S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning

With a quarter of Australian children starting school developmentally vulnerable or at risk in communication and general knowledge, Jocelyn asks whether the answer to Tier 1 language support might be ...

3 Loka 17min

When your phonics screening check results make your stomach drop, what do you actually do next? In this return episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast, Jocelyn treats the check like a blood pressu...

26 Syys 33min

This episode is a little different. Australia's national education evidence body, AERO, has just released a guidance report that puts rigorous research weight behind something many educators have long...

25 Huhti 23min

Has something in this episode resonated with you? Get in touch! Get ready for 2027! Explore our expert-led professional learning and development options in literacy strategy and explicit teaching. Vi...

19 Huhti 25min

In this episode, Jocelyn pushes back on all-day, scripted, tightly paced instruction in Foundation to Year 2 while defending responsive, teacher-led explicit instruction as essential for learning acro...

28 Maalis 32min

The fastest way to make spelling instruction fail is to assume every student is starting from the same place. They are not and your planning shouldn’t pretend they are. I’m getting practical about wha...

21 Maalis 23min

Spelling is not a side quest. When it isn’t automatic, it quietly steals the working memory students need for ideas, sentence craft, and clear argument, especially in upper primary and the early secon...

14 Maalis 26min

We map out a practical path to targeted phonics that lifts every learner. We define instructional precision, show how to gather the right data, and share a step-by-step launch plan that works in real ...

7 Maalis 27min