Twelfth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies

Abstract

In 2018, Capricornia School of Distance Education rolled out a whole school literacy approach that has seen all stakeholders, including home tutors (parents and governesses), teacher aides and teachers upskilled in the teaching of reading, identifying expected literacy behaviours shown at each stage of the learning, and monitoring student literacy behaviours to determine individual learning goals. Teachers are embedding literacy in every subject, every lesson, and every day. They can collaboratively discuss learning goals for individual students with home tutors across a range of literacy aspects, including reading, comprehension, writing, vocabulary, phonics and speaking. Programs support and extend students, to build on their literacy skills in all year levels. This is the start of a long journey that is aligned perfectly with the school’s Annual Implementation Plan and intention to equip all stakeholders with the ability to comprehend and communicate understanding of their learning effectively. During this workshop you will have opportunities to hear what we have been up to at CSDE and ask questions that might relate the process to your own unique distance learning setting.