S1 E20 - How to Look After Yourself During Report Writing (It's not what you think)
Reports are approaching if you are teaching in Australia, and if you were listening to this episode when it was released at the start of June 2023, you might be knee-deep in reporting. So this po...
3 Juni 202317min
S1 E19 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 3
Every school has a time where the wheels might be falling off their instructional approach. This current series of 4 episodes shares some of the reasons this might be happening and what you can do to ...
27 Maj 202315min
S1 E18 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 2
In our last episode, I shared the first reason the wheels might be falling off your literacy improvement efforts. If you haven't listened to that episode about the need for strong, decisive leadership...
20 Maj 202321min
S1 E17 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 1
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 or so down the track, you still aren't seeing those text-level res...
13 Maj 202316min
S1 E16 - 5 Research-informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading
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 amount of time that many children spend in independent silent reading...
6 Maj 202317min
S1 E15 - 8 Myths of Reading Instruction that Every Teacher Should Know About
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 or information we should be listening to. In this week's episode...
29 Apr 202324min
S1 E14 - When Should We Start Morphology Instruction and What Might It Look Like?
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 to spelling, our decision making is further complicated by the fac...
22 Apr 202327min
S1 E13 - How Do I Differentiate to Support a Range of Learners?
We have had so many questions over the last few years about differentiation, and today I would like to share some suggestions and some different ways of thinking about it. When I started to plan this ...
1 Apr 202324min
