Course description
The secondary session will include discussions about:
- The curriculum principles of the text-based units
- The role of high quality, complex texts for teaching English.
- Text-Level Reading and Writing: A whole class approach that fosters deep comprehension and engagement with texts through structured close reading.
- Do Nows.
- Writing (sentence, paragraph or text-level composition).
- Intellectual Preparation (including planning, adapting and differentiating).
- Common challenges in early implementation of the resources.
Course outcomes
Literacy leaders will be better prepared to lead the implementation of text-based units and guide school-level preparation for these units. They will have a deeper level of understanding about the text based units, their principles and how they can be implemented.
Australian Professional Standards
- Standard 2 – Know content and how to teach it
- Standard 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
- Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning
Principal Capability Framework
Personal
- P2 – Is confident in ability to make a difference to teaching and learning
Knowledge and Expertise
- K2 – Applies contemporary theories of learning, teaching and leading
K4 – Leads curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
K6 – Leads, models and engages in professional learning