On Thursday 15th August, we had Emina McLean provide a fabulous day of evidence-based professional development for the teaching staff. We have been working with Emina for 18 months and were incredibly fortunate to be able to book her in for three days per term this year to work with our staff.
Emina is a language and literacy expert, and holds many qualifications, including speech pathology, counselling, mental health and public health, and is currently completing her PHD in Education. She is also guiding our network of schools and others at a government level.
The day was incredibly valuable and was focused on evidence-based teaching practices such as, responsive teaching and vocabulary instruction. We also spent time setting goals and looking into our positive results achieved this year, a very exciting part of the day. Staff were inspired and eager to continue the implementation of these practices into their teaching, with our students and their success at the core.
We look forward to our upcoming sessions with Emina.