ALEA Top End - Australian Literacy Educators' Association

PD 3 of our 4 free PDs for ALEA members is with the fantastic Fiona Hamilton! Follow the link below to reserve your spot! 😊
https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22905/word-torque-with-fiona-hamilton

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Thursday at 6pm the winner of Paint and Sip tickets for you and a friend will be drawn. All you have to do is share this post to go into the running!

Oh and while you're at it, why not sign up for a PD with the amazing Julie Shepherd, happening this Thursday! (Free for members!) 😮

Remember those 4 free PD's for members we mentioned? 🤔
Well, hop on board for PD's 1 & 2 with the amazing Julie Shepherd and follow the link below to register! 😎✨

BONUS! Share this post to go into the running to win tickets for you and a colleague/teacher friend to our in-person 'Paint and Sip' event with none other than author and illustrator SANDRA KENDELL! 😮 (Event will be held at the Beachfront on the 5th of September and is a paid event... unless you're the lucky winner! 😉)
Lucky winner will be drawn on the 25th of July.

Link for Julie Shepherd PD
https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/24865/developing-an-understanding-about-teaching-spelling-orthography-through-inquiry-with-julie-shepherd

ALEA - Australian Literacy Educators' Association

Remember those 4 free PD's for members we mentioned? 🤔
Well, hop on board for PD's 1 & 2 with the amazing Julie Shepherd and follow the link below to register! 😎✨

BONUS! Share this post to go into the running to win tickets for you and a colleague/teacher friend to our in-person 'Paint and Sip' event with none other than author and illustrator SANDRA KENDELL! 😮 (Event will be held at the Beachfront on the 5th of September and is a paid event... unless you're the lucky winner! 😉)
Lucky winner will be drawn on the 25th of July.

Link for Julie Shepherd PD
https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/24865/developing-an-understanding-about-teaching-spelling-orthography-through-inquiry-with-julie-shepherd

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What are you waiting for? You can join ALEA Top End for free as a first year education student!
https://www.alea.edu.au/membership/join-alea/

Have you submitted to the Radical Writers Competition yet?

Join us for Part 1 of Julie Shepherd's PD - Developing an understanding about teaching spelling (orthography) through inquiry.

Follow the link to register your interest.
https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22901/developing-an-understanding-about-teaching-spelling-orthography-through-inquiry-with-julie-shepherd

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Don't miss out on this amazing FREE professional development!
Follow the link below to register.
https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22889/writing-short-stories-with-nick-earls-author

ALEA - Australian Literacy Educators' Association

Here at ALEA Top End we know it's been a big term and we have got just the thing! 😎 Why not spoil yourself with a free PD from Nick Earls, the phenomenal author of books such as 'The Curious Dictionary' and 'New Boy'. 🤩
All you have to do is follow the link below to register your interest.
https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22889/writing-short-stories-with-nick-earls-author

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Who's excited? We're excited! 🙌
Follow the link to sign up for this amazing PL! https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22885/supporting-teachers-to-include-learning-talk-with-sheena-cameron-louise-dempsey

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We are looking forward to presenting an online workshop for NT ALEA next Thursday afternoon.
As usual, ALEA is providing affordable PD (ALEA members - $30, Students: $20, Non-members: $40).

Follow this link to register: https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22885/supporting-teachers-to-include-learning-talk-with-sheena-cameron-louise-dempsey?fbclid=IwAR1StY9xNocUgB1qfA29O-4n_9xhvt6xZU52EwpcXUCvYMR_PrhZob55hyw

Mondays are for getting organised. Why not tick registering for this amazing PL off your to do list this week? ✅

Another great professional learning opportunity is coming up soon! Get in quick because we have already had plenty of interest for this phenomenal team!

Simply follow the link and register to reserve your spot! https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22885/supporting-teachers-to-include-learning-talk-with-sheena-cameron-louise-dempsey

Another great professional learning opportunity is coming up soon! Get in quick because we have already had plenty of interest for this phenomenal team!

