Reading to Learn, Reading the World - How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education - Claire Acevedo
Whole-School Implementation of Reading to Learn in a Secondary Context
Reading to Learn, Reading the World - How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education - Claire Acevedo
Zena Carusi-Lees [+]
Balmoral State High School, Queensland
Zena Carusi-Lees is Head of Pedagogy and Performance at Balmoral State High School in Queensland, Australia, where she facilitates whole-school R2L teacher professional development in conjunction with Dr David Rose. She has over a decade of experience as Head of English and some years working in literacy education across various universities. She has experience in using Reading to Learn in her classroom and her current role includes leading professional learning teams, coaching peers and tracking student literacy improvement.
Description
Chapter 4, by Zena Carusi-Lees, describes a successful whole school secondary program, in which teachers across subject areas have been trained in R2L strategies over several years, and continue to support each other with curriculum and planning.