Teacher, Principal, passionate about literacy and the right to read, studying Masters of Inclusion and Diversity, co-founder of Read Ballarat and SBP Ballarat.
Joined January 2021
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1 May 2025
Accessing high quality PD is so hard for regional schools. 5 superstar teachers from Ararat West travelled to Melb today to learn about responsive teaching thanks to the legend @BronRyrieJones Can we get her here in person? š We are in the draw! #responsiveteaching25
Go West!
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12 Nov 2024
My very talented teacher friend @MissGeorge90 just posted some wonderings about moving students off decodable texts. Itās a Q many Tās grapple with. Expert responses appreciated!
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12 Nov 2024
3 - Or do you just gradually provide texts with a bigger variety of sounds/letter combinations over say, a term, and ideally studentsā decoding skills will keep up with this? Appreciate peopleās thoughts š
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12 Nov 2024
2 - At what point do you begin to move students away from reading strictly decodable texts and onto more āregularā (or less phonically controlled) texts? Is there a certain set of prerequisite skills youād want to see a student demonstrating?
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12 Nov 2024
1 - Hoping some clever people can help with a question about reading fluency and text selection, particularly for Prep/Year One readers.
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25 Oct 2024
The announcement of @burrows_jacquie as @VicGovDE Primary Principal of the Year is a watershed moment. The transformative work implementing SL alongside strong wellbeing supports finally recognised. So many of us learnt from you Jacquie. A recognition so well deserved ššššš
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29 Jul 2024
Watching the Victorian Prins Conference online. @JennyDonovan2 nailing it! This is music to my ears. Project Follow Through, what is and isnāt explicit teaching, MTSS. Victoria is on the right track. Bravo @BenCarrollMP ššš
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25 Jun 2024
How could you resist this team, working on their playbook after school in the last week of this marathon Term 2? Still smiling! They definitely deserve a complimentary workshop š #AraratWest š
#PlaybookProject24
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21 Jun 2024
I wonder if this study will ever be released?
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21 Jun 2024
Interested in Essential Assessment. Widely used in Vic gāment schools. Iāve never used it - thoughts? @jdtdobson @ShayMcinerney
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4 Feb 2024
Took your advice @EminaMcLean Ballarat City Network prins all getting a copy of Leverage Leadership 2.0 at our first meeting on Feb 14th. Step 1: Data-driven Instruction (Ch 1) and Student Culture (Ch 5). Letās see where it takes us! Excited is an understatement š
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3 Feb 2024
Anyone else noticed F students less āschool ready?ā Not just this year but increasingly so each year? Lockdowns but also screen use? I rarely see a 2 year old without their parents phone in their hand in the stroller. I need to get local kinder teachers togetherā¦we need to chat!
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4 Jan 2024
Itās school holidays in Vic, Aust. and Iām at the beach but I canāt stop reading this book @karinchenoweth Every educational leader needs a copy. Canāt recommend it highly enough. THANKYOU
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4 Dec 2023
Need book recommendations for diverse group of network Principals. Not too dense - we want everyone to read it! Hit me with suggestionsā¦. @Smithre5 @EminaMcLean @McClementsinOz @RayBoyd007
School improvement, leadershipā¦
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25 Oct 2023
2023 Yr 2 student after almost 4 terms of Structured Literacy. First sample end of 2022 when they arrived from a Balanced Literacy school. āFrogā sample is today. Second Year graduate teacher. T and S are VERY proud. Still a long way to go, but š¤©. Literacy is a human right ā¤ļø
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7 Oct 2023
When PS-HS partnership come into action, student outcomes shine! Alice Jury and Belinda Melvin & the literacy team at Mount Rowan SC sharing their 18 month journey w a focus on reading fluency for Yrs 7-8 ss, based on SoR. DIBELS data don't lie! @SharingBestPrac @Knight2Susan
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26 Aug 2023
So this happened! THANKYOU @VPA71 and @Dally4
Two Prins from Ballarat āļøare coming west next year to see you @McClementsinOz @RayBoyd007 @SerpentinePS We canāt wait to learn from you guys! Iāll be in touch! āļøāļø
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10 Jul 2023
First day Term 3. Quality teaching, based on routines and expectations. Kids happy and learning. I reflected on literacy data, ā¬ļøfor our kids, all based on post-uni PD. I walked around asking myself āwhere did we learn to implement this? Or this?ā Please listen. ITE needs reform.
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19 Apr 2023
This sums up my job. Have worked most of the hols on OHS, admin, finance and school review. Also put this image on staff bulletin to thank ES who feeds school chooks all holidays. Sending list of OHS modules to staff and the giant chook popped up šš. This is my lifeā¦
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26 Mar 2023
My beautiful 14 month-old fully qualified therapy dog is at school most days. Sās reading to her isnāt whatās improving our reading results. Itās teachers knowing the SoR/SoL and applying that knowledge in their classrooms.
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