Teach, Learn, Live

Today on the Teach, Learn, Live podcast we are talking about reading.

We welcome back Dr Noella Mackenzie, Associate (Adjunct) Professor and Educational Consultant. In this episode, we'll be focusing on why reading is critical for literacy success. What is reading? How do we define or describe it?

Today on the Teach, Learn, Live podcast we are talking about writing.

We welcome back Dr Noella Mackenzie, Associate (Adjunct) Professor and Educational Consultant. In this episode we are talking about what writing is, and how it can support children to be successful.

Today we are continuing our podcast series with Dr Noella Mackenzie, Associate (Adjunct) Professor and Educational Consultant.

This episode focusses on oral language and its role in literacy.

Today we are continuing our podcast series with Dr Noella Mackenzie, Associate (Adjunct) Professor and Educational Consultant.

This episode focusses on oral language and its role in literacy.

2019–2022 Department of Education Literacy Framework

Literacy is essential to improving learning outcomes for all students.

That’s why improving literacy and numeracy outcomes is one of the four goals of our Strategic Plan.

Over the next four episodes of the Teach, Learn, Live podcast, Tim will be talking to Dr Noella Mackenzie Assoc (Adjunct) Professor and Educational Consultant to explore some of the key themes around literacy and why it's important for success throughout life.

Albert Einstein reportedly said that “there is only one thing that you absolutely have to know”, and that’s the location of the library.

Today Tim is chatting with Liz Jack, Executive Director of Libraries Tasmania, about why that recommendation absolutely stands up, the role of libraries in our communities, and what it means that we can now access the library wherever we are, any time of day, and for a whole lot more than books.

Libraries Tasmania: https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx

I’ve had to do a lot of talking this year, but what I want to say to you today – my reflection on 2020 – is short and sweet:

Let’s take some rest, recharge, and choose to be extraordinary again in 2021. But before we do, listen to this end-of-year wrap-up episode of the podcast.

We'll be back in 2021 with more stories about those people who teach, learn and live in Tasmania.

Today Tim is talking to Leesa Pettit from Jordan River Learning Federation (JRLF) Senior School in Hobart's northern suburbs. They talk about:

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Tim recently spoke to Natalie Brown from The Peter Underwood Centre and Children's University.

Hear how the Peter Underwood Centre works with schools and families to access learning both inside and outside the classroom.

They also discussed six things that parents can do to give their child the best start to learning and how the Centre is contributing to Tasmania’s future through research and partnerships.

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In this week’s episode of the Teach, Learn, Live podcast Tim interviews Brent Armitstead, Jamie Synnott and Gay Cumming about their reflections of the department's response to COVID-19.

Communication, collaboration and wellbeing are the key themes in this episode as the panel talks about supporting schools and learners with new technologies during a very uncertain time.

This episode coincides with a state-wide celebration of all staff as we recognise the hard work and efforts of staff throughout 2020.