The Structured Literacy Podcast
By Jocelyn Seamer
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Episodes: 155
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Hi there, I'm Jocelyn Seamer. Teacher, former school leader, author, and all around cheerleader for teachers everywhere. Learning to read and write is a matter of social justice. Every child deserves to learn through evidence informed practices, and every teacher deserves to be fully supported to make that happen.The Structured Literacy Podcast goes beyond the program to get to the heart of what it's really like to build a structured approach to literacy across the school.
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S7 E3 - What Does Research Really Say About Decodable Texts?
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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S7 E2 - The Top 5 Ways to Ensure Reading Success in Years 3 to 6
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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S7 E1 - The Three Critical Questions Your Students Are Silently Asking You
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Summer Series - The Key to Successfully Implementing a New Program in Your School
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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Summer Series - Keeping Your Team's Bus on the Road When Onboarding New Staff
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Summer Series - When Repeated Reading Doesn't Work
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Summer Series - Are Comprehension Strategies Still a Thing?
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Summer Series - How to Maintain High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Summer Series - Tracking Reading Growth Without a Benchmark Assessment
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Summer Series - What Goes into a Great Text-Based Unit?
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Summer Series - Do Nonsense Words Have a Place in Upper Primary?
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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S6 E24 - 98 and ¾ Percent Guaranteed: Our Collective Commitment to Every Student
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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S6 E22 - When Comfort Steals Confidence – The Unintended Consequences of PowerPoints
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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S6 E20 - A Simple Way to Make School Improvement Stick
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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S6 E19 - The Secret to Truly Universal Phonics Instruction (Part 2)
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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S6 E18 - The Secret to Truly Universal Phonics Instruction (Part 1)
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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S6 E16 - How to Know Whether to Quit or Persist
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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S6 E15 - What Does Research Say About Novel Study?
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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S6 E14 - Should We Be Teaching Phonics in Years 3-6?
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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S6 E13 - We Fall to the Level of Our Systems
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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S6 E12 - When Repeated Reading Doesn't Work
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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S6 E11 - The Trap Inside the Teachable Moment
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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S6 E10 - Before You Commit to a Program, Listen to This
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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S6 E9 - From Wasted Hours to Real Impact: Research Findings About PD That Actually Works
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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S6 E8 - From Compliance to Commitment: Transforming School Improvement
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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S6 E7 - Is Your PL Transformative or Transactional?
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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S6 E6 - Why Confidence is a Misleading Measure of Capability
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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S6 E5 - How to Reclaim Your Professional Judgement
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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S6 E4 - Should We Bring Back the Read-Aloud?
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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S6 E3 - How Do We Prevent Progress Being Wiped Out In a Swing Of The Pendulum?
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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S6 E2 - Simple Levers to Pull to Increase Your Impact
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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S6 E1 - Staying Motivated in Tough Times
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Listener Favourites - 5 Evidence Informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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Listener Favourite - Planning To Make Report Writing Easier
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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S5 E20 - If They Knew It, They Would Do It
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May 31, 2025 |
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S5 E19 - Why Students Find Writing Persuasive Texts So Difficult
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May 24, 2025 |
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S5 E18 - Why an Evidence-Based Literacy Block Might Not Be the Best Goal for Your School
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May 17, 2025 |
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S5 E17 - MTSS for Reading with Stephanie Stollar
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May 10, 2025 |
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S5 E16 - Is Whole Class Phonics Instruction Really Equitable?
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May 03, 2025 |
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S5 E15 - Interview with Jenny Cole - Navigating Leadership in a Changing Landscape
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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S5 E14 - It's Time to Say Goodbye to the Independent Research Project
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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S5 E13 - Maximising Your Lesson Prime Time
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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S5 E12 - The Secret Weapon for Effective Retrieval Practice
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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S5 E11 Research to the Classroom - Connecting Reading and Writing Part 3 (Teacher Talk)
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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S5 E10 Research to the Classroom - Connecting Reading and Writing Part 2 (Practical Application)
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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S5 E9 Research to the Classroom - Connecting Reading and Writing Part 1 (The Research)
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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S5 E8 - When Teachers are Learners - Making Professional Development Work
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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S5 E7 - What Does Research Say About Homework?
