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
- Building Foundations for Early Learning (BFEL)
- Developing Oral Language (DOL)
- Inclusive Literacy Practice (ILP)
- Language, Literacy and Critical Thinking (LLCT)
- Social and Emotional Language (SEL)
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
Inclusive Literacy Practice for CALD Children & Families
Integrating Language & Literacy in STEM
Educator Upskilling/Family & Parenting Support:
Building Home Libraries Program
Victorian School Readiness Funding
- Building Foundations for Early Learning (BFEL)
- Developing Oral Language (DOL)
- Inclusive Literacy Practice (ILP)
- Language, Literacy and Critical Thinking (LLCT)
- Social and Emotional Language (SEL)
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.
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