Summer Series - Tracking Reading Growth Without a Benchmark Assessment
What is the Summer Series? A collection of listener favourites from the Structured Literacy Podcast to get you prepared for 2026. Today's Episode In this week's episode of the Structured Literacy podc...
20 Des 202515min
Summer Series - What Goes into a Great Text-Based Unit?
What is the Summer Series? A collection of listener favourites from the Structured Literacy Podcast to get you prepared for 2026. Today's Episode In this week's episode, I share some of my secrets for...
13 Des 202514min
Summer Series - Do Nonsense Words Have a Place in Upper Primary?
What is the Summer Series? A collection of listener favourites from the Structured Literacy Podcast to get you prepared for 2026. Today's Episode In this week's episode, we're going to talk about how ...
6 Des 202516min
S6 E24 - 98 and ¾ Percent Guaranteed: Our Collective Commitment to Every Student
The difference between curiosity and commitment can make or break a literacy journey. We close our sixth season by drawing a clear line between being interested in structured literacy and being devote...
29 Nov 202516min
S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels
This episode explores how to select rich texts for comprehension instruction by moving beyond traditional levelling systems. Jocelyn introduces four dimensions of text demand to help teachers find the...
22 Nov 202516min
S6 E22 - When Comfort Steals Confidence – The Unintended Consequences of PowerPoints
This podcast episode argues that while PowerPoints became widespread during COVID and helped reduce teacher cognitive load, over-reliance on them can hinder teachers' development. The key takeaway: i...
15 Nov 202520min
S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning
The word exposure gets thrown around a lot in schools, especially when a student is behind in phonics or spelling. In this episode, Jocelyn takes a hard look at that belief and explains why presence i...
8 Nov 202516min
S6 E20 - A Simple Way to Make School Improvement Stick
School leaders and teachers constantly face the challenge of turning great ideas into lasting change. In this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast, Jocelyn shares a practical, simple strategy to...
1 Nov 202521min
