Success Stories
As you get organised for the new school year, be inspired by the work at Mornington Park Primary School. Find their story here.
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Next Gen Literacy Leaders
Honoring the new class of ILA's 30 Under 30
Read about these amazing your teachers and their inspirational work.
https://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/communications/literacy-today/ila-2021-30-under-30.pdf?sfvrsn=5279b38e_4
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ALEA National Conference Brisbane 2021
Call for Presentations and Registrations now open!
Challenge & Change:Contemporary Literacy & English Teaching
ALEA is pleased to announce that the Call for Presentations and Registrations are now open for the 2021 AATE/ALEA National Conference.
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Is Mark Latham running education policy in NSW? No, but the direction is concerning
Jane Caro in The Guardian
Education is too important to be left to fringe politicians with ideological barrows to push.
Read here.
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Differentiation is in our schools to stay. What is it? And why are most criticisms of it just plain wrong?
By Linda Graham, Kate de Bruin, Carly Lassig and Ilektra Spandagou
The use of a teaching practice known as ‘differentiation’has become more common over time as educators have sought to respond
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A new book from Margaret Clark (UK)
Independent research into the impact of the systemic synthetic phonics government policy on literacy courses at institutions delivering initial teacher education. Final report April 2020.
Authors:
Margaret M Clark OBE, Newman University
Jonathan
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Teachers’ responses to remote learning during COVID-19: Lessons for leaders as co-learners
By Dr Donna Evans, Professional Learning Communities practice coach, Catholic Education Tasmania (CET) and Debbie Baird-Bower, Educational Data Analyst for Catholic Education Tasmania (CET)
from ACEL - Vol 42
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First, do no harm: education research should answer to the same standards as medicine
October 30, 2020 David Lawrence and Tanya Fitzgerald
Schools and teachers are given wide latitude to adopt untested educational programs and strategies based on their professional judgements.
https://theconversation.com/first-do-no-harm-education-research-should-answer-to-the-same-standards-as-medicine-148904
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Thought for the day
Albert Einstein once professed:
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”
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Australia Reads
Get your school involved in Australia Reads from 1-12 November. All Australians are invited to share and celebrate the joys of reading.
Plan to stop what you are doing on November
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