My Professional Learning journey!

Welcome back to my professional development Inquiry practice for 2023 which is based on Literacy. I am enrolled online to study with the University of Canterbury to implement the Better Start for Literacy Approach (BSLA) to my Year 2 learners. This is a structured literacy program that focuses on providing support to children for reading and writing and oral language in their formative years of school. There is a strong pedagogy of phonic awareness, decoding, reading for meaning, word recognition and language accumulation for our tamariki. Parents and whanau are encouraged to support the follow up reading activities at home. Assessment is carried out by classroom teachers every 10 weeks to monitor the students progress and there is an expectation that we will see Maori and Pacific learners achieve positive gains in literacy skills at a faster rate than previously experienced. You are able to view a sample of the learning outcomes and resources on the BSLA site: https://www.betterstartapproach.com/