Igniting the Teaching of Writing: Translating Research to Practice

From Oral Language to Transcription to High Quality Texts📝

LIVE Full-Day In-Person Event | Victoria

Are you ready to strengthen writing instruction across your school, moving beyond isolated activities to deliver high-impact, research-aligned instruction?

Do you have students who struggle to get their ideas onto the page—or who can write a lot but struggle to organise and revise?

Are you looking for a structured, evidence-based approach to planning and teaching writing across the primary years?

Join literacy experts, Julie Scali and Jacinta Conway, for this dynamic, full-day workshop that unpacks the full writing journey—from oral language and transcription to fluent, structured, purposeful texts. Grounded in key research models such as the Not So Simple View of Writing and Self-Regulatory Strategy development, this introductory workshop will show you how to teach writing explicitly, systematically, and successfully.

Following the day, you will be supported by Jacinta and Julie through 2 x 2 hour coaching sessions online to support the implementation of your new skills into the classroom.

SPECIAL 20% DISCOUNT for undergraduate students studying primary education!

📅 Workshop Schedule

Session 1: Foundations of Writing Instruction

Time: 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

🎯 Objective: Build foundational knowledge of the theories and practices that underpin high-impact writing instruction.

📚 What You’ll Learn:

• Understand the Not so Simple View of Writing, Writing Rope and Four Pillars of Learning

• Learn the importance of oral language, storytelling, and how to support cognitive load in writing

• Gain tools for handwriting screening, effective instruction and how to build automaticity

• Build the foundations of effective sentence level instruction

Session 2: High-Impact Writing Units Using SRSD

Time: 10:50 AM – 12:50 PM

🎯 Objective: Learn how to design and deliver high-quality writing units using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) approach.

📚 What You’ll Learn:

• Develop a working knowledge of SRSD and its research base

• Learn how to teach sentence and genre level skills linked with reading units

• Use rubrics, checklists and exemplars to support students in planning, writing, and revising

• Connect SRSD to rich texts and cross-curricular, knowledge rich content areas (eg HASS)

Session 3: Planning and Applying the Learning

Time: 1:20 PM – 3:20 PM

🎯 Objective: Translate the day’s learning into a draft 4-week writing unit for persuasive, narrative or informative texts.

📚 What You’ll Learn:

• Plan and structure a high-impact writing unit using SRSD scaffolds and an editable planner

• Build confidence in sentence level writing and how this is linked to the genre units

• Explore how to adopt writing instruction across curriculum areas (e.g., Science, HASS)

• Useful starting points for supporting whole-school implementation

About the Presenters

Julie Scali

Literacy Consultant | Author | Founder of Literacy Impact

Julie is an experienced teacher, school leader, and literacy consultant, and the author of High Impact Reading Instruction and Intervention in the Primary Years. She supports multiple schools across Australia and 25 Top End schools in the Northern Territory to embed evidence-based literacy practices, with a particular focus on whole-school improvement. With over 25 years of experience across Perth, London, and Belfast, Julie is known for translating research into practical, high-impact approaches for the classroom. Julie works with urgency and unwavering care, always keeping students at the heart of her mission to ensure every child receives the high-quality literacy instruction they deserve. Her impact is reflected in multiple school case studies showing measurable and sustainable gains in literacy achievement.

Jacinta Conway

Literacy Leader | Instructional Coach | Classroom Teacher | Founder of Impact Tuition & Jacinta Conway Consulting 
Jacinta is an experienced teacher, instructional coach, and literacy consultant with over 25 years of experience in schools across Melbourne and London. She has led schoolwide improvement in literacy through a strong foundation in data-informed practice and high-impact teaching strategies, and is now recognised for her leadership in promoting the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) framework.

Jacinta’s work focuses on translating research into practical, evidence-based routines that build teacher capability and drive student growth—particularly for those at risk. Her support enables schools to implement consistent, structured instruction across all key literacy domains.

Jacinta holds a Master of Learning Intervention and is a registered consultant with Learning Difficulties Australia (LDA). She is known for her thoughtful, collaborative approach and her commitment to ensuring that every child receives the high-quality, structured instruction they need to succeed.

Who Should Attend?

📌 Classroom teachers, literacy leaders, and school leadership teams
📌 Educators looking to build a structured, research-aligned approach to writing
📌 Teams working to embed SRSD, develop whole-school consistency, or improve NAPLAN outcomes
📌 Anyone passionate about improving writing results and raising student voice in written expression

Key Benefits

✔️ Strengthen your understanding of writing development from oral language to full genre texts

✔️ Learn to implement SRSD effectively across the curriculum

✔️ Gain model texts, checklists, rubrics, and planning tools to take back to your classroom

✔️ Walk away with a starting point of a 4-week unit plan ready to refine and teach

What Educators Are Saying

"Thank you so much Julie for your amazing PL. I think this is the best PL I have been a part of, in relation to Literacy Blocks and the Big 6. I am the Literacy coordinator at my school and I will be imparting the knowledge and understandings that I have learnt from your PL to improve the literacy standards at our school."
— Kylie - Teacher, WA

"Thanks for today Julie, it was amazing. Your responses to questions and knowledge is unmatched. Loved the theory stuff and planning/application was a great use of time in teams. The best!"

— Ross - Assistant Principal, VIC

"Thank you for the session. That was one of the most inspiring and informative sessions I have attended in my 21 years of teaching. I am so looking forward to working through all the information and changing my practice to improve student success with literacy. Also, thank you for answering my million and one questions!"

— Ilana - Teacher

"We have been working with Julie over the past 6 months to improve our K-6 literacy knowledge and delivery within the classrooms. Julie has provided us with ongoing support to refine and improve implementation of literacy within the classrooms and we have seen outstanding results. Julie's mode of delivery has been flexible and tailored, enabling us to target staff and students' individual learning needs. The online modules give practical tools that can be instantly used within the classroom and Julie's follow up sessions have allowed us as a school to improve the teaching and learning cycle."

— Sarah - Principal, NSW

"Thanks Julie. The PL far exceeded my expectations. There certainly was a buzz in the room. In 2 weeks our staff meeting will be around SoR so we can keep the buzz going."

— Emma - Assistant Principal, NT

Exclusive Bonus

• Sample rubrics, checklists & model texts

• Checklists for high impact handwriting and text level instruction

• 4-Week editable genre writing unit planner with example model texts and rubrics of multiple year levels

Event Details

Location: Keysborough Gardens Primary School, VICTORIA

Date: Thursday 4th September 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Morning tea and lunch provided

Bring along rich text such as a picture book or novel that you may be doing in the upcoming term

For content-related queries, contact: jacinta@impacttuition.com.au or julie@literacyimpact.com.au
For general event enquiries, contact melissa@literacyimpact.com.au

Register Now to Secure Your Spot!

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We look forward to seeing you there! Jacinta and Julie 🌟