Description
The workshop takes participants through a backward design process. This process begins with goal setting, utilising the achievement standards from the Australian Curriculum. Templates, tools and strategies are provided to facilitate planning a unit of work with assessment tools embedded through the teaching and learning cycle. The context is English and Literacy, but it applicable in any learning area.
You will gain;
- A greater in-depth knowledge on the Australian Curriculum
- An effective strategy for planning with the Australian Curriculum and curriculum mapping
- The ability to collect useful assessment data on students to inform future learning goals.
Presenters
Christopher Witt (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant | Animal Ethics Executive Officer
Christopher Witt joined AISWA in 2009. Prior to that he was a Consultant at STEPS Professional Development. At STEPS, Chris developed a literacy resource for secondary teachers: Tactical Teaching Reading. It included materials and professional learning courses and had great success nationally and internationally, helping many secondary teachers to successfully support literacy across their curriculum area.
After teaching for 25 years, Chris worked in various advisory and consultancy roles in curriculum improvement. He has been at AISWA for 12 years as a Literacy Consultant providing support for teachers and schools in professional learning and literacy improvement initiatives. This includes Sharp Reading, First Steps and Primary Connections. Key PL programs developed by Chris at AISWA include Scaffolding Adolescent Literacy and Programming and Assessment in English (P-10).
Di Edwards (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant
Di Edwards works in the areas of English, Literature and English as a Second Language. She has worked in mainstream schools, both government and private and as a classroom teacher. She has a passion for improving the educational outcomes of students who struggle for a variety of academic, social and emotional reasons.
Di has been employed at The Association of Independent Schools of WA as a literacy consultant since 2008. In this role, she has led and been involved with many exciting and rewarding professional learning opportunities for teachers, in particular, with teachers of adolescents.
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Date / Time
13 Jul 2016 Starts: 08:30 Finishes: 12:30Delivery Format : In Person