On the last day of Term 1, we had a Manaiakalani Teacher Only Day with a focus on literacy. The inspiring Keynote speaker; Dr Rae Si'ilata talked about “What is effective practice when it comes to reading, and what is effective practice for our communities?” She talked about culturally responsive pedagogy and effective bilingual/biliteracy practice for our Pasifika learners. Throughout her presentation, she shared personal experiences and anecdotes which really hit home and gave me some perspective. My biggest takeaways were to always privilege the native speaker in the room, include more bilingual texts and texts need to act as mirrors, not windows! Get the learners to write their own stories and then read them! What is their story?
I also attended three workshops led by other Manaiakalani teachers where I reflected on my practice and learnt some new strategies that I can implement.
Workshop 1 = Shared Reading & Integrated Learning
Workshop 2 = Better Start Literacy
Workshop 3 = Deep Diving into the text
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