Waikato Early Childhood Centres Workshop Series
Early Literacy Workshop 2:
Early Literacy Practices
(Fully funded by Ministry of Education Waikato SELO)
In this interactive and practical workshop, participants will explore:
- How tamariki learn to read
- Build an understanding of the concepts of print and how to explore these with tamariki
- Ways to provide high quality, frequent exposure to text in a range of settings
- How to integrate explicit and intentional planning and integrated practice across a service
This workshop is part of a series of four workshops for Waikato Early Childhood Service leaders and teachers:
Early Literacy Workshop 1: Unpacking Te Kōrerorero - Talking Together Tickets, Thu 4/04/2024 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
Early Literacy Workshop 2: Early Literacy Practices Tickets, Thu 16/05/2024 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
Early Literacy Workshop 3: Storytelling and Narrative Pedagogies Tickets, Thu 29/08/2024 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
Early Literacy Workshop 4: Building Whānau and Kaiako partnerships Tickets, Thu 31/10/2024 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
Your Presenters:
Del Costello
Del is the director and a professional development consultant at Coactive Education. Her work spans over 20 years across the education sector and is based in support of kaiako to deliver quality narrative practices for tamariki. Del works alongside the Early Childhood Council of Aotearoa to deliver professional learning, in centres supporting kaiako. She is focused on delivering practical, evidenced based support for kaiako and ECE service leaders.
Melissa Derby
Melissa is a Senior Lecturer in child development, specialising in early literacy. She works with ECE services and the wider community to support tamariki learning through talk, local curriculum, bi-cultural frameworks and with whānau as first teachers.
Find out more about Del and Melissa here https://www.coactiveeducation.com/people-partners
