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Reading Workshops for Educators

If you feel you or teachers at your school could benefit from expert assistance with teaching reading - read on!

Novice to Ninja – The Secrets to Teaching Reading

(One day course)

You will:

build on your existing knowledge of literacy acquisition and learning
gather additional strategies to implement into your daily program
increase your knowledge of how to better support students to assume greater control over their own learning
coordinate reading activities like a pro

Struggling Readers and Writers

(One day course)

Participants will:

gain insights in using diagnostic tools to identify specific needs
gain an understanding of suggested teaching sequences
see examples of explicit teaching of specific skills or knowledges
learn ways to scaffold students as they extend their literacy knowledge.

Teaching Literacy (Strategies for the Expert Teacher)

(One day course)

This workshop provides background information and practical strategies to support students to:

improve oral communication skills
develop higher levels of thinking and extend the literacy conversation in reading
develop higher order knowledge of skills across the continuum of literacy learning
teach for content literacy
use work stations to support independence
develop greater control over their learning.

P-3 Reading

(One day course)

Classroom teachers and teacher's aides will examine the teaching of reading in the early years. This is a focused workshop which will examine both strategies for reading and a variety of instructional approaches for teaching. Participants will examine student's reading with a view to targeting instruction for individuals, small and large groups. The reading process is explored along with effective strategies and prompts for teaching.

Morning tea and a delicious hot lunch will be provided.

4-7 Reading

(One day course)

Years 4-7 classroom teachers will examine the teaching of reading in the middle years. Strategies for reading and the approaches for teaching reading are the focus of this workshop. Topics covered include:

The Reading Process
Literature Circles
Read Aloud, Shared & Guided Reading/Reciprocal Teaching

Morning tea and a delicious hot lunch will be provided.

P-7 Reading

(One day course)

Classroom teachers and teachers’ aides will explore the teaching of reading across the primary school. Participants will examine the important roles of decoding or solving the text, as well as comprehending or understanding texts. The instructional approaches to teaching reading will be outlined, and the important role of each approach across the primary school will be highlighted. Morning tea and a delicious hot lunch will be provided.

Explicit Teaching of Reading

(90 minute after-school course)

The Explicit Teaching Workshop addresses the key roles of observation, data analysis and interpretation in order to identify strategies, skills or knowledges applied and neglected by students.

The successful or attempted application of strategies, skills and knowledge provides educators with insights into the ways students problem solve across literacy. An absence of, or incorrect application, provides insights into the ways students must learn problem solving strategies for literacy. Both are equally important in informing, guiding and monitoring future instruction and application.

Afternoon tea will be provided.

SMILE: Supporting Beginning Readers

(90 minute after-school course)

SMILE is an early literacy strategy designed to make learning to read, write and spell easier. This workshop provides essential information about:

literacy learning and brain development
skill building through explicit play
strategies for learning & remembering sight words, letters, sounds

Afternoon tea will be provided.

We can also tailor onsite workshops to your specific needs.

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Workshop feedback

"Learnt some wonderful strategies to teach reading. Angela's knowledge needs to be bottled!"

J. Geodhart

"Angela knows what she is talking about and redirected our program according to group needs. Great pace - very confident and knowledgeable. Stayed focused on 'Reading' - we didn't digress."

Ironside SS

"Fantastic handouts / support material to take away. eg black line masters. Ideas / suggestions that can be implemented were well explained."
" Passionate and enthusiastic about supporting reading in the classrooms. Great to know presenter is also an integral part of teaching in classrooms - not an academic.

Ironside SS