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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S5 E6 - Keeping Your Team's Bus on the Road When Onboarding New Staff
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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S5 E5 - AI: A Tool, Not a Teacher
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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S5 E4 - Help! My Students Aren't Writing Enough!
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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S5 E3 - Quick Phonics Assessment to Start the Year
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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S5 E2 - My Most and Least Favourite F-Words (about teaching)
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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S5 E1 - 5 Ways To Get The Best Out Of The New School Year
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Summer Series - Why It's So Scary To Let Go Of Guided Reading
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Summer Series - High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 3 (Teacher Talk)
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 2 (Practical Application)
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 1 (The Research)
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Summer Series - Five Ways to Get Ready for the Coming Change
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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S4 E14 - Guidance for Evaluating Impact
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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S4 Ep13 - Let's Talk Year 3-6 Reading Assessment and Grading
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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S4 E12 - The Secret to Grading Early Years Reading
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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S4 E11 - Making Decisions When the Floor is Lava
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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S4 E10 - Instructional Spring Cleaning - Timers During Classroom Fluency Work
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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S4 E9 - Instructional Spring Cleaning - One Student at the Front
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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S4 E8 - Instructional Spring Cleaning - Student News
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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S4 Ep7 - The Critical Issue of Teacher Knowledge Building
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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S4 E6 - Five Reasons That Traditional Professional Learning Methods Don’t Build Long-Term Knowledge
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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S4 E5 - The Key to Successfully Implementing a New Program in Your School
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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S4 E4 - Connecting Explicit Teaching and Engagement in Years 3 to 6 Spelling
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Listener Favourites - How Do I Fit Morphology Into My Literacy Block?
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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S4 E3 - Can Great Teaching Be Scripted?
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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S4 E2 - Tracking Reading Growth Without a Benchmark Assessment
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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S4 E1 - Harnessing Oral Language for Reading and Spelling Success
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Listener Favourites - Tier One Instruction That Hits the Mark
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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Listener Favourites - Tier-Two Instruction That Hits The Mark.
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Listener Favourites - Shifts to move to a structured approach in Years 3 to 6 Part 2
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Listener Favourites - Shifts to move to a structured approach in Years 3 to 6 Part 1
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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S3 E23 - Supporting Your Year 3-6 Team to Board the Bus
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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S3 E22 - How to Choose a Phonics Program
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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S3 E21 - 5 Ways to Get Ready for the Coming Change
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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S3 E20 - 8 Reasons that the Same Page is a Great Place to be
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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New Online Course: Build the Foundations for Your Literacy Block in Years 3 to 6
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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S3 E19 - How To Make Sure That Your Spelling Instruction Is Explicit
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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S3 E18 - Explicit Instruction That Doesn't Come At The Expense Of High Flyers
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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S3 E17 - Do Nonsense Words have a Place in Upper Primary?
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May 25, 2024 |
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S3 E16 - Planning To Make Report Writing Easier
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May 18, 2024 |
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S3 E15 - Four Points to Consider When Pacing Phonics Instruction
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May 11, 2024 |
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S3 E14 - It's Time to Take Radical Responsibility for Student Outcomes
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May 04, 2024 |
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S3 E13 - Engaging Reluctant Students in the Classroom
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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S3 E12 - What to Expect When Working with a Consultant
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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S3 E11 - Are Comprehension Strategies Still a Thing?
