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Classroom Clarity
observation and modelling

For schools wanting to strengthen one key area of literacy practice with clear, specific and practical support for literacy success.

Included:
 

  • 1 x literacy coaching cycle

  • Sharing of and preparing documentation 

  • Personalised goal setting and feedback 

  • Tailored literacy resources and materials

  • Planning of observation and modelling sessions

  • Virtual support between sessions (calls and emails)
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Complimentary:
 

A 30-minute Welcome Strategy Session

  • Build rapport, find connection and establish clarity

 

A 30-minute Setting Up Success Session

  • Next steps and embedding sustainable practices

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Value: $1,500.00

Savings: $1,000.00

School Investment: $500.000​​​

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FAQs

 

How does Hands On Heads align with our school's approach to literacy and learning?​

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Hands On Heads has a multidimensional approach to literacy and learning—where structured and explicit teaching meets student agency, voice and collaboration. Our literacy strategies and instructional practices are grounded in evidence and informed by research, ensuring high-impact, purposeful learning. We believe in building teachers' capacity through instructional coaching, not through slides, scripts and prepared resources. 

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What are examples of strategies, routines and practices to be modelled for observed?​

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  • Reading routines 

  • Writing routines 

  • Word/Sentence/Paragraph-level writing

  • Text-level writing, text-types and genre writing

  • Retrieval practices and prior knowledge activation

  • Learning intentions and success criteria

  • Guiding questions and conceptual-understandings 

  • Novel Study/Literature Study Units/ Use of Mentor Texts

  • Thinking routines and visible learning

  • Collaborative learning and student agency

  • Stages of Learning (modelled/guided/independent/collaborative; tuning in, finding out, sorting out; identifying/learning/implementing)

  • Tiered vocabulary instruction

  • Lesson consolidations

  • Checks for understanding and assessment opportunities

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​Is Classroom Clarity  the right fit 

for our school's context?​

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This professional learning brings your school’s literacy goals to life by helping teachers see and apply what effective practice looks like—through expert modelling and

guided observations.  

Classroom Clarity is designed for school leaders who want to support their Years 5-9 teachers in the classroom but face time constraints that prevent them from observing and modelling effective practices.

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Who is Classroom Clarity for and

who is Classroom Clarity not for?​

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Classroom Clarity is for schools who want to build their teachers' literacy capacity, knowledge and skills through instructional coaching in order for them to teach effectively and successfully. 

Classroom Clarity is not for schools who use prescribed, prepared resources where teachers deliver content with scripts and slides. ​

 

What might Classroom Clarity look like in practice?​

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A sample Observation and Modelling Coaching Cycle:

30-minute Welcome Session

1 x 60-minute 1:1 classroom observation session

1 x 60-minute 1:1 classroom modelling session​

30-minute Setting Up Success Session

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"Highly recommended for any teachers who wish to improve their literacy teaching skills."

Karen Jebb, Principal

Emmaus College, Melbourne

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