Simply follow the link and register to reserve your spot! https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22885/supporting-teachers-to-include-learning-talk-with-sheena-cameron-louise-dempsey

Alan J Wright was just the beginning! ALEA Top End have got an amazing selection of learning lined up for you this semester! Want to get ahead of everyone else, you can follow this link https://www.alea.edu.au/professional-learning/professional-development-calendar/ to the professional development calendar and reserve your place now!
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Join us for our first PL of the year with Alan J Wright (what a fabulous way to kick off 2024 am I right!)
ALEA Top End are proud to offer this session FREE for all members and non-members across Australia!
Simply follow the link and register to reserve your spot! https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/22882/poetry-graffiti-for-the-heart-with-alan-j-wright

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A great PL opportunity!
ALEA membership knows no borders so you can access all states PD for member rates 👌
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=772748701318749&id=100057508778304&mibextid=Nif5oz

ALEA's premier research journal, The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (AJLL), now published by Springer Education, has a Q1 SCIMAGO Journal Ranking. Find out more about the journal and submit an article for publication consideration at https://www.springer.com/journal/44020

https://www.englishliteracyconference.com.au

Our latest newsletter is out, which means there are more resources on the website! First up is 'One Little Goat' (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing) by Ursula Dubosarsky Australian Children's Writer and Andrew Joyner. A great introduction to sentence structure, spelling patterns and onomatopoeia for Foundation students.

The CBCA Children's Book Council of Australia calls for groups to join them as SHADOW JUDGES. You might not wish your class to be an official shadow judging group but your class might enjoy reading and judging some of the books. Here is the list of books that are up for the awards -https://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/documents/BookOfTheYear/2023/2023_CBCA_Shortlist_List.pdf

THE PROGRAM IS LIVE

https://www.englishliteracyconference.com.au/conference/conference-program

🌑 ALEA - Sydney North Local Council has a wonderful online event coming up on Saturday 27th May! 🌑 Find out more & register at https://tinyurl.com/3xbfb8pe
🌑 Picture books from interactive read alouds offer teachers a valuable tool to use throughout literacy instruction. These books make excellent mentor texts for teaching reading and writing minilessons based on literacy standards and outcomes. In addition, they can serve as springboards to support students as they write about reading. In this session, participants will learn how to amplify and extend the power of picturebooks and read aloud experiences. 🌑

Lisa's last session was so popular we have organised a follow up. Please join us again!

Join Lisa Pinkerton coming to you from Ohio University USA. Lisa is the Marie Clay Endowed Chair in Reading Recovery and Early Literacy at The Ohio State University. She is a Reading Recovery Trainer and an Assistant Clinical Professor. She teaches a variety of literature and literacy courses. Lisa earned her PhD in literature for children and young adults and can usually be found recommending books to students and teachers.

This session will be followed by ALEA Sydney North AGM. Please register separately for both events. We would love you to attend out AGM!

ALEA TAS South is pleased to welcome Christine Topfer with her presentation titled “Reading Essentials: Essential Instructional Practices in Literacy Which Support the Improvement of Reading Outcomes.”

In this afternoon Zoom session, Christine will use a reading lens to explore Essential Instructional Practices in Literacy (MAISA, 2016) and share some practical examples that can be easily implemented in the classroom.

Registration closes 18 May 2023.

Zoom session: 25 May 2023, 3:30-4:45pm

Visit our website for more details and to register for this event: https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/18002/christine-topfer-reading-essentials-essential-instructional-practices-in-literacy-which-support-the-improvement-of-reading-outcomes

🌑 ALEA - SA has organised a great 'in-person' professional learning event, with Sheena and Louise from The Literacy Place, at Parkside Primary School in Adelaide. Parkside Primary School
🌑 Find out more and register at https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/18029/sheena-cameron-and-louise-dempsey-using-poetry-to-accelerate-progress-in-reading-and-writing
🌑 Spread the news!!!

