Description
The course is either a full day of Professional Development or 3 separate workshops. Participants receive the Scaffolding Adolescent Writing workbook filled with practical classroom activities covering the following topics:
A Scaffolded Teaching and Learning approach. This focusses on taking curriculum goals to build a teaching cycle that begins with literacy activities that enable students to internalise the language of the selected text genre. It equips teachers with approaches to build student knowledge of text types through strategic analysis of texts.
Guiding Learning through a Gradual Release of Responsibility. This examines how teachers can deepen student knowledge of text structure and language through, modelling, sharing and joint construction as well as guided practice through the writing process of planning, drafting, editing and publishing. Participants experience first-hand, the power of shared and interactive writing.
Writing Issues in Secondary School. The third and final part of the course explores some of key secondary school issues with regards to literacy and writing. The main issue being the teaching of writing genres across learning areas. The session concludes with programming strategies to embed the literacy activities into current teaching and learning programs.
Presenters
Christopher Witt (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant | Animal Ethics Executive Officer
Christopher Witt joined AISWA in 2009. Prior to that he was a Consultant at STEPS Professional Development. At STEPS, Chris developed a literacy resource for secondary teachers: Tactical Teaching Reading. It included materials and professional learning courses and had great success nationally and internationally, helping many secondary teachers to successfully support literacy across their curriculum area.
After teaching for 25 years, Chris worked in various advisory and consultancy roles in curriculum improvement. He has been at AISWA for 12 years as a Literacy Consultant providing support for teachers and schools in professional learning and literacy improvement initiatives. This includes Sharp Reading, First Steps and Primary Connections. Key PL programs developed by Chris at AISWA include Scaffolding Adolescent Literacy and Programming and Assessment in English (P-10).
Di Edwards (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant
Di Edwards works in the areas of English, Literature and English as a Second Language. She has worked in mainstream schools, both government and private and as a classroom teacher. She has a passion for improving the educational outcomes of students who struggle for a variety of academic, social and emotional reasons.
Di has been employed at The Association of Independent Schools of WA as a literacy consultant since 2008. In this role, she has led and been involved with many exciting and rewarding professional learning opportunities for teachers, in particular, with teachers of adolescents.
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Date / Time
6 Oct 2016 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person