#SPAconf delighted to be a system leader during this time of much needed change

#SPAconf early literacy success for childrens’ wellbeing - lifting up and scaling up from pilot trials to full scale national implementation

#SPAconf the evidence base for national approach. SLPs have a lot to offer evidence informed early literacy strategies.

#SPAconf closing the gap for students at risk through early literacy success

#SPAconf change the narrative for First Nations people - what helps them flourish at school. Strengths based and aspirational teaching practices.

#SPAconf braiding western and First Nations knowledges to accelerate early literacy success - looks like person centered, strengths based, culturally informed and effective teaching and learning

#SPAconf reimagining community engagement - strengths based - what they can do and next steps for learning. Music to my ears! Let’s change the way we view our children as capable of learning - our job is to provide the opportunities for ALL children to flourish

#SPAconf but was does Better Start Literacy Approach look like?

#SPAconf and BOOM multi tier systems of support response to teaching framework - in Qld, DOE whole school approach to differentiated teaching and learning

#SPAconf using data in strength based ways - focusing on effect of explicit teaching of key literacy skills

#SPA conf impressive acceleration - those that had quality teaching for 10 weeks maintained the gain at the end of the year

#SPAconf better start literacy approach first benefits all children. Those with communication difficulties need more tier two focused at word decoding and encoding skills and then they accelerate

#SPAconf look at that acceleration transfer from decoding to encoding in spelling - awesome!

#SPAconf for the $10million investment the return was $382 million - for every $1 invested, a $38 return - that’s the economic benefit of the better start literacy approach

#SPAconf monitoring early literacy - partnerships with teachers that celebrate success and identify next steps

#SPAconf minimum number of tasks for maximum impact

#SPAconf don’t wait to fail - close progress monitoring of early literacy means responses to teaching can be targeted and at the right intensity to support children’s literacy progress.

#SPAconf quality early literacy instruction at universal classroom tier 1 = 40 minutes x 4 times a week for 10 weeks

#SPAconf performance on non word spelling (ie transfer) is key to identifying children who need tier 2 as well as tier 1

#SPAconf tier 2 - not different, more intensive and targeted with transfer of phoneme practice into decodable readers late in the lesson