Phonics – guide for parents
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Reading is a foundational life skill and a source of pleasure and wonder. It’s one of the most important skills children learn and the teaching
The debate over phonics teaching (explicit instruction on how to ‘sound out’ words by learning the sounds that letters or combinations of letters stand for)
This article in The Conversation focuses on the disengagement that some students experience at school, often beginning in Year 9. According to the article: Each
At the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, we create and offer evidence-based professional learning programs, events and initiatives designed to take Victoria’s highly skilled
Victoria is moving to a new integrated senior secondary certificate that will bring together the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the Victorian Certificate of
If you have a VCE student in the family, you may be wondering how the statewide assessment and ranking process works. How can a fair
The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is often used as an indicator of how well an education system is performing. For example, in
Victoria is moving to a new integrated senior secondary certificate that will bring together the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the Victorian Certificate of
PV and the Victorian Student Representative Council (VicSRC) made a joint submission to the 2020 NAPLAN Review. The submission focused on mental health issues, the
In 2021 PV made a submission to the Review of the Australian Curriculum, conducted by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). In our
Reading is a foundational life skill and a source of pleasure and wonder. It’s one of the most important skills children learn and the teaching of phonics plays an important role in helping kids to become
The debate over phonics teaching (explicit instruction on how to ‘sound out’ words by learning the sounds that letters or combinations of letters stand for) has raged for decades. This article covers recent developments beginning
This article in The Conversation focuses on the disengagement that some students experience at school, often beginning in Year 9. According to the article: Each year in Victoria, thousands of students disengage from school between
At the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, we create and offer evidence-based professional learning programs, events and initiatives designed to take Victoria’s highly skilled teachers and school leaders from great to exceptional. The Academy
Victoria is moving to a new integrated senior secondary certificate that will bring together the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL). The move to a single certificate will
If you have a VCE student in the family, you may be wondering how the statewide assessment and ranking process works. How can a fair and equitable statewide ranking be achieved when schools can develop
The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is often used as an indicator of how well an education system is performing. For example, in March 2021 Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge used PISA results
Victoria is moving to a new integrated senior secondary certificate that will bring together the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL). The move to a single certificate will
PV and the Victorian Student Representative Council (VicSRC) made a joint submission to the 2020 NAPLAN Review. The submission focused on mental health issues, the use of NAPLAN data for ‘league tables’ of schools, ‘teaching
In 2021 PV made a submission to the Review of the Australian Curriculum, conducted by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). In our submission, we said that,”…a quality 21st century curriculum needs to
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