Honorary Chair of Literacy & Fellow Murdoch University WA. Head -The THRASS Institute -specialist teacher training in Phonics. Opinions, comments are my own.
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1 Dec 2022
The consensus is that teaching phonics explicitly and well is crucial but is only part of the solution that would see all students receive effective literacy instruction.
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18 Sep 2023
I've registered for Oceans to Outback, a month-long challenge to raise vital funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and I need your help! Please support me by donating to my fundraising page. oceanstooutback.org.au/s/156…
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14 Aug 2023
I've registered for Oceans to Outback, a month-long challenge to raise vital funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and I need your help! Please support me by donating to my fundraising page. oceanstooutback.org.au/s/156…
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9 Jun 2023
Once upon a time, teachers had to study reading disabilities in universities & obtain serious credits, to get teacher certification to teach students who displayed reading difficulties. What happened? nancyebailey.com/2019/06/04/…
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denyse ritchie retweeted
25 May 2023
I find it hard to understand the aggression and silencing tactics - it’s against the values of the profession.
I’m saddens me that amazing teachers knowledge and experience is being dismissed - due to misinformation and assumptions of how others teach
or have taught.
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23 May 2023
Big study: curiosity is an important predictor of acad achievemt across the board but esp. for low-income kids: is.gd/zLBk8u.
Painfully ironic given the curiosity-killing practices (scripted direct instruction, behavior management, etc.) that such kids get in spades.
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22 May 2023
This is very good from @SallyLars_27 on the media reaction to PIRLS. aare.edu.au/blog/?p=16827
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24 May 2023
Teacher knowledge & understanding of phonics, & how best to use phonics to underpin reading & spelling instruction is key.
Three reading experts challenge the current education orthodoxy about phonics instruction.
The Washington Post: apple.news/Axskh3PFxSbeu3CWm…
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24 Apr 2023
In the spirit of looking at all points of view, this mom of a dyslexic child and author of a book about Dyslexia finds some good in @ehanford 's views but also sees her as using strawmen when she didn't have to. Thanks to @RitaWirtz for calling it to our attention. Emily?
20 Apr 2023
When Emily Hanford called out bad literacy programs, she made a good point.
BUT, I have four BIG questions about the podcast...in this post.
Who Sold a Story buff.ly/3FgUMLb
#SOR #Soldastory #reading #teaching #teachingreading #scienceofreading
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20 Apr 2023
Meet our Research Officer, Janelle Darcy.
Janelle was born & grew up on Yawuru country, with links to the Bardi people.
Janelle has worked in Youth Justice, child protection & education & is passionate about supporting young Indigenous people.
Read more zurl.co/w00E
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25 Feb 2023
THRASS Chart dress up day in the Junior School @SPSC_Adelaide Hanging with fellow ‘doctors’ from the chart, noting the jump wasn’t big as doctors and teachers are in the same phoneme box! /ˈdɒk.tər//ˈtiː.tʃər/ #ipa #THRASS @dejaynjd instagram.com/p/CpCDR1XScCb/…
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denyse ritchie retweeted
12 Apr 2023
Late last year the Institute was proud to be a part of the Kuwa Circles program, dedicated to opening doors for young First Nations women seeking careers in STEM.
@indigenous_gov [1/2] #ToSI #KuwaCircles #WomeninSTEM
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5 Apr 2023
The power of words!! An explosion of words in our #wordstudy, exploring each #morpheme and its meaning to build and understand other words. Amazing how the boys got from ‘graph’ meaning ‘written’ to ‘deconstruct’, ‘cardiology’ and ‘astronaut’! #linguistics @dejaynjd
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21 Mar 2023
Don’t let this ‘competition’ happen in Australia! So much criticism of schools and teachers ..
19 Mar 2023
We have to change this system - for our children, our staff and our leaders. It should never have come to this.
Education has become about competition, not about improving the outcomes of children everywhere.
No more.
I'm in. You?
#ShineOn
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19 Mar 2023
Congratulations Cowra SSLP on completing Phase 1 of the Stronger Smarter Leadership Program. Welcome, Eagles.
#StrongerSmarterAlumni #Cowra #SSLP #teacherPD
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11 Feb 2023
📄 "The impact of national standardized literacy and numeracy testing on children and teaching staff in remote Australian Indigenous communities" by Ruth Singer
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29 Jan 2023
A busy week of THRASS PD, online & face to face. Thank you to St Peter’s Girls School, Adelaide for an awesome great couple of days & to the amazing team at Normanton navigating a whole school course from afar. CONGRATS to all online participants- hope to see you in person soon!
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29 Jan 2023
A big thank you to our dedicated THRASS trainers for sharing their classroom experience and diverse teaching knowledge. Your expansive knowledge of evidence based teaching practice in the complex process of teaching literacy is second to none.
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denyse ritchie retweeted
25 Jan 2023
Loved using #thrass on my #maths #workingwall ready for students to add vocab and calculation strategies. The definition and #etymology will help consolidate all the processes and help make connections #year5 #classroomsetup #linguistics #language #displayforlearning @dejaynjd
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14 Jan 2023
❤️this!
14 Jan 2023
In comparison to teacher supervision and evaluation, principals promoting and *participating in* teacher learning and development can have twice the impact on student outcomes.
(Robinson, V., 2008; image source: winginstitute.org/what-roles…)
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