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Join ECU researchers Dr Amelia Ruscoe, Dr Simmone Pogorzelski and Associate Professor Lorraine Hammond AM for a morning of professional learning that will support you in the classroom.

This professional learning is for Early Childhood or Primary Pre-Service Teachers in their 3rd or 4th year and final semester and will include the following presentations:

Pre-literacy skills: Switching on and powering up for reading success - presented by Dr Amelia Ruscoe

Learning to read starts from birth. What educators do birth-5 holds power to change the reading trajectory of a child. Tune in to practical strategies that switch infants, toddlers and young children on to reading – and discover why they work. Learn about neural integration during early childhood and the vital role you play in shaping children’s approach to reading. This presentation provides you with the evidence-based pre-literacy strategies you need to confidently ‘power up’ children to be purposeful, motivated readers.

Explicit and systematic phonics instruction: necessary but not sufficient to teach reading - presented by Associate Professor Lorraine Hammond AMDo you know that we were never born to read? Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago and the English is one of the most complex writing systems to learn. While learning the phonic code is essential, it’s not the whole story.  This session will review the changes that occur in children’s brains learning to read and why what you teach matters. Whether you are teaching in the early years or upper primary, every teacher has a role in building the reading brain.Using texts to support reading in the primary classroom: Which text, and when? - presented by Dr Simmone Pogorzelski

Reading connected text is a critical factor in a child's journey from novice to skilled reader, but choosing the right book, at the right time, presents a challenge for the classroom teacher. This session will deepen your understanding of the structure and purpose of the different types of texts used in classroom reading programs and provide a set of guidelines for selecting and using texts to support beginning and older struggling readers. 

A certificate of participation and morning tea will be provided.

Location

ECU Mount Lawley Campus
2 Bradford Street, Building 17, room 157, Mount Lawley WA 6050

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