Early Childhood and Early Literacy/Analyzing and Interpreting Early Literacy Data

Deb Martin is an Early Childhood Consultant with AISWA who has been working in Early Childhood classrooms since 2006. Her area of expertise and school support is in the area of high quality play based pedagogies, guiding young children's behaviours, Early Childhood literacy and the On-entry assessment. Her work also includes supporting leaders and in particular, their educators, in pedagogical change and embedding evidence based appropriate pedagogies including play-based and inquiry pedagogies and Reggio Emilia inspired practice. Other areas Deb presents in include; helping educators gain a deep understanding about the ever changing neuroscience and recent research related to young children and how this can be translated into high quality classroom practice, looking at the high quality interactions between children and their educators including sustained shared thinking. Due to Deb’s recent experience in the classroom, her practical experiences and rich stories help educators see the possibilities of high quality practice, including a guidance approach to managing behaviour and supporting self-regulation.

Barbara Bosich joins the Early Childhood team this year to contribute to our efforts in exploring Inquiry Learning.  Her focus will be Philosophy in the Early Years.  Barbara has extensive experience in early education, literacy and pedagogy as part of her role at Christ Church Grammar School where she currently works with boys from Pre-primary to Year 4 teaching philosophy through the use of children’s literature.