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The Structured Literacy Podcast

Hi there, I'm Jocelyn Seamer. Teacher, former school leader, author, and all around cheerleader for teachers everywhere. Learning to read and write is a matter of social justice. Every child deserves to learn through evidence informed practices, and every teacher deserves to be fully supported to make that happen.The Structured Literacy Podcast goes beyond the program to get to the heart of what it's really like to build a structured approach to literacy across the school.

S7 E9 - Why We Should Keep the Early in Early Childhood

31 mins; March 28, 2026

S7 E8 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You (Part 2)

23 mins; March 21, 2026

S7 E7 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You (Part 1)

26 mins; March 14, 2026

S7 E6 - Practical Steps When Grouping for Phonics

27 mins; March 07, 2026

S7 E5 - What Does the Research Actually Say About Grouping Students for Phonics?

24 mins; February 28, 2026

S7 E4 – The Top 5 Mistakes We Make When Using Decodable Texts

24 mins; February 21, 2026

S7 E3 - What Does Research Really Say About Decodable Texts?

24 mins; February 14, 2026

S7 E2 - The Top 5 Ways to Ensure Reading Success in Years 3 to 6

21 mins; February 07, 2026

S7 E1 - The Three Critical Questions Your Students Are Silently Asking You

16 mins; January 31, 2026

Summer Series - The Key to Successfully Implementing a New Program in Your School

21 mins; January 24, 2026

Summer Series - Keeping Your Team's Bus on the Road When Onboarding New Staff

14 mins; January 17, 2026

Summer Series - When Repeated Reading Doesn't Work

15 mins; January 10, 2026

Summer Series - Are Comprehension Strategies Still a Thing?

18 mins; January 03, 2026

Summer Series - How to Maintain High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction

21 mins; December 27, 2025

Summer Series - Tracking Reading Growth Without a Benchmark Assessment

15 mins; December 20, 2025

Summer Series - What Goes into a Great Text-Based Unit?

14 mins; December 13, 2025

Summer Series - Do Nonsense Words Have a Place in Upper Primary?

16 mins; December 06, 2025

S6 E24 - 98 and ¾ Percent Guaranteed: Our Collective Commitment to Every Student

16 mins; November 29, 2025

S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels

16 mins; November 22, 2025

S6 E22 - When Comfort Steals Confidence – The Unintended Consequences of PowerPoints

20 mins; November 15, 2025

S6 E21 - Why Exposure is a Poor Substitute for Learning

16 mins; November 08, 2025

S6 E20 - A Simple Way to Make School Improvement Stick

21 mins; November 01, 2025

S6 E19 - The Secret to Truly Universal Phonics Instruction (Part 2)

16 mins; October 25, 2025

S6 E18 - The Secret to Truly Universal Phonics Instruction (Part 1)

23 mins; October 18, 2025

S6 E17 - How to Streamline Your Assessment Schedule

26 mins; October 11, 2025

S6 E16 - How to Know Whether to Quit or Persist

21 mins; October 04, 2025

S6 E15 - What Does Research Say About Novel Study?

34 mins; September 27, 2025

S6 E14 - Should We Be Teaching Phonics in Years 3-6?

16 mins; September 20, 2025

S6 E13 - We Fall to the Level of Our Systems

12 mins; September 13, 2025

S6 E12 - When Repeated Reading Doesn't Work

15 mins; September 06, 2025

S6 E11 - The Trap Inside the Teachable Moment

12 mins; August 30, 2025

S6 E10 - Before You Commit to a Program, Listen to This

31 mins; August 23, 2025

S6 E9 - From Wasted Hours to Real Impact: Research Findings About PD That Actually Works

23 mins; August 16, 2025

S6 E8 - From Compliance to Commitment: Transforming School Improvement

22 mins; August 09, 2025

S6 E7 - Is Your PL Transformative or Transactional?

15 mins; August 02, 2025

S6 E6 - Why Confidence is a Misleading Measure of Capability

17 mins; July 26, 2025

S6 E5 - How to Reclaim Your Professional Judgement

18 mins; July 19, 2025

S6 E4 - Should We Bring Back the Read-Aloud?

18 mins; July 12, 2025

S6 E3 - How Do We Prevent Progress Being Wiped Out In a Swing Of The Pendulum?

