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Amanda Sutera
Dec 16, 20243 min read
Holiday Reads 2025
Suggested professional reads and TEN student novel recommendations Well, we made it! Here we are, the last week of the 2024 school year,...
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Amanda Sutera
Nov 12, 20243 min read
Coaching in Leadership- Key Takeaways as a Trained Leader
MY TOP 3 TAKEAWAYS AND HOW TO APPLY THEM TO YOUR LEADERSHIP Recognise “In-the-Moment” Coaching Opportunities Effective coaching isn’t...
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Amanda Sutera
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Why You Might Be Experiencing Pushback and Resistance to Changes in Literacy Practices
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO OVERCOME THIS USING A COACHING APPROACH Implementing change in literacy practices, especially in upper primary or...
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Amanda Sutera
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Setting Up Your Classroom For Accountable Independent Reading
PART TWO: creating an effective reading routine for independent reading Read-alouds with students and to students are IMPORTANT. A...
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Amanda Sutera
Jul 16, 20243 min read
Helping Students Select Their Own Novels for Independent Accountable Reading
PART ONE: student-selected texts for independent reading Read-alouds with students and to students are IMPORTANT. A whole-class...
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Amanda Sutera
Jun 12, 20243 min read
Creating Text-Based Units for Literature Analysis and Reading Comprehension
From Theory into Practice There are numerous time-saving resources available to teachers to prepare and deliver effective lessons. The...
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Amanda Sutera
May 15, 20244 min read
What is Your School's Approach to Literacy?
The ONE question leaders need to ask to increase literacy achievement: Seven simple words, yet powerful and profound in their...
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Amanda Sutera
Apr 16, 20242 min read
Using Instructional Coaching to Build Literacy Practice
The Effects and Impacts of Instructional Coaching Often as educators, you might find yourself… From a classroom teacher’s perspective:...
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Amanda Sutera
Mar 20, 20243 min read
3 Ways For School Leaders To Improve Literacy Practice
Questions, Consistency, Support I often liken coaching to mindfulness- paying careful attention to the current situation, bringing to the...
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Amanda Sutera
Feb 20, 20242 min read
Sentence-Level Phrases for Narrative and Persuasive Writing
Adverbial phrases, prepositional phrases and noun phrases. I was observing a Year 6 classroom last week, and the teacher was working...
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Amanda Sutera
Feb 6, 20244 min read
Analysing Your Literacy Data to Drive Instruction
What do we look for? What do we do now? What happens next? Let’s take a moment to think about the purpose of assessing students and the...
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Amanda Sutera
Jan 23, 20245 min read
How to Set Up your Literacy Practice for Success in 2024
8 Top Tips To Implement When I was in Year 5 and 6, I’d spend several days in my classroom before the beginning of the school year to set...
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Amanda Sutera
Dec 21, 20234 min read
Professional Reads for the Summer Break
Student suggested novels and top takeaways from professional reads Well, we made it! Here we are, the last week of the 2023 school year,...
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Amanda Sutera
Dec 7, 20233 min read
One Year On
365 Days After Leaving The Teaching Profession And there it is, with a blink of an eye and gone in a heartbeat, one entire year has...
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Amanda Sutera
Nov 27, 20235 min read
A Multidimensional Approach To Literacy
Structured WITH Constructivist | Constructivist WITH Structured Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend of a friend. For two...
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Amanda Sutera
Oct 24, 20236 min read
The 2023 PETAA Leading with Literacy Conference "Literature:the Heart of the English Curriculum"
What is literature? As an Instructional Literacy Coach, I wouldn’t be walking my walk if I didn’t invest in my own professional learning....
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Amanda Sutera
Oct 3, 20233 min read
The Holidays with Jim Knight
Instructional Coaching I was first introduced to the coaching world in 2019, where I attended a Growth Coaching International Conference...
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Amanda Sutera
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Writing Analysis and Moderation
What do you look for when observing student writing? When analysing student for the purpose of writing moderation, we identify the...
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Amanda Sutera
Aug 5, 20233 min read
The Power of a Mentor
Miranda and Karen The idea of having someone walk beside you to show you the ropes, be there to celebrate your successes, and to support...
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Amanda Sutera
Jul 28, 20233 min read
WELCOME TO THE hands.on.heads BLOG
Leap of Faith Well, this is me, Amanda Sutera, at the end of 2022 preparing for what was about to unfold in 2023 with no sense of ...
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