"If students don't write at least three times a week, they are dead". - Donald Graves
"Real writers are eager for collaboration. They use other people's brains to help them get their writing right". - Mem Fox
"You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you". - Ralph Fletcher
"If students don't write at least three times a week, they are dead". - Donald Graves
All About Mentors Series, 2025
We are excited to bring teachers and leaders from schools across Canberra together to learn...across a year!
Not only does this series model allow us to provide differentiated professional learning, but it also allows teachers and schools to develop literacy leaders through professional learning and mentoring, to then become mentors themselves.
Our All About Mentors series offers our Core PL Courses, alongside sessions for Digging Deeper, alongside sessions to address common needs at a School Level. There truly is something for everyone. Find more detail for each course on the registration page, then register for whatever you need. Access our handy Print and Plan doc to see all courses on a page, if you'd find that helpful.
All About Mentors Series at a Glance
Term 1
Thursday 13/2, 2-4pm (wk 2)
School Level
All About Writing, K-6
Core PL Course, TQI
All About the Writers' Workshop
Friday 7/3, 9-12pm (wk 5)
Core PL Course, TQI
Dig Deep into the Workshop
Friday 7/3, 1-3pm (wk 5)
Mentor workshop
Term 2
All About Writing Resources
Thursday 8/5, 2-4pm (wk 2)
School Level
All About the Writing Process
Friday 02/5, 9-12pm (wk 1)
Core PL Course, TQI
All About Writing in the Early Years
Friday 16/5, 9-11am (wk 3)
All About Writing Planning
Thursday 19/6, 2-4pm (wk 8)
School Level
All About Writers' Craft
Friday 20/6, 9-12pm (wk 8)
Core PL Course, TQI
Dig Deep into Process
Friday 02/5, 1-3pm (wk 1)
Mentor workshop
All About the Literacy Block,
K-2 (with Fiona Hamilton)
Friday 16/5, 11:30-1:30pm (wk 3)
Dig Deep into Craft
Friday 20/6, 1-3pm (wk 8)
Mentor workshop
Term 3
All About Writing Conferences
Friday 15/8, 9-12pm (wk 4)
Core PL Course, TQI
Dig Deep into Conferencing
Friday 15/8, 1-3pm (wk 4)
Mentor workshop
All About Imaginative Writing
Thursday 21/8, 2-4pm (wk 5)
All About Informative Writing
Thursday 11/9, 2-4pm (wk 5)
Term 4
All About Persuasive Writing
Thursday 23/10, 2-4pm (wk 2)
All About Reluctant Writers
Thursday 6/11, 2-4pm (wk 4)
Key
School Level Sessions
Considerations across K-6
Core PL Courses
For those starting out
Digging Deeper
To support school leads
In between, open to all
Explores a topic more deeply