The Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy

As teachers, we're always on the look out for easy ways for students to access vocabulary and build knowledge about words in lessons. 

How do we teach and empower students in their word knowledge and …

As motivated teachers, we need easy ways to access the English curriculum and connect it to our teaching.

This includes knowing how to plan with the curriculum effectively, and finding ways for it to …

Many motivated school teachers and leaders are looking for better ways to teach comprehension. 

A big question that teachers often ask themselves is whether students are really getting deep understand…

Teachers are constantly on the look out for new books to use in their classrooms. We need great books to engage kids in lessons, Read Alouds, shared reading and as part of other strategies and tools.

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When students are at the start of their learning journey, it can be challenging for teachers to know how to put the right literacy steps in place.

To talk about this important topic we're joined by Di…

Sometimes teachers struggle to see students to do 'big thinking' as they read. Why? Because often we're not enabling our students to do it.  Literacy expert Sharon Callen unpacks this issue in this e…

Many teachers often struggle to put together writing sessions that are meaningful to students. So we've brought in expert educator Alan Wright to help with this challenge.

Alan Wright is a creative, c…

Teachers will sometimes find it challenging to teach F-2 students high frequency words effectively. 

To talk about this important topic we're joined by Diane Snowball, a highly experienced educator wh…

We call them 'striving' readers and writers, rather than struggling. But every teacher and leader wants to find better ways to support these students in their journeys. Teachers need a reliable, trus…

Teaching literacy in high schools brings a wide range of challenges for teachers. 

Continuing the conversation is literacy expert Misty Adoniou, Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Canberra a…

Addressing the varied literacy levels in high school is a big challenge for teachers, and helping students with low literacy can be difficult. 

Joining us to discuss this is literacy expert Misty Adon…

In the final instalment of this series on the dynamics of an effective literacy program podcast, literacy expert Sharon Callen talks about how to critique a program. This episode explores how leaders…

Literacy expert Sharon Callen continues her series exploring how leaders and teachers can learn to be flexible in their selection of content and pedagogy to provide equal opportunities for each learn…

With so many mixed messages and options, many school leaders find it challenging to identify and implement the key attributes of an effective literacy program. 

Some teachers are asked to use a progra…

Continuing from our previous episode, we are joined by numeracy consultant Rob Vingerhoets to talk about about the importance of differentiation and how teachers can overcome the common roadblocks. 

R…

With such limited time and resources, teachers find it difficult to cater for the needs of all students in the class. It can be hard to know where they are at, and to match them with the curriculum f…

In part 2 of this discussion, Sharon Callen continues to reveal the key insights and outcomes from a three day literacy teaching intensive that she recently ran for a group of schools.

It's all about …

After recently completing a three day literacy teaching intensive for a group of schools, Sharon Callen reveals the key insights and outcomes in this episode.

It's all about making connections. Integr…

School leaders are always looking for new models and ways to get better teaching results. In the hope of finding a quick and easy fix, some will choose to adopt programs. But many of these 'out of th…

In this week's episode, literacy expert Sharon Callen talks about how to identify and utilise literature on complex issues to enrich student experiences.

This is important for teachers for a range of …