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'View by Date' allows you to see ALEA Professional Learning activities in date order, helping you locate events that suit your availability.
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19 May 2012: Literacy - A Belief
ALEA ACT
Literacy - A Belief not a Block
Presenters: Lorraine Wilson and Heidi BushThis professional learning event will allow teachers to reflect on implementing a quality literacy programme that is based on beliefs rather than the timed literacy block. A fantastic professional development opportunity for all teachers!
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19 May 2012: Inclusive Reading
ALEA SA
Inclusive Reading in the 21st Century
PRESENTER: Sandy RussoHow easy is it to create an inclusive reading environment using e-books, e-reading, ITC and multimodal texts? What are the pros and cons of some of the most popular e-reading devices? These questions and more addressed in this session.
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24 May 2012: Implementing the Curriculum
ALEA Tas South
Implementing the Australian Curriculum presented by Libby Robinson
Followed by the ALEA Tas South AGMImplementing the Australian Curriculum - Instructional implications to ensure equity and excellence are enacted in classrooms.
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30 May 2012: Shortlist and Notables
ALEA DARLING DOWNS
A Presentation on 2012 Children's Book Council Shortlist and Notables - for teachers and lovers of children's literature
PRESENTER: Liz DerouetLiz explains how the judging process works, the differences between the lists, the judging criteria, the merits of past shortlisted books and more! Discover how shortlisted books can be used in classrooms and what they offer to different target audiences. THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
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31 May 2012: Literacy Heaven - Look at a Book
ALEA MACKAY
Literacy Heaven - Look at a Book (Reading Comprehension: Taking the Learning Deeper)
PRESENTER: Christine TopferChristine will present the outcomes of a major professional learning project which provided sixty teachers from across the state with opportunities to design, monitor and implement research based on powerful, accessible ideas about reading comprehension in their own classrooms.
REGISTER ON THE DAY. ALL WELCOME.
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7 Jun 2012: Metacognitive Magic
ALEA SYDNEY WEST
Metacognitive Magic: bringing comprehension to life in the classroom
SPEAKERS: Michelle Rosewell and Jodi JeffersonExplore how modelling, sharing, explicit and guided instruction and independent practice with peers can activate the potential of every student and help them to begin to consciously use a range of cognitive strategies when reading.
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20 Jun 2012: Classroom Chats
ALEA ACT
Classroom Chats: using picture books in the upper primary classroom to inspire reading and writing
PRESENTER: Kelly BookerPicture books continue to provide students with opportunities to interpret and evaluate texts. Kelly Booker provides practical examples of how diverse and controversial picture books can be used to engage and inspire both reading and writing in an upper primary classroom.
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20 Jun 2012: Classroom Chats
ALEA ACT
Classroom Chats: Literacy Learning - a contextualised, whole school approach
PRESENTER: Jane CronanJane Cronan and her team describe the components they incoporate into their literacy teaching and learning and the whole-school approach that helps teachers develop a literacy block into something that is fun and effective.
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20 Jun 2012: Classroom Chats
ALEA ACT
Classroom Chats: Combining Writer's Notebook and the cLc
PRESENTER: Sophie BissellUsing both writer's notebook and the cLc, teachers can provide students with interactive and cooperative learning opportunities during literacy lessons. This approach can work in your classroom!
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20 Jun 2012: Classroom Chats
ALEA ACT
Classroom Chats: Improving Students' Writing through Grammar
PRESENTERS: Debbie Martens and Louise CullenAn investigation of how functional grammar is used as a shared language for exploring the structure of English language in the Australian Curriculum. Speakers will share examples of classroom implementation strategies to support students.
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11 Aug 2012: Creating Writing Classrooms
ALEA SYDNEY NORTH
Creating Writing Classroom where Students Love to Write: the Power of Teacher Feedback
PRESENTERS: Susan Tolhurst and Wendy BeanDiscover how the development of a whole school approach to teaching and writing at Windang Public School has resulted in improved student outcomes and the creation of an environment where students enjoy writing.
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16 Aug 2012: Developing Deep Understanding
ALEA SYDNEY WEST
Developing Deep Understanding of Texts Through Readers' Theatre
PRESENTER: Robyn EwingReaders' Theatre is a drama strategy that motivates children to use talking, listening, reading and writing to improve their reading and enable them to develop deep understanding of texts. This workshop will be practical and will use contemporary, quality, literary texts. Come prepared to have fun.
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6 Sep 2012: Curriculum Literacy Demands
ALEA SYDNEY WEST
Literacy Demands Across the Curriculum
PRESENTER: Peter FreebodyIn this session Peter will discuss some of his current research on literacy in the middle and secondary school years, with particular attention to the increasingly differentiated literacy demands across different curriculum areas and the consequences for literacy of the transition from primary to secondary schooling.




