This conference will run over 2 days (Saturday 28th October and Sunday 29th October). All presentations will be recorded and available for 1 month.
On day 1, our keynote speaker, Dr. Anita Archer, will discuss explicit instruction in her presentation ‘The Magic is in the Instruction’ and Julie Scali will present on the Fundamentals of Response to Intervention. Karina Stocker will provide examples of how a school in Melbourne has successfully used MTSS models and Julie Sonnemann will present on ‘What the research says: How to embed small group tuition in schools?’
On day 2, screening assessments and setting targets will be discussed (Robyn Wheldall/Nicola Bell/Siobhan Merlo/Julie Scali). Louise Spear-Swerling will present on Identifying common types of reading difficulties and Alison Madelaine will present on designing Tier 3 interventions.
Livestream Replay Day 1 – 28 October 2023
Livestream Replay Day 2 – 29 October 2023
Timings for the conference
Saturday 28th October – 9:30- 14:00 (AEDST)
Sunday 29th October – 9:30 – 13:30 pm (AEDST)
Schedule: Saturday 28th October 9:30 – 14:00 (AEDST)
| Session | Title and Speaker | Start | Finish | Handouts |
| Welcome | 9:30 | 9:45 | ||
| Session 1 | The Fundamentals of Response to Intervention (RTI) (Julie Scali) | 9:45 | 10:30 | Download |
| Session 2 | Unlocking Effective Implementation: Insights and Strategies from a School’s Perspective (Karina Stocker) | 10:30 | 11:15 | Download |
| Break | Thank you to our gold sponsors and raffle draw | 11:15 | 11:30 | |
| Session 3 Keynote | The Magic is in the Instruction (Dr Anita Archer) | 11:30 | 13:00 | Download “Archerisms” Poster |
| Session 4 | What the research says: How to embed small-group tuition in schools? (Julie Sonnemann) | 13:00 | 13:45 | Download |
| Wrap up and Close | 13:45 | 14:00 |
Schedule: Sunday 29th October 9:30 – 13:30 (AEDST)
| Session | Title and Speaker | Start | Finish | Handouts |
| Welcome | 9:30 | 9:45 | ||
| Session 1 | The Development and use of the WARs (Dr Robyn Wheldall & Dr Nicola Bell) | 9:45 | 10:05 | Download WARS 1 WARS 2 |
| Session 2 | Numeracy and Mathematics using the RTI Model (Dr Siobhan Merlo) | 10:05 | 10:25 | Download |
| Session 3: | Universal Screening with Dibels and setting SMART targets for students with learning difficulties (Julie Scali) | 10:30 | 11:15 | Download |
| Break | Thank you to our gold sponsors and raffle draw | 11:15 | 11:30 | |
| Session 4 | Identifying common types of reading difficulties within an RTI framework (Louise Spear-Swerling) | 11:30 | 12:30 | Download |
| Session 5 | Designing Tier 3 interventions for students with learning difficulties (Dr Alison Madelaine) | 12:30 | 13:15 | Download |
| Wrap up and Close | 13:15 | 13:30 |
Handouts
In Sydney and Looking for further PD on RTI in Secondary Schools?
PALs are running an RTI event this Friday, 3rd Nov in Epping, see here for more information.
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