Why this course?
This course is designed for secondary teachers - and is also suitable for allied health professionals and parents who want to understand more about the Science of Language and Reading as this pertains to secondary students.
It is designed to improve your understanding of the reading process, how oral language, reading, and writing link to each other, and how to support students’ ongoing oral language and literacy skills across the curriculum. It will provide you with knowledge and skills needed for implementation in your classroom.
This course is delivered by La Trobe University SOLAR Lab Directors; Professor Pamela Snow and Professor Tanya Serry.
Course content
Topics covered include:
What is reading? Unpacking the reading process and why it is challenging for some students.
What is writing? Unpacking the writing process and why it is challenging for some students.
Building vocabulary skills for success across the curriculum.
Managing cognitive load and behavioural/emotional responses when working with struggling secondary students.
You’ll learn:
To understand why the reading process is challenging for some students.
To explore the properties of writing, and the principles of teaching writing explicitly and systematically
build vocabulary skills for success across the curriculum.The principles of how we process and learn information while simultaneously, taking cognitive load into account.
About the short and the longer term consequences for students who have poor literacy proficiency.
Your study experience
Delivered online over four 1.5-hour weekly webinars, you will have the opportunity to engage with our subject matter experts for detailed responses, and access learning resources, discussion forums, and practical tools to support you in applying the techniques learned in the webinar.
The total time commitment will be up to 12 hours.
Following each online session, you'll be able to access learning resources and practical tools to support you in applying the techniques learned in the seminar, the online weekly sessions are recorded and available as synchronous or asynchronous presentations. You can also choose to undertake self-assessment quizzes to track your learning process and understanding.
At the conclusion, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance for 6 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Dates
Session 1: Wednesday 4 September
Session 2: Wednesday 11 September
Session 3: Wednesday 18 September
Session 4: Wednesday 25 September
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (AEST) or 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm NZST
Cost
AUD $330.00
About the La Trobe SOLAR Lab
The SOLAR Lab was established in the School of Education at La Trobe University in 2020 to promote the scientific study of the role of oral language skills in the emergence and consolidation of reading skills across the school years (pre-school to secondary). We use the term “reading” to specifically identify core skills in text decoding and language comprehension that also promote success in writing and spelling.