Literacy
The Literacy Program is a priority funding area within the Literacy, Numeracy and Special Learning Needs Program (LNSLN). The program aims to assist schools to improve the learning outcomes of educationally disadvantaged students, particularly in literacy and numeracy and the educational participation of students with disabilities. Funding is targeted to students from R – Year 12. Rosemary Kadow is the Program Adviser for Literacy. Carolyn Fortune is the Program Adviser for ESL and Indigenous students.
The Advisers provide support and advice in the area of literacy from Reception to Year 10.
Contact details are:
Rosemary Kadow (E kadowr@ais.sa.edu.au Ph: 8179 1413)
Carolyn Fortune (E fortunec@ais.sa.edu.au Ph: 8179 1417)
Literacy Professional Learning
To view dates and register for 2012 workshops CLICK HERE
- Reading Recovery - for information and Expression of Interest Form click here
- Understanding and Using NAPLAN to Improve Student Literacy
- Developing Students as Writers: Texts that Argue and Persuade
- Using Interactive Whiteboards to Develop Literacy in the Early Years
- Using Interactive Whiteboards to Debelop Literacy in the Primary Years
- Exploring Spelling
- Making Meaning with Multimodal Texts
- Working with the Language of Appraisal
- Teaching Readers in the Early Years
- Teaching Writers in the Early years
- Weaving ICT into the Literacy Classroom
- First Steps Literacy: 2nd Edition
- Solving Words: Guiding thinking for Effecive Spelling
- Literacy in the Middle Years:
The Australian Curriculum: English
- My Learning, My Teaching & The Australian Curriculum F-3
- My Learning, My Teaching & The Australian Curriculum
Years 3 - 6 - My Learning, My Teaching & The Australian Curriculum
Years 7 - 10 - Getting to the Heart of The Australiam Curriculum Yrs R-2
- Getting to the Heart of The Australian Curriculum Yrs 3-6
- Engaging Readers through Literature
- Raising Better Writers
- Writing with Pupose in the Middle Years
- How Language Works: Success in Literacy and Learning
- Ready, Set, Go with the Australian Curriculum: English
Useful Websites
Experts in Literacy Practices (e:lit) This interactive site provides information about e:lit publications and resources, a place for live meetings and discussion on topics of interest and a place for communicating directly with members.
Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) This site provides details of the ALEA publications, awards, literacy policy and the annual conference.
The Statements of Learning for English (were managed by Australian Education Systems Officials Committee (AESOC) on behalf of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), and developed by Curriculum Corporation.)
Children's Book Council of
Literacy Update Term 4 2011