Leading

New Zealand School Leaders share their experiences

September 2020 video

Embarking on change is hard. Six Principals and Deputy Principals from across New Zealand shared the journey they have been on over the past few years in switching to an evidence based literacy instruction approach:

• what sparked them to change

• what have been the challenges

• what have been the benefits

• and what they say to those sitting on the fence.

Download the summary here.

Or watch the video recording of their talk here.

September 2021 video

Jo McKay, Principal of Holy Family Catholic School in Wanaka speaks with Carla McNeil from Learning Matters about her journey to lead the change to structured literacy at her school over the past 3 years.

Watch the video here.

Australian Principals share their experiences

And this video from Australia interviews some Principals and gives some great insights into how to shift to a structured literacy approach successfully.

This blog by a Principal in Australia on his journey with Strucured Literacy is also very good.