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Research to the Classroom - Daily Review Part 3 (Teacher Talk)
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Research to the Classroom - Daily Review Part 2 (Practical Application)
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Research to the Classroom - Daily Review Part 1 (The Research)
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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S3 E7 - Getting Questions Right From the Start
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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S3 E6 - 5 Things to do Instead of Asking for Hands Up
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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S3 E5 - When Having the Right Stuff Isn't Enough
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Research to the Classroom - Dyad Reading Part 3 (Teacher Talk)
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Research to the Classroom - Dyad Reading Part 2 (Practical Application)
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Research to the Classroom - Dyad Reading Part 1 (The Research)
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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S3 E1 - Getting Clear About What is Important
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Summer Series - What Does an Upper Primary Reading Lesson Look Like?
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Summer Series - Why It's So Scary to Let Go of Benchmark Assessment
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Summer Series - Upper Primary Phonics Catch-Up Action Plan
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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2023 Christmas Message from Jocelyn
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Summer Series - Why It's So Scary to Let Go of Guided Reading
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Summer Series - How Do I Tackle Spelling in the Early Years?
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Summer Series - What Goes into an Upper Primary Literacy Block?
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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S2 E15 - How to Look After Yourself During Report Writing (Term 4 2023)
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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S2 E14 - Should We Be Using Programs to Teach Reading? (2023)
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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S2 E12 Bonus Episode - What to Expect on a Change Journey
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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S2 E13 - What Does It Mean to Be a Productive Member of Our Education Community?
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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S2 E11 - How Do I Help My Students Who Aren't Blending?
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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S2 E10 - A NICE Framework for Choosing a New Approach
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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S2 E9 - Why Are Words So Confusing?
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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S2 E8 - Why isn't my Tier 1 Instruction working?
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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S2 E7 - What Goes Into a Great Text-Based Unit?
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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S2 E6 - How Do I Create an Integrated Literacy Block?
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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S2 E5 - How Do We Know That It's Time To Start And Stop Reading Decodables?
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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S2 E4 - How to Maintain High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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S2 E3 - Why Isn't My Tier-Two Instruction Working?
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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S2 E2 - How Do We Know if Our Whole School Approach Has Gone Too Far?
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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S2 E1 - Your Semester 2 Success Plan
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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S1 E26 - How Can I Find Time for Morphology Instruction?
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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S1 E25 - How Can I Teach Spelling Well When I Don't Feel Like I Know What I Need To
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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S1 E24 - Kickstarting Your Upper Primary Spelling Improvement Journey
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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S1 E23 - How Do I Tackle Spelling in the Early Years?
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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S1 E22 - Change Is Hard, and We Need Everyone to Do It
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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S1 E21 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 4
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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S1 E20 - How to Look After Yourself During Report Writing (It's not what you think)
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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S1 E19 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 3
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May 27, 2023 |
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S1 E18 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 2
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May 20, 2023 |
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S1 E17 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 1
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May 13, 2023 |
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S1 E16 - 5 Research-informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading
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May 06, 2023 |
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S1 E15 - 8 Myths of Reading Instruction that Every Teacher Should Know About
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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S1 E14 - When Should We Start Morphology Instruction and What Might It Look Like?
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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S1 E13 - How Do I Differentiate to Support a Range of Learners?
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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S1 E12 - What Does an Upper Primary Reading Lesson Look Like?
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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S1 E11 - What Play Can and Cannot Do for Our Early Years Students
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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S1 E10 - Upper Primary Phonics Catch-Up Action Plan
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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S1 E9 - What Does 'Authentic Text' Really Mean in the Australian Curriculum?
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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S1 E8 - What Goes Into an Upper Primary Literacy Block?
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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S1 E7 - Why It's So Scary to Let Go of Benchmark Assessment
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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S1 E6 - Why It's So Scary to Let Go of Guided Reading
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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S1 E5 - Should I Go Rogue or Follow My School's Approach to Literacy?
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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S1 E4 - How to Convince My School to Embrace Structured Literacy
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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S1 E3 - How to Know if Your Resources are Evidence Aligned
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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S1 E2 - Should We Be Using Programs to Teach Reading?
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Special - A Love Letter to all Teachers Everywhere
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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S1 E1 - Jocelyn's Structured Literacy Journey
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Dec 12, 2022 |