Embedding Literacy across Secondary Disciplines

Develop a strong cross-disciplinary literacy culture in your secondary school

Embedding Literacy across Secondary Disciplines focuses on unpacking the knowledge and capabilities required of educators to lead literacy improvement.

You will explore ways to create a coherent and consistent whole-school approach to cross-disciplinary literacy teaching and learning.

This course has been developed for the secondary school context.

You will leave with a deeper understanding of how to empower teachers to effectively support students to develop as literate people.

Audience

Designed for teacher leaders in Victorian government secondary schools. Participants could include:

• literacy leaders
• learning specialists
• literacy coordinators
• curriculum development leaders with responsibility for influencing literacy improvement.

Regional improvement staff including education improvement leaders, professional learning community managers, student achievement managers and members of the differentiated school support initiative are also encouraged to apply. 

If you are from a non-government school and are interested in participating, refer to our expression of interest process.

Facilitators

Facilitators are highly respected and experienced practitioners with both academic and practical expertise.

Keay Cobbin from Wilcob Education Consulting has had a long career as a teacher and leader in Victorian schools and is now a consultant focusing on literacy and leadership in education. Keay provides professional learning for teachers, coaches and school leaders to provide high quality professional learning to achieve the best outcomes for all students.