Oz Lit Teacher Blog

There are a lot of ‘ph’ words involved in teaching reading, but unfortunately too many of us were never exposed to them in our university degrees....

I’m often asked for tips on how to engage in effective writing conferences with students.

Often when schools want to work on improving their students’ growth in writing they start by changing their teaching. (‘Something isn’t working- l...

It’s been a while since I’ve had an author in my interview chair, so I was very excited when award-winning, Sydney based writer, Victoria Mackinla...

The admiring lens is an incredibly powerful tool to use in the writing classroom. The thing is, us teachers need to be constantly reminded of its

In last week’s blog on effective Literacy leadership, I introduced 2 key mindset traps that literacy leaders can fall into at this time of year.

Around this time last year, I wrote a blog post titled ‘3 common change leadership mistakes in schools’. I’d been inspired by the sight of the blo...

I recently finished reading the final book in Jessica Townsend’s AMAZING Nevermoor series. This series, touted as a cross between Harry Potter and...