Online Professional Learning Opportunity

Workshop Title: Young children's multimodal literacies, on and off screen
Date: Thursday, 1 June 2023
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm (one session)
Venue: Online via Zoom
Target audience: Early years (K-2) teachers and early childhood educators
Lucky door prize: Allen & Unwin children's literature bundle
Contact Name: Alison Seymour
Contact Email: [email protected]
• View more information and registration link at: https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/18594/young-children39s-multimodal-literacies-on-and-off-screen-and-alea-nsw-south-coast-lc-agm.
• Please feel free to share the attached flyer and workshop details within your networks.

Applications for the 2023 Reading Australia Fellowship are now open! This $15,000 Fellowship is for an experienced English and literacy teacher or teacher librarian. More info and eligibility criteria available from the Copyright Agency's ! | 🔗 https://fal.cn/3wa6b

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Call for Expressions of Interest

Associate Editor
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (AJLL) is the flagship academic journal of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA). The journal, which is published up to four times per annum in electronic/online format, disseminates research findings in the field of literacies and literacy education. It is directed at Australian and overseas audiences whose research interests range from early childhood to adult literacy education, English pedagogy, reading/viewing instruction, writing, oral language, digital literacies, multimodality, English as an additional language, Indigenous education, and learners with diverse language and literacy needs. AJLL is abstracted and indexed with Elsevier. Accepted manuscripts (including those assisgned to Special Issues) are published online once copyedited. The current acceptance rate for AJLL is approximately 30%. Further information about the journal is available from:
https://www.alea.edu.au/journals/?fbclid=IwAR3lKVVQlqtnUZtcXQ6edNG2hLQ7tJ33DxMu9NOhYEMlcIHSs-_qrik_UOg
and
https://www.springer.com/journal/44020?fbclid=IwAR2SDI7aZgafnd58DCOlMBnY-jmw8WonhnU_fPrsCwVtjmvr1VNg_dIj5k0

AJLL is calling for expressions of interest in the role of Associate Editor. This is a voluntary service position which involves:
• ensuring a high quality journal that meets ALEA’s and readers’ expectations;
• working collaboratively with the editor to ensure a high standard for the management of the journal, including timely and rigorous peer review and the production of issues in a timely manner to meet publication schedules;
• assisting the editor to write an editorial for issues when needed;
• in collaboration with the editor and other associate editors (and Springer’s copyediting team), ensuring that final copy is ready for publication;
• revising the editorial advisory board and review board every two years in collaboration with the editor, other associate editors, and ALEA’s Publications Director team;
• maintaining a balance of national and international contributions in each issue;
• working with ALEA’s Publications Director team as required including assisting to build the editorial team.

Expressions of interest are being sought from interested ALEA members – and others willing to join ALEA – who are accomplished university-based researchers with exceptional organisational and communication skills and possess deep knowledge of the field of literacies and journal processes – including peer review – and a personal record of high-quality academic publications.
The successful applicant will be invited to be involved in a three-month period of transition (February 2023 to May 2023) with the current editorial team, then a one year probation (June 2023 to July 2024), with the possibility of additional two-year terms after that.

Interested applicants should:
Prepare a brief one-page expression of interest which includes:
1. applicant’s name, affiliation, professional position and contact information;
2. applicant’s ALEA membership number and current membership status (or an expression of intention to join);
3. if applicable, list any other service roles with ALEA or similar associations;
4. experiences of editing, journal writing/publications, peer review processes, proof reading;
5. provide one or two examples of exceptional organisational skills, particularly relating to organising, leading and managing teams – including in an online environment;
6. provide one or two examples of exceptional communication and collaboration skills with colleagues and teams;
7. the names and contact details of two referees who can talk confidently about your
knowledge and skills in relation to an associate editor’s role.

Expressions of interest should emailed to the ALEA Publications Director team, Linda Willis at [email protected] and Mitchell Parker at [email protected] with the subject heading AJLL EOI: Associate Editor role.

NOTE: Queries can be directed to Linda Willis at [email protected] and Mitchell Parker at [email protected] or AJLL’s incoming Editor-in-Chief, Jessica Mantei at [email protected]

The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (AJLL), the research journal of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association, is produced three times a ...