Dean Clements

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

Senator David Pocock agrees, we need a petroleum resource rent tax that works

And when Australia is the second biggest exporter in the world, but over half of the gas we export attracts no royalties, you know big gas is taking the piss!

#auspol

[Dean Clements @deanclements3]

Our Uni’s Australia wide need to step up - Latrobe leading the way…

[Knowledge Matters @KnowledgeMatrs]

“There’d be riots in the street if we trained pilots or doctors the way we train teachers.” – Dr. Pamela Snow 💥

Accountability in teacher prep isn’t optional: it’s urgent.

Missed the webinar? Listen here 🎧
👉 https://t.co/LBdLnccYp5

#CurriculumMatters #KnowledgeMatters

[Emina McLean @EminaMcLean]

In less than 12 months Victoria has achieved:

1. A new English curriculum with a detailed Phonic and Word Knowledge sub-strand and a brand new sub-strand called Building Fluency and Making Meaning, to prioritise fluency, an essential key to reading. There’s also a much bigger emphasis on vocabulary and reading diverse, rich and complex texts.

2. A Reading Position Statement highlighting the importance of teaching The Big 6.

3. A phonics mandate (25 mins per day of SSP in F-2 from 2025).

4. A free foundational literacy curriculum for F-2 (Phonics Plus) including scope and sequence, lesson sequences and 450 lessons, each an hour long, that teach word level reading and spelling (phonics, irregular words, morphology, spelling patterns, multisyllabic words, phonemic and phonological awareness), decoding practice, reading fluency and handwriting at letter, word and sentence level. 450 hours of instruction planned and ready to teach for schools that wish to adopt it.

5. A new teaching and learning model (VTLM2.0) that reflects more of the evidence on how students learn and some good bets for teaching.

And there’s more to come. I’ve had a number of messages, and I’ve seen a number of posts, about the definition of Decode in the Phonics Plus scope and sequence. It is not a typo or a misunderstanding. This definition is set by the curriculum authority. This is not a new definition. This has been the definition in Victoria for a long, long time. The system is required to use curriculum
authority definitions. Definitions, while very important, take time to be updated when curriculum revisions and policy shifts occur. A similar change process occurred with the revised national curriculum. When a new definition is published, the system can use it. The resource itself is jam packed with systematic decoding instruction.

Any change within any education system is agonisingly hard and yet we have achieved so much so quickly here in Victoria. Coordinating change and achieving consistency across multiple agencies is even harder. There are always compromises. Nothing can or will ever be perfect or to everyone’s liking or at everyone’s desired pace. This is the reality of policy/practice change.

While I get the frustration, a glossary definition (that will be resolved in time) is not the salient thing. There is a bigger picture. An optimistic, constructive, pragmatic response to positive change can go a long way. Let’s focus on all the good.

[Dean Clements @deanclements3]

@EminaMcLean @BronRyrieJones And having a few sneaky pints I hope

[Charlotte Peverett (she/her) 💉💉🦠 💉💉🦠💉 @lifeoflottie]

Great article- thanks for sharing Matt 🙌🏽

[Bron Ryrie Jones @BronRyrieJones]

Excited for Workshop 2 of The #PlaybookProject24 today, working w 350+ teachers and leaders from diverse communities, sectors and settings.

[Dean Clements @deanclements3]

Imbeds getting the work done, brilliant. Thanks @ BronRyrieJones

[Bron Ryrie Jones @BronRyrieJones]

Excited for Workshop 2 of The #PlaybookProject24 today, working w 350+ teachers and leaders from diverse communities, sectors and settings.

[Mme Lockhart @MmeLockhartLDS]

Students have different “learning styles”. True or false?

I love how @rastokke isn’t afraid to tackle hot topics like this in her podcast episode with @DTWillingham.

Answer- FALSE (although more than 90% of teachers believe this may be true, there is no data to support that students have different learning styles.

So if you're a teacher, like me, who is constantly feeling guilty for not meeting each one of your students’ unique learning styles, you can take something off your plate because this is “something that's not scientifically supported.” (9:35) You’re welcome.😊

[Kareem J. Weaver @KJWinEducation]

Adult expectations for some children are lower because of class, trauma, race, family.
It must be the opposite.

Children can, must, and need to be fully literate... ESPECIALLY if their road is tough; they must have skills, focus, and grit.

Don't just feel for them. Teach them.

[Dean Clements @deanclements3]

Actually whilst I’m at it, consistent evidence based approaches to how we teach across all schools could also be a thing!

[Emina McLean @EminaMcLean]

Sorry what. ABC radio tonight reported we have 300,000 teachers working in Australian schools and 100,000 registered teachers NOT working in our schools. To have 25% of the workforce out speaks volume. It’s time for a radical rethink of workload and behaviour policy, yes?

[Dean Clements @deanclements3]

Consistent behaviour policies across all sectors, all networks and all schools, now that would be a thing!

[Emina McLean @EminaMcLean]

Sorry what. ABC radio tonight reported we have 300,000 teachers working in Australian schools and 100,000 registered teachers NOT working in our schools. To have 25% of the workforce out speaks volume. It’s time for a radical rethink of workload and behaviour policy, yes?

[John Pilger @johnpilger]

It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84. His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, but to his family he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace.

[Charlotte Peverett (she/her) 💉💉🦠 💉💉🦠💉 @lifeoflottie]

Replace ‘dyslexia’ with ‘intellectual disability’ and the same applies for reading instruction for children with an ID.

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

MUST WATCH: This is what teachers and principals want education ministers and teacher educators to know about initial teacher education.
https://t.co/tSmk6AY3QB

[Dean Clements @deanclements3]

The new Warrnambool library is spectacular and this made it even more so…’Sounds Write decodables’…love it!