Oz Lit Teacher Blog
In my recent blog post on effective writing conferences, I discussed the idea of stripping these now complex meetings back to their original roots...
There are a lot of âphâ words involved in teaching reading, but unfortunately too many of us were never exposed to them in our university degrees....
Iâm often asked for tips on how to engage in effective writing conferences with students.
Conferring with writers can feel a bit overwhelmin...
Often when schools want to work on improving their studentsâ growth in writing they start by changing their teaching. (âSomething isnât working- l...
Last week on the blog, I reshared a post I wrote about self-care for teachers and leaders. It was inspired by a presentation I'd attended by minds...
Itâs been a while since Iâve had an author in my interview chair, so I was very excited when award-winning, Sydney based writer, Victoria Mackinla...
The admiring lens is an incredibly powerful tool to use in the writing classroom. The thing is, us teachers need to be constantly reminded of its
...In last weekâs blog on effective Literacy leadership, I introduced 2 key mindset traps that literacy leaders can fall into at this time of year.
...Around this time last year, I wrote a blog post titled â3 common change leadership mistakes in schoolsâ. Iâd been inspired by the sight of the blo...
I recently finished reading the final book in Jessica Townsendâs AMAZING Nevermoor series. This series, touted as a cross between Harry Potter and...