Hands On Heads Literacy Coaching 

Dear Principals, 

Happy Book Week!

I’m looking forward to reading the following Winner and Honour books using my Novel Study Templates .

Download the Novel Study Templates here for your Years 5-9 classroom teachers.

Retrieval Practice without Slides- It IS Possible!

Some teachers have been struggling to make Daily Reviews engaging - for both themselves and their students. They asked me to share ways to ‘change up’ retrieval practices. Here are some ideas that the teachers practised doing themselves before trialling in their classrooms:

25 Coaching Prompts to Lead Literacy with Impact

A number of literacy and curriculum leaders have asked for an outline of how I structure and facilitate planning sessions with teachers.

Here's what a 1-hour facilitated planning session looks like:

You may wish to share this (+25 questions) with your literacy/ curriculum leaders to support the way they’re leading and empowering your teachers.

Interested in Being Featured?

I’m currently interviewing school leaders/classroom teachers to share their Literacy Success Stories- regardless of the approach, resources, programs, pedagogy, instructional practices, direction, etc. Success being however/whatever that has looked like for your school- transforming approaches, a shift in teacher practice, aligned beliefs, more engagement, teachers ‘on board’, implementing change, increased student outcomes, etc.

If you would like to feature your success story and celebrate your win (no matter how big or small) to the wider education community without judgement and with curiosity, please email me: amanda@handsonheads.au.