About Literacy to You

Literacy to You is a 20 week online professional learning and development programme for teachers of middle years students (ages 8-13). The programme comprises 10 modules to improve classroom practice and increase students’ literacy achievement.

The modules are:

• Overview of the metacognitive model
• Overview of comprehension skills and strategies
• Teaching comprehension strategies
• Making connections
• Asking questions
• Visualising
• Drawing inferences
• Determining important ideas
• Synthesising information
• Monitoring comprehension and repairing understanding

Each module includes:

• Topics: theory, lesson examples and videos to explain skills and strategies
• Activities: learning is applied through classroom practice and participation in the online community
• Reflection: social networking tools are used to reflect, summarise, or give feedback on what participants have understood or learned.

During the programme there are two live webinars to support learning and to connect with other participants and the facilitator.

To find out more: Overview map (PDF, 214kb)