Knowledge for Teachers

In this episode, Brendan Lee talks to Deputy Principal, Stephanie Le Lievre. She explains:

- how the Reading Science in Schools FB group - that now has over 50,000 members, came about

- why we need to "cut the fluff"

- what a structured literacy block can look like for the pre-primary stage

- what an evidence-informed approach looks like in the primary classroom

- how she is using ChatGPT for fluency building!

Some of the experts and resources mentioned:

Professor Pamela Snow

Professor Lorraine Hammond

William Van Cleave

Lyn Stone

Dr. Nathaniel Swain

The Writing Revolution

https://www.readworks.org/

https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/toolbox/

https://www.phormes.com/

https://readingscienceinschools.squarespace.com/

https://thesyntaxproject2022.squarespace.com/

You can connect with Steph:

Twitter @StephLeLievre_

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Welcome to the Knowledge for Teachers podcast!

I (Brendan Lee) decided to start up this podcast because rather selfishly there are a lot of areas I would like to have more knowledge in and people that I would really like to hear from, so I thought why not start up a podcast so that I can share these conversations with other educators. I’m also really interested in finding out what those active ingredients are in actually getting evidence informed practice happening in our classrooms.

Very early on I knew that today’s guest, Dr. Russ Fox a former teacher and current lecturer in applied behaviour analysis at Monash University, was someone that I wanted to get on. I have had many deep and meaningful conversations with him previously about all things to do with education and he is truly across what effective teaching can be and how we can support teachers in implementing it. 

In this chat, Russ talks about:

- why we need to address the learning environment

- the need for teachers to use a safe sense of humour

- Error correct using the 3 step process (you'll have to listen to find out what that is)

- supporting students in building habits by using gradual release of responsibility

- why we need to meet the needs of the community

Some of the resources mentioned were:

Tom Bennett's book - Running the Room

Fox, R. A., Leif, E. S., Moore, D. W., Furlonger, B., Anderson, A., & Sharma, U. (2022). A systematic review of the facilitators and barriers to the sustained implementation of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. Education and Treatment of Children, 45(1), 105-126.

You can connect with Russ:

Twitter @RsslFx

Email [email protected]

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee