Yesterday I reached a big #PhD milestone: my Mid Candidature Review ✅️ 20 min presentation + 20 min Q&A w the panel. Huge thanks to my supervision team for their guidance, expertise & support through this journey. Danielle Colenbrander Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social & Rauno Parrila Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy

My first time attending the Australian Catholic Education Conference in Cairns along with 1500 pple!Day 2 w Dylan Wiliam Jordana Hunter Prof Donna King reflecting abt high quality instructional materials, pedagogy of engagement & responsiveness, & teacher training #ACEC2025

Wrap-up from Dylan Wiliam at #ACEC2025: Assessment is defined by how you use the results. 3 purposes: 1)achievement,2) inform instruction, 3)strengthen memory. Great day w/ Renee & Nicola Merici College National Catholic Education Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn "Better evidence, better decision, better learning"

✨ Big milestone today — I submitted my first manuscript! Now begins the waiting game ⏳📚 Fingers crossed 🤞 #PhDLife #AcademicTwitter #ResearchJourney

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The power of collaboration! When we share generously across systems, everyone grows. I gave an hour of my time to share my experiences & reflection, and in return received the sweetest gesture—a box of chocolates 🍫. Grateful for the connection & generosity

1 of 3 Attending Dr. Anita Archer’s Explicit Instruction training reminded me: fidelity must be to the evidence. See 3 lesson examples made more explicit & systematic in this Practice Guide ➡️ centeroninstruction.org/intensive-inte…

Networking, Collaboration & Reflection: we spent the last 3 days hosting 24 leaders from Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools, visiting 5 CECG primary & secondary schools to see Catalyst in action. Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn patrick ellis Peter Fullagar

🎉12 new Teaching Fellows celebrated in the Great Hall at Parliament! 9 years on, 148 alumni members. Honoured to be part of this inspiring @SchoolsPlus network (as a 2019 Fellow) — Georgia & I even managed to sneak in a photo with Jason Clare MP! 📷 Congrats to the new Fellows!

Middle school reading scores are slipping. Tim Shanahan explains why strong Tier 1–3 instruction in grades 5–12 matters. 🔗 shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/our-middl… Extra support: watch my free online modules for secondary teachers jct-consultant.com/modules/

🎙️ Just dropped! Bec West and I chatted about my work as a literacy leader, instructional coach, and PhD student at the Centre for the Advancement of Literacy. Loved reconnecting as teacher fellows Australian Schools Plus. Listen now on Teacher Takeaway Podcast 👇 facebook.com/share/p/1FJ5K8…

Sharing Best Practice is excited to officially announce the Sharing Best Practice Sydney Conference! Tuesday 28th October 9.30am-3.30pm Speakers include Natalie Wexler, Dr Jenny Donovan and Manish Gazula. $75 Tickets available here trybooking.com/DEUUF

“Decades of research clearly demonstrate that for novices (compromising virtually all students) direct, explicit instruction is more effective and more efficient than partial guidance.” Paul A. Kirschner Putting Students on the Path to Learning, a must-read article for all

Early outcomes of a structured literacy implementation across a school system: the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catalyst program. Tanya Anne Serry PhD Jennifer Buckingham Pamela Snow Professor Lorraine Hammond AM Kym Simoncini Tina Daniel tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Such a privilege to speak at the Department of Education’s first Reading Symposium in Queensland! Over 1,700 teachers joined. Their commitment to reading excellence was contagious. What a buzz!✨ Pamela Snow Professor Lorraine Hammond AM Reid Smith 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 Manisha Gazula & more

You won’t want to miss this chance to see Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social & Jessica Colleu Terradas CF presenting researchED Australia in Sydney! events.humanitix.com/researched-aus…

Thrilled to be sharing my PhD research researchED Australia alongside Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social about advancing literacy in secondary schools, with a special lens on the role of morphology in spelling curriculum-relevant words in Yr 7 ! Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy Grab your ticket now: lnkd.in/gFRiVbwV

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So excited to be presenting alongside international speaker Natalie Wexler in Canberra! 📚 Join us for Writing and Knowledge Building - Nov 7. Tickets $80 → events.humanitix.com/natalie-wexler… Can’t wait to learn and share with educators! ✨ co-hosted by Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn Think Forward Educators

Tuesday 21 October | 7:00pm (online AEDT) Join our growing network of 470+ educators as we explore effective literacy interventions in secondary schools with our guest speaker, Nicole Commins (Merici College, Braddon) 👉 Register: lnkd.in/g9M_ZjQj