From the Assistant Principal Week 1
Dr Lorraine Hammond visits SCA!
Dr Lorraine Hammond continues to provide professional learning for our system schools and will provide coaching sessions for our SCA Teachers next Monday 1st to focus on High Impact Teaching Strategies in classrooms and Tuesday 2nd with a Parent Session in the Hall, sharing how parents can help at home with reading.
Dr Lorraine Hammond is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University in WA, working and researching in the area of early literacy, high impact instructional strategies, including explicit teaching and learning difficulties. Lorraine completed her Masters and PhD on the prevention of reading and spelling difficulties and in 2002 was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. In 2016, Lorraine was recognised by the Australian Government with a University Teaching Award for outstanding tertiary teaching and in 2017 the Australian Council for Educational Leadership recognised her work in schools promoting high impact instruction. Lorraine is the President of Learning Difficulties Australia and the Chair, Deputy Chair and Board Member of three high-performing WA schools. She has developed and presented professional learning on evidence-based literacy strategies for the Kimberley Schools Project since 2017. In 2021, she commenced work in a similar project with Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Lorraine received an Order of Australia (AM) for her significant contribution to tertiary education and the community.
The teaching approach, High Impact Teaching Practice, guides the way in which our teachers plan, deliver and support learning for every student at SCA. The approach has been developed and designed based on national and global research into how children learn, known as the Science of Learning. High Impact Teaching Practice involves embedding evidence-based pedagogy in all classrooms, informed by Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, supported by high-quality curriculum resources.
You are invited to join Dr Lorraine as she presents to our Parent Community about
How the Brain learns to read, The best way we can teach it and more importantly How you can help at home.
See the flyer further in the newsletter.
God bless.
Jo Reed
Assistant Principal