to-face sessions. It will be delivered 4 times across the state with a single enrolment for each region. The South region has two options, participants only need to enrol in one of them.
Terms 1, 2 & 3
South (Option 1)– Professional Learning Institute – 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
- Tuesday 20 February 2024
- Tuesday 14 May 2024
- Wednesday 6 August 2024
South (Option 2) – Professional Learning Institute – 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
- Wednesday 21 February 2024
- Wednesday 15 May 2024
- Wednesday 7 August 2024
North-West – Burnie Central Townhouse Hotel – 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
- Tuesday 27 February 2024
- Tuesday 7 May 2024
- Tuesday 30 July 2024
North – Venue TBA – 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
- Thursday 29 February 2024
- Thursday 9 May 2024
- Thursday 1 August 2024