Sharp Reading: Decoding Strategy Instruction Stages 1&2

PL # 11066

  • Starting on 24 Jul 2017
  • Cancellation permitted until 20 Jul 2017
  • Event registrations closed on 24 Jul 2017

Delivery Format :

Event registration is Closed

Description

Sharp Reading has been developed by Hilton Ayery and Brian Parker who are teachers and teacher trainers from Christchurch, New Zealand. Sharp Reading is based on the most up to date research in literacy and is the culmination of 10 years of action research at the New Zealand Graduate School of Education, including ongoing engagement with schools.

Set students up for success through simple routines that embed mental strategies for decoding text. Through supporting meaning and scaffolding the skills for word attack, students internalise strong, transferrable strategies to decode text accross contexts.

This workshop focuses on the GUIDED READING component of your reading program. Participants engage in practical strategies through the '5 Bits' routine. The routine provides a simple instructional guide to teach decoding, and prepares students to transfer to more complex comprehension skills.

Part 1: Getting the routine right (DSI)

Part 2: Data collection and explicit teaching (DSI)

 

 This workshop provides participants with:

- an understanding of how learners begin to read and progress towards competent decoding

- an explicit, transferrable routine for instruction, that empowers students and simplifies the work of teachers

- skills for keen observation and data collection to determine explicit teaching targeted at student needs.

- a clear learning pathway for the teaching of reading and a transition from decoding to Comprehension Strategy Instruction.

 

 Resources:

12 months of online tutorials valued at $99 NZ.

Twelve months of small step, at-your-own pace learning with tutorials, video modelling and supporting resources. 

 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Principals, Literacy Leaders, Kindergarten to Year Two Teachers, Primary Teachers, Support Teachers and Teacher Assistants 

Presenters

Christopher Witt (AISWA Staff)

Literacy Consultant | Animal Ethics Executive Officer

Christopher Witt <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

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). 

Jill Buckrell (AISWA Staff)

Literacy Consultant

Jill Buckrell <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Jill Buckrell is a Literacy Consultant with previous experience as a teacher and school leader in both urban and remote schools. She has a strong commitment to improving literacy outcomes for Aboriginal students and has been involved in several major Indigenous Education initiatives in the past as a school principal in remote WA and the Northern Territory. Jill began work at AISWA as a literacy consultant in 2012 and is involved in a number of key professional learning initiatives including: Big Six, Hot Readers and Data Conversations to Target Instruction (literacy). She is also an accredited Sharp Reading presenter and manages the implementation of this program in Western Australia. Jill co-organises the annual Broome Conference for remote Aboriginal schools. Jill’s particular interest lies in the research, development and application of quality literacy strategies and opportunities for students who underachieve in literacy.

Kerry Handley (AISWA Staff)

Literacy Consultant

Kerry Handley <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Kerry Handley is a Literacy Consultant with many years of experience. She has worked in the WA education system as a classroom teacher, K-7 district coordinator and a consultant. Before joining AISWA, in 2012, Kerry was part of the team that reconceptualised and wrote the First Steps 2nd Edition resource and associated professional development. In this role she presented to educators around the world and spent four years living in the USA. She is one of the presenters of the Sharp Reading program and has a particular interest in assisting teachers in remote aboriginal schools.

Kerry has a Masters of Education, a Graduate Diploma in Intercultural Studies and a Diploma of Teaching. She is passionate about helping improve literacy outcomes for all students.

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Date / Time

24 Jul 2017 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:00

Delivery Format : In Person

AISWA Seminar Room (First Floor)

PL Hours : 6.00

Course Number

19

Learning Area

  • Literacy

School Area

  • Early Childhood (PK - 2)
  • Other (non-teaching)

Event Contact

AITSL Standards