The Structured Literacy Podcast
Hi there, I'm Jocelyn Seamer. Teacher, former school leader, author, and all around cheerleader for teachers everywhere. Learning to read and write is a matter of social justice. Every child deserves to learn through evidence informed practices, and every teacher deserves to be fully supported to make that happen.The Structured Literacy Podcast goes beyond the program to get to the heart of what it's really like to build a structured approach to literacy across the school.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
S2 Episode 5 - How Do We Know That It's Time To Start And Stop Reading Decodables?
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Welcome to this week's episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast. I am coming to you from Pataway Burnie in gorgeous Tasmania. I'm Joc…
S2 Episode 4 - How to Maintain High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction
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You may have heard the phrase, low variance in relation to literacy instruction. Low variance refers to instruction that has the follow…
S2 Episode 3 - Why isn't my tier-two instruction working?
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Today on the podcast, I'll be talking about tier two instruction, some circumstances that result in it not being as effective as it cou…
S2 Episode 2 - How do we know if our whole school approach has gone too far?
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Whole school approaches give us consistency and shared vision, but how can we make sure that this feature of instruction doesn't go too…
S2 Episode 1 - Your Semester 2 Success Plan
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Term 3 is the golden term. That's right. You know your students, there are no reports, and it's the perfect time to go big with expecta…
S1 E26 - How can I find time for Morphology instruction?
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Our literacy blocks are so full that it's difficult to find time for all of the things we need to fit in, including morphology. In th…
S1 E25 - How can I teach spelling well when I don't feel like I know what I need to?
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In today's episode, I'd like to discuss a very real situation in which so many of us feel immense pressure to teach spelling well but f…
S1 E24 - How can I kickstart my upper primary spelling improvement journey?
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This week I'd like to turn my attention to upper primary. I'll start by running a scenario by you, and we'll see how familiar it sound…
S1 E23 - How do I tackle Spelling in the Early Years?
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In this episode, I'm going to share some key findings from theory and research when it comes to spelling, evaluate a common practice in…
S1 E22 - Change is hard, and we need everyone to do it.
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We all know that learning is challenging. We teach our students a mantra - "we can do hard things." We aim for them to develop resilien…
S1 E21 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 4
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Today's episode is about the fourth reason things might not be going well and some suggestions for what you can do about it. I am round…
S1 E20 - How to Look After Yourself During Report Writing (It's not what you think)
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Reports are approaching if you are teaching in Australia, and if you were listening to this episode when it was released at the start …
S1 E19 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 3
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Every school has a time where the wheels might be falling off their instructional approach. This current series of 4 episodes shares so…
S1 E18 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 2
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In our last episode, I shared the first reason the wheels might be falling off your literacy improvement efforts. If you haven't listen…
S1 E17 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 1
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You've chosen your phonics program, had everyone trained, and have begun to teach. At first, things seem to be going well, But a year o…
S1 E16 - 5 Research-informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading
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Today, I want to talk to you about an issue that has had me with a bee in my bonnet for a little while now, and that is the large amou…
S1 E15 - 8 Myths of Reading Instruction that Every Teacher Should Know About
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Taking steps to build student success in reading and writing is no easy task. It isn't made any easier when we don't know which advice …
S1 E14 - When should we start morphology instruction and what might it look like?
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We all want teaching to be just that little bit simpler, but responding to the needs of students isn't a simple matter. When it comes t…
S1 E13 - How do I differentiate to support a range of learners?
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We have had so many questions over the last few years about differentiation, and today I would like to share some suggestions and some …
S1 E12 - What Does an Upper Primary Reading Lesson Look Like?
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Guided reading in small groups is a key feature of many upper primary classrooms, however with a move to structured literacy, there are…