Whole-school Literacy Planning
The purpose in developing a whole-school literacy strategy is to establish a planned, systematic approach to the teaching and learning of literacy in order to improve learning outcomes. All Education Queensland schools and teachers are to actively engage in an ongoing process of adopting and refining strategic approaches to literacy teaching. As a part of this process, teachers and schools will:
- reflect upon the effectiveness of current teaching practice, to ensure that all students have the literacy skills required for positive and productive engagement in their work, family and civic lives
- investigate why particular students are making less than optimal progress, and plan appropriate curriculum and pedagogies that better meet their needs
- consider the challenges presented by social, cultural, economic and technological changes, and the consequent implications for how the school can best meet the needs of students to 2010 and beyond
- learn more about literacy and its development, and about effective practices in schools
- organise, plan, resource, implement evaluate and sustain programs to improve literacy outcomes for all students in the years ahead.
Schools are advised to coordinate whole-school literacy planning with the implementation of other key systemic initiatives such as:
- developing the school curriculum plan
- implementing new syllabuses
- engaging in learning conversations about productive pedagogies
- planning a strategic approach to addressing the diverse and complex needs of students at educational risk.
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