ON DEMAND: Conference 2025 - Teaching Writing: Purpose, Meaning, Pleasure
Learn from Professors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, Ross Young, Claire Saxby, Katrina Nannestad and many more on the art, craft, process and meaning of writing from PETAA's 2025 Conference!
PL Length
11 hours
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Access
365 days from enrolment
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Course Creator
N/A |
About this on-demand conference
PETAA's 2025 Leading with Literacy Conference — Teaching Writing: Purpose, Meaning, Pleasure — is now available as a comprehensive on-demand professional learning course. Designed for teachers and school leaders, this course provides access to over 11 hours of presentations from leading Australian and international researchers, educators, authors and literacy leaders.
Explore evidence-informed approaches to teaching writing, assessment, leadership, vocabulary, grammar, writing for pleasure, EAL/D education and curriculum implementation. Participants can engage with the complete conference experience or view individual presentations as needed, making this an ideal resource for both personal professional learning and whole-school improvement.
Each presentation is linked to additional readings, resources and further learning opportunities, allowing participants to deepen their understanding and translate conference insights into classroom and school-wide practice.
Included presentations:
- Professor Douglas Fisher & Professor Nancy Frey: Assessment of Writing to Inform Learning Experiences
- Dr Helen Harper: Harnessing the Reading-Writing Relationship
- Dr Paul Gardner: Scribing the Writer: The Child at the Centre of the Process
- Dr Brett Healey: Teaching the Writing Process: What Works, and Why Explicit Teaching Matters
- Professor Pauline Jones: Planning for Writing Using the Teaching Learning Cycle
- Rachael Hill & Lucy Walker: Scoping and Leading Improvement Cycles – With a Writing Focus
- Holy Cross Primary School Wooloowin & St Kieran's Brighton: Supporting Student Growth in Writing and Building Teacher Capacity
- Ross Young: Writing for Pleasure Pedagogy: A Research-Informed Approach
- Gregg Dreise: Writing with Passion
- Katrina Nannestad: Putting the Fun First in Writing
- Claire Saxby: The Final Cut
- Joanne Rossbridge: Using Grammar to Talk About Writing Choices
- Dr Anabela Malpique: Writing for All: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Teaching Handwriting and Keyboarding
- Dr Sally Murphy OAM: Inspiring Writing Through Verse Novels
- Karen Rogers: Writing Across the Curriculum
- Stephanie Salazar: Write Together, Grow Together: Leading School-Wide Alignment for Impact
- Dr Damon Thomas & Dr Kelly Shoecraft: What High-Achieving Students Can Teach Us About Writing Choices
- Cindy Valdez: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction to Improve Outcomes for EAL/D Students
What you will learn
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Deepen your understanding of effective writing instruction across primary and middle years contexts.
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Explore evidence-informed approaches to writing assessment, planning and curriculum implementation.
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Strengthen your knowledge of writing processes, writing for pleasure and writing development.
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Examine practical approaches for supporting diverse learners, including EAL/D students.
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Build leadership capability for improving writing outcomes across schools and teams.
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Explore the role of grammar, vocabulary and reading in strengthening writing achievement.
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Access practical strategies and classroom examples that can be implemented immediately.
Who should participate?
- Classroom Teachers F–8
- Literacy Leaders
- Principals
- Deputy Principals
- Assistant Principals Curriculum and Instruction
- Heads of Teaching and Learning
- Heads of Curriculum
- EAL/D Coordinators and Leaders
- Teacher Librarians
What else do I need to know?
- This on-demand conference is self-paced and unmoderated.
- Participants have access for 365 days from registration.
- All sessions may be viewed individually or completed as a full learning experience.
- This course addresses AITSL standards 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 1.5.2, 2.5.2, 5.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.3.2 and 6.4.2.
Cost of participation
| Registration Type |
Price |
| Member |
$350 |
| Non-Member |
$500 |
| PL Subscription School Member |
Included |