Pearson Academy

Accuracy, fluency and comprehension are the key components of an effective reading assessment.

This workshop offers an accessible and engaging professional learning experience, designed and facilitated by experts. Participants will thoroughly examine the Benchmark Assessment System and explore how to utilise the system to accurately benchmark students and design effective literacy instruction that meets the needs of all students.

For educators who use the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS), an engaging and practical workshop designed to help you leverage the breadth of The Literacy Continuum, the core teaching resource in each BAS system. Learn how to identify emphases for teaching using BAS results, and how to plan and teach to improve students' Literacy skills using The Literacy Continuum.

Award-winning Bounce Back! is the world's first Positive Education program. It consists of practical resources and strategies designed to teach social and emotional learning skills within a school environment, and to support and promote student wellbeing and resilience.

This engaging and practical workshop will ensure all participants develop a thorough understanding of the Bounce Back! program and have the confidence to utilise it effectively in their school.

This workshop will train educators to:
- Administer and use the CELF-5A&NZ Screening Test to screen students’ oral and social language skills, and
- Identify children who require further assessment and/or be referred to a clinician.

The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development is used to identify deficits in very young children across five major developmental domains: cognitive, language, motor, adaptive behaviour and social-emotional. This scale is ideal for use when delays or problems in early development are suspected to determine whether further assessment is required. It indicates strengths, weakness and competencies so that parents and professionals can properly plan for the child.

*** PLEASE NOTE: Day 2 finishes at 4pm

Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) supports students who are reading and writing below year-level expectations from Foundation to Year 12.

This workshop is designed to develop a pedagogical understanding of literacy intervention, and to provide practical approaches for effective implementation and use of Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention.

It is time to better understand the role that motivation plays in career success.

If you are a Career guidance coach or HR Recruitment & Mobility specialist you have two options:
1. Attend a free workshop to learn about the groundbreaking career planning tools, Motiva
2. Differentiate your practice and become an accredited Motiva Coach

These events provide a transformational opportunity for anyone interested in the future of both career guidance and recruitment.

It is time to better understand the role that motivation plays in career success.

If you are a Career guidance coach or HR Recruitment & Mobility specialist you have two options:
1. Attend a free workshop to learn about the groundbreaking career planning tools, Motiva
2. Differentiate your practice and become an accredited Motiva Coach

These events provide a transformational opportunity for anyone interested in the future of both career guidance and recruitment.

Learn how to effectively use Words Their Way to assess and identify the spelling stages of your students, tailor spelling activities to support students in their spelling development, and create a positive approach to the teaching and learning of spelling.

This workshop is designed for educators who are current users, or recent adopters, of Words Their Way.

Accuracy, fluency and comprehension are the key components of an effective reading assessment.

This workshop offers an accessible and engaging professional learning experience, designed and facilitated by experts. Participants will thoroughly examine the Benchmark Assessment System and explore how to utilise the system to accurately benchmark students and design effective literacy instruction that meets the needs of all students.