Professional Learning

Raising Literacy Australia offers Professional Learning through a range of workshops, that are underpinned by current research and evidence, as well as the Early Years Learning Framework. Our workshops are aimed to support early years professionals who work closely with young children and families including library staff and early childhood educators. They emphasise the importance of language and literacy-rich environments, early interactions, and developing and maintaining connections with families to create links with the home environment.

Our key Professional Learning workshops are

Our workshops are offered online or face-to-face across Australia. We can curate and facilitate sessions tailored to meet your team’s and organisation’s needs, including early years literacy information sessions bespoke to your service, at events, and for parents/carers and professionals.

We can also arrange face-to-face services with specialist presenters, including:

  • Chitter Chatter – Speech and Language Development in the Early Years developed by a highly experienced and qualified Speech Pathologist
  • Sing a Song of Sixpence Music Workshop – presented by a Specialist Music Teacher
  • Sensory Processing in the Early Years – presented by a highly experienced and qualified Paediatric Occupational Therapist.

Contact the professional learning team for pricing and to learn more: training@raisingliteracy.org.au.

Building Home Libraries

Building Home Libraries Program is an early years multilayered, targeted literacy program that has been proven effective in addressing disadvantage in children and families and children’s vulnerabilities in language and communication skills. It is designed to strengthen the learning capacity, oral language, and literacy development of 3- and 4-year-old children. The program enables children to access high-quality literacy resources and support parent capacities to create home literacy environments that foster (and increase) interactions and quality book sharing. Programs can be delivered for 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.

Your service will also receive a set of the same books and play-based resources, creating consistency between what children experience at home and in the learning setting.

Educators participating in the program receive professional learning focused on sharing literacy messages with families, role modelling book-sharing strategies, and guiding parents and carers in using the resources to support rich home learning experiences.

All books included in the Building Home Libraries Program are published by our in-house publishing house, Little Book Press, and have been carefully selected to suit the developmental needs of each age group.

Expected outcomes for this program are:

  • Increased literacy engagement from families and children
  • Develop an understanding of the neuroscience behind positive interactions and early childhood brain development
  • Gain strategies on engaging families with varying literacy levels and incorporating play into reading

How the program is delivered:

  • The program is initially delivered via an online training session, detailing the program and advice on delivery/engagement with families. The training is downloadable so you can access it at any time.
  • Book packs are sent out to centres each school term as a regular delivery for distribution.
  • A pre- and post-program survey is sent out for feedback and evaluation at the start and end of the program.
  • Regular check-ins with centres throughout the program are initiated by RLA staff, to offer additional support and answer questions.
  • Raising Literacy Australia is available anytime throughout the year to offer additional support.

SA Preschool Boost

We are an approved menu supplier for SA Preschool Boost and offer comprehensive, wraparound programs that provide multi-level support and resources to upskill educators.

See below for all the programs on offer and contact us if you would like any further information.

Educator Upskilling:

Programs are delivered as a 2.5-hour online workshop, and it also includes:

  • 1 Big Book for your service, as well as a toolkit containing 3 finger puppets and 3 picture books (including Little Book Press titles) to enhance your learning and implementation. These resources are seamlessly integrated into the workshop delivery, equipping you with tools to incorporate into your planning and curriculum, while also offering valuable assets to share with families after the session.
  • A certificate of attendance
  • A copy of the slide deck,
  • A 12-month membership to the online learning group forum. This platform provides access to expert trainers from Raising Literacy Australia, who will share inquiry prompts, research insights, and practical strategies.

