Kathleen Williams

Speech Language Pathologist. Interests: Education, EBP, reading instruction, oral language, phonics, DLD, MTSS. Crazy dog lady! Views mine.

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

"So far this year 34 women have been killed by their partners"

"Budget found $604m for antisemitism .. found nothing to increase domestic violence services"

Andrew Brown on the silence. Part 1
#auspol

https://t.co/wgAY7idRlL

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

Watching #SurvivorAU

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

2 big swinging balls - I miss JLP#SurvivorAU

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My column on Epstein’s helpful mega-famous friends - who just didn’t care that he went to jail for soliciting minors

https://t.co/XEL00y21q2

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

@PamelaSnow2 @Smithre5 @latrobe @tserry2504 Congratulations Dr @Smithre5. Amazing achievement by one of the most knowledgeable, passionate and generous educators out there ⭐️

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

@EminaMcLean Excellent response! Thank you for taking the time to write it.

[Learning & the Brain @learningandtheb]

"Giving students lots of experience w/ the scientific method isn't the best way to make them great scientists."

Why?

"Without sufficient [scientific] knowledge to steer thinking, discovery approaches can easily overload working memory."

Intrigued?

https://t.co/XWKVN9GJz7

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

There are more episodes of Sold a Story coming in February. https://t.co/F6Nd8mkeGV

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

@EminaMcLean Excited to see these being released. A huge congratulations and thank you to the dedicated and passionate team who have been working flat out to get them done ⭐️

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Comparative Judgement is ideal for assessing open-ended tasks like writing & speaking.

It lets you avoid "skills progression" statements which have caused so much damage & workload to education systems globally.

We're now applying it to oracy.
https://t.co/AxjljOB6Ng

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

@PamelaSnow2 @tserry2504 @JBarbousas @latrobe @johnnodvc Congratulations Pam and dream team. So well deserved ⭐️🥳📚

[Speech and Language UK @SpeechAndLangUK]

How did the pandemic impact babies starting school this year?

It had a huge impact on children learning to talk and understand words 😢

Read the full article below featuring our CEO @Jane_Harris77, and tune into BBC Breakfast this morning!

https://t.co/AkxDDeCTW5

[Timmy Crowe @timmy400h]

If you have a few moments to listen to this interview as a parent with your child.
Possible one of the best post race interviews I have ever watched #PlayOn

[Ochre Education @OchreEducation]

This week we are planning to review some of the support Ochre teachers are providing their peers.

Day 1: Sample assessments

We have created a range of sample assessments to support teachers in assessing how well their students have mastered key concepts and skills.

[Matilda Gosling @matildagosling]

A 🧵 on unintended consequences of mental health interventions, and why some school and workplace schemes may be contributing to the problem they were designed to solve. 1/10

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

Summary of @Barker_J & my presentation at #EducationFest today:

(Another beast of a thread)

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[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

🚨 COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT! For new knowledge to be encoded in long-term memory, we must DRIVE THINKING and ensure that students are cognitively engaged. This poster summarises how you can push ALL students to think hard.

🔺 Over 1,000 downloads so far… 👊 REPOST and get a FREE high-quality copy: https://t.co/Xj2XpPGvnu

Thanks to the top educators featured: @olicav @ProfCoe @DTWillingham @Doug_Lemov

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

@EminaMcLean @learnwithmrlee Listened today on my travels. Was such a great chat. You talked about so many things I’m seeing and hearing about at schools.

[Kathleen Williams @kath_will5]

@lifeoflottie @GrattanInst This is fabulous. Great work! ⭐️