In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Professor Pamela Snow. She has been at the coalface fighting for evidence-based reading instruction to be common practice for a number of years and throughout this conversation, she provides nuggets of gold in describing how when we talk about phonics we need to be using it as an adjective with a noun following it. Pamela unpacks why this debate about reading has been going on for so long and why changing teacher practice can be so challenging. She also delves into what parents need to know and what questions they could be asking.

Resources mentioned:

• Grattan Institute - The Reading Guarantee
• Nancy Young’s Reading and Writing Ladder
• Science of Reading Podcast S2-05: The Right to Read Project on nurturing automatic readers: Margaret Goldberg and Alanna Mednick
• Troy Verey
• Dr Danielle Colenbrander
• Dr. Pam Kastner
• Emily Hanford - Sold a Story
• Professor Lorraine Hammond

You can connect with Pam:

Twitter: @PamelaSnow2

Linkedin

Website: https://pamelasnow.blogspot.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Jamie Clark, an English teacher and lead practitioner specialising in pedagogy and digital learning. They discuss his recently released book, One Pagers and unpack how it could be used. Jamie breaks down a number of the techniques mentioned in the book and describes his thinking process in putting it all together. He also provides some super useful tips on how teachers can design their own.

Resources mentioned:

• Oliver Caviglioli
• Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli - Teaching Walkthrus
• Apple
• Oliver Caviglioli and David Goodwin - Organising Ideas
• John Catt Education
• Ron Berger
• S02E10 - Bron Ryrie Jones on Responsive Teaching and Instructional Playbooks
• Doug Lemov - Teach Like a Champion
• Steplab

You can connect with Jamie:

Twitter: @XpatEducator

Instagram: @xpateducator

Linkedin: @jamieleeclark85

Website: www.jamieleeclark.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Emina McLean. Emina works with systems, schools, leaders, and teachers to develop ambitious and rigorous assessment, curriculum and instruction practices in English and literacy. In this chat, Emina discusses her focus on implementing effective systems and practices for teaching reading and writing. She highlights the importance of aligning curriculum, assessment, and instruction, and the need for a well-sequenced and comprehensive curriculum. Emina also unpacks the challenges of implementing evidence-based practice in schools, including the overwhelming number of competing priorities.

Resources mentioned:

• A Single Shard - Linda Sue Park
• Ochre Education
• EEF - Implementation Guide

You can connect with Emina:

Twitter: @EminaMcLean

Linkedin

Email: emina.mclean@gmail.com

Website: www.eminamclean.com/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

https://www.patreon.com/KnowledgeforTeachersPodcast