Program Description
This face-to- face professional learning day will be delivered by Dr Noella Mackenzie, an Independent Educational Consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor in Literacy at Charles Sturt University.
This day will include:-
- Text creation processes involving teachers working collaboratively with colleagues to create, refine and produce a text that can be shared within their school community.
- A practical session on handwriting highlighting what needs to be taught in the early years and how. This will include discussion about the rationale for handwriting instruction.
- Ways to build vocabulary knowledge of students in the early years of school.
Program Outcomes
Teachers will leave the day with increased knowledge and confidence in their ability to teach writing to children in the early years of school.
Australian Professional Standards
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
- Standard 5 – Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
- Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning
- Standard 7 – Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
Date, Time & Location
1 Day Workshop – 8:30am to 3:30pm
North – Tailrace, Launceston
- Friday 22 October 2021
North-West – Burnie Arts & Function Centre, Burnie
- Wednesday 27 October 2021
South – Professional Learning Institute, Glenorchy
- Thursday 4 November 2021