S7 E8 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You (Part 2) Read more… Mar 22, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, literacy, explicit instruction, helping struggling readers, english teaching, morphology, spelling, teaching spelling, Phonics, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, Cognitive load, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 16 min read 806 views
S7 E7 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You Read more… Mar 15, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, writing difficulty, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, learning to read, english teaching, spelling, teaching spelling, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, intervention, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 19 min read 1284 views
S7 E1 - The Three Critical Questions Your Students Are Silently Asking You Read more… Feb 1, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, relationships, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, teaching, Evidence based teaching practice, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, reluctant writers, writing difficulty, explicit instruction, Struggling readers, classroom communication, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, Managing Wellbeing, developing as a leader, change process, science of reading & comprehesion 12 min read 786 views
Summer Series - When Repeated Reading Doesn't Work Read more… Jan 11, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, literacy, explicit instruction, literacy podcast, structured literacy, teacher & evidence based instruction 10 min read 3247 views
S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels Read more… Nov 23, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, reading, learning to read, text selection, teaching children to read, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, Authentic texts, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 941 views
S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning Read more… Nov 9, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, teach grammar, teach writing, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, reluctant writers, writing difficulty, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, english teaching, text based learning, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, decision making, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 1011 views
S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule Read more… Oct 12, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, Assessment, explicit instruction, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonemic skills, text selection, teaching children to read, morphology, Phonics, change management, change process, vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading & structured literacy 20 min read 824 views
S6 E15 - What Does Research Say About Novel Study? Read more… Sep 28, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, reading, text selection, Struggling readers, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, Managing Wellbeing, developing as a leader, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, student & teacher 26 min read 4562 views
S6 E8 - From Compliance to Commitment: Transforming School Improvement Read more… Aug 10, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, explicit instruction, literacy podcast, structured literacy & teacher 16 min read 1502 views
S6 E6 - Why Confidence is a Misleading Measure of Capability Read more… Jul 27, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, explicit instruction, literacy podcast & structured literacy 12 min read 738 views
S6 E5 - How to Reclaim Your Professional Judgement Read more… Jul 20, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, teach grammar, teach writing, Australian curriculum, Explicit teaching, literacy, literacy podcast & structured literacy 13 min read 1761 views
S6 E3 - How Do We Prevent Progress Being Wiped Out in a Swing of the Pendulum? Read more… Jul 6, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching Resources, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, literacy podcast & structured literacy 12 min read 850 views