 

Click below to learn more about each program:

Building Foundations for Early Learning

Developing Oral Language

Inclusive Literacy Practice for CALD Children & Families

Integrating Language & Literacy in STEM

Social and Emotional Language

 

Educator Upskilling/Family & Parenting Support:

Building Home Libraries Program

Victorian School Readiness Funding

We are a preferred supplier for the Victorian School Readiness Funding program. Access the VSRF Menu of Evidence here.
Our current courses are:

Programs/Services

  • Building Home Libraries – 3-, 6- and 12-month programs of literacy resources for children and professional learning (creating collections for families – connecting service to home literacy)
  • Consultations – by request

Kindy Uplift Program

We provide evidence-based training and high-quality literacy resources for Queensland educators to enhance learning priorities in alignment with Kindy Uplift.

Ready to get started? Enrol here!

Professional Learning Terms and Conditions

On enrolment of professional learning courses and sessions with Raising Literacy Australia, participant/s are required to read the following terms and conditions. On ticking the term and conditions box on the enrolment form, participant/s indicate that they agree and will adhere to the terms and conditions stated below.
Enrolling in a course / Professional learning session/s
•Course enrolments close 7 calendar days prior to the session start date and time.
•At the time of enrolment, payer details (of the person responsible for payment of invoice/s) must be provided.

The following details are required:
»organisation name and contact details
»full name of payer responsible for payment of invoice
»email address
»phone number

•Invoices for each enrolled session are issued following completion of the enrolment form.
*Note: Payer details are mandatory and if not provided, enrolment will not be confirmed.

Payment of invoice/s
•Invoices must be paid in full and received within the time frame specified on the invoice and/or 7 days prior to the start date and time of the enrolled session/s.
•On receipt of payment, enrolled participant/s will receive:
»a confirmation email with session details, with online link to access the session.
»educator toolkit/s or supporting resources to the nominated delivery address (these items are only included for selected course. For more information,
refer to https://raisingliteracy.org.au/professional-learning

Outstanding invoice/s
•A participant with an outstanding invoice will not be accepted into the session/s.
•If an invoice becomes 7 days overdue, an automated reminder for immediate payment
will be emailed.
•If a second reminder is sent for the outstanding invoice, Raising Literacy Australia will issue an administration fee of $25.00 and reserves the right to refer your account to a debt collection agency/or law firm.
•If an overdue account is referred to a debt collection agency and/or law firm, the nominated organisation will be liable for all costs incurred including legal demand costs.

Attending a session/s
•7 days prior to attending a session, the participant should confirm:
»the nominated organisation has paid in full for their enrolled session.
» the access link to the online session has been received. 24 hours prior to the start date,
a reminder of the session details will be sent.
• Participant/s must:
»use professional, respectful and inclusive language at all times.
» situate themselves in a suitable space so the background shown on camera is professional, respectful and appropriate.
» where possible and appropriate have their camera and audio turned on to maximise the full learning experience.
» refrain from sharing confidential information about their organisation.
•In the event a participant’s behaviour is deemed unprofessional, disrespectful or offensive by the facilitator:
» the participant will be removed from the session.
» Raising Literacy Australia will inform the nominated organisation in writing, of the participants behaviour.
• Failure of attendance to a session without prior communication, will result in a cancellation of the booking with no refund or ability to reschedule.

Cancelling a session/s
• If a participant notifies Raising Literacy Australia to cancel a session:
» they can opt to reschedule or transfer their booking (see rescheduling/transferring a session).
• If Raising Literacy Australia cancels a session (and does not offer a re-scheduled date):
» All participants will be notified by email.
» A full refund will be issued within 14 business days of the session/s being cancelled.

Rescheduling / Transferring session/s
•If a participant advises they are unable to attend their enrolled session/s, they can:
» re-schedule to an alternative session/s at a later date within the same calendar year.
» transfer their booking to another person within their organisation, within the same calendar year, providing the invoice is paid and received in full.
•if a participant/s is unable to attend a session that they have re-scheduled, this booking will expire, and no refund will apply.
• If Raising Literacy Australia reschedules the session:
» all participants will be notified by email.
» alternative session dates will be offered or the option of a full refund to the nominated organisation within 14 business days.

For further clarification on our terms and conditions, please email: training@raisingliteracy.org.au