In this series of recordings, I reconnect with the people I met during my Churchill Fellowship trip overseas, and introduce the audience to their work.
Hear from international literacy experts, educators and advocates from a range of organisations and walk away with practical take aways to consider for developing your practice.
Webinar 1
Listen to Beverley Priestner and Emma Greenwood talk about some of the whole-school initiatives they took to improve the literacy outcomes of their students and support their secondary teachers at South Shore Academy.
Webinar 2
Listen to Sarah Smith and Estelle Bellamy talk about the impact of the KS3 Literacy Project, including a network of 8 secondary schools determined to lift literacy outcomes in students aged 11-14.
Webinar 3
Listen to Dr. Daryl Michel, co-author of the Student Focused Coaching (SFC) Model with Jan Hasbrouck and founder of Be A Change LLC, talk about how his approach to instructional coaching and how he works within schools to improve students’ literacy outcomes using evidence-based practices.
Webinar 4
Listen to Beth Ferguson and Dr. Lisa Bates, both implementation coaches at the Oregon Response to Instruction and Intervention (ORTIi), talk about the challenges and benefits of implementing a Multi-Tiered of Support model in schools.
Learn more: https://www.oregonrti.org/
Webinar 5
Listen to Dr. Marie Bocquillon talk about explicit instruction (EI), delving into the research behind explicit instruction and describing the instructional features that make EI an effective teaching method. Marie is a researcher and teacher trained who works at the schools Administration Institute of the University of Mons (Belgium). She recently published a book on explicit instruction.
Webinar 6
Listen to Kurt Engelmann talk about Direct Instruction. He dives into some of the key features of DI and share his tips for a successful implementation within schools. Kurt Engelmann is the President of the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI), responsible for organising administrative support for Direct Instruction (DI) implementations, serving as liaison between school district administrators and NIFDI. Check the NIFDI website and his recent book.
Webinar 7
Listen to Tamara Bressi talk about how to optimize DI implementation for teachers and school leaders. Tamara is the Implementation Manager at the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI), and a highly experienced DI teacher, trainer and coach. Building on her 25+ years of experience at NIFDI, she shares her coaching tips.
Upcoming NIDFI conference : July 21-25
Recommended book: DI, a Practitioner’s Handbook