16 mins; July 05, 2025

S6 E2 - Simple Levers to Pull to Increase Your Impact

12 mins; June 28, 2025

S6 E1 - Staying Motivated in Tough Times

12 mins; June 21, 2025

Listener Favourites - 5 Evidence Informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading

17 mins; June 14, 2025

Listener Favourite - Planning To Make Report Writing Easier

22 mins; June 07, 2025

S5 E20 - If They Knew It, They Would Do It

13 mins; May 31, 2025

S5 E19 - Why Students Find Writing Persuasive Texts So Difficult

19 mins; May 24, 2025

S5 E18 - Why an Evidence-Based Literacy Block Might Not Be the Best Goal for Your School

13 mins; May 17, 2025

S5 E17 - MTSS for Reading with Stephanie Stollar

41 mins; May 10, 2025

S5 E16 - Is Whole Class Phonics Instruction Really Equitable?

26 mins; May 03, 2025

S5 E15 - Interview with Jenny Cole - Navigating Leadership in a Changing Landscape

48 mins; April 26, 2025

S5 E14 - It's Time to Say Goodbye to the Independent Research Project

26 mins; April 12, 2025

S5 E13 - Maximising Your Lesson Prime Time

17 mins; April 05, 2025

S5 E12 - The Secret Weapon for Effective Retrieval Practice

14 mins; March 29, 2025

S5 E11 Research to the Classroom - Connecting Reading and Writing Part 3 (Teacher Talk)

59 mins; March 22, 2025

S5 E10 Research to the Classroom - Connecting Reading and Writing Part 2 (Practical Application)

20 mins; March 15, 2025

S5 E9 Research to the Classroom - Connecting Reading and Writing Part 1 (The Research)

21 mins; March 08, 2025

S5 E8 - When Teachers are Learners - Making Professional Development Work

18 mins; March 01, 2025

S5 E7 - What Does Research Say About Homework?

13 mins; February 22, 2025

S5 E6 - Keeping Your Team's Bus on the Road When Onboarding New Staff

14 mins; February 15, 2025

S5 E5 - AI: A Tool, Not a Teacher

12 mins; February 08, 2025

S5 E4 - Help! My Students Aren't Writing Enough!

19 mins; February 01, 2025

S5 E3 - Quick Phonics Assessment to Start the Year

14 mins; January 25, 2025

S5 E2 - My Most and Least Favourite F-Words (about teaching)

13 mins; January 18, 2025

S5 E1 - 5 Ways To Get The Best Out Of The New School Year

18 mins; January 11, 2025

Summer Series - Why It's So Scary To Let Go Of Guided Reading

23 mins; January 04, 2025

Summer Series - High Engagement in Low Variance Instruction

21 mins; December 28, 2024

Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 3 (Teacher Talk)

41 mins; December 21, 2024

Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 2 (Practical Application)

14 mins; December 14, 2024

Summer Series - Research to the Classroom: Dyad Reading Part 1 (The Research)

15 mins; December 07, 2024

Summer Series - Five Ways to Get Ready for the Coming Change

18 mins; November 30, 2024

S4 E14 - Guidance for Evaluating Impact

23 mins; November 23, 2024

S4 Ep13 - Let's Talk Year 3-6 Reading Assessment and Grading

21 mins; November 16, 2024

S4 E12 - The Secret to Grading Early Years Reading

25 mins; November 09, 2024

S4 E11 - Making Decisions When the Floor is Lava

20 mins; November 02, 2024

S4 E10 - Instructional Spring Cleaning - Timers During Classroom Fluency Work

23 mins; October 24, 2024

S4 E9 - Instructional Spring Cleaning - One Student at the Front

20 mins; October 19, 2024

S4 E8 - Instructional Spring Cleaning - Student News

13 mins; October 12, 2024

S4 Ep7 - The Critical Issue of Teacher Knowledge Building

15 mins; October 05, 2024

S4 E6 - Five Reasons That Traditional Professional Learning Methods Don’t Build Long-Term Knowledge

15 mins; September 28, 2024

S4 E5 - The Key to Successfully Implementing a New Program in Your School

21 mins; September 21, 2024

S4 E4 - Connecting Explicit Teaching and Engagement in Years 3 to 6 Spelling

13 mins; September 14, 2024

Listener Favourites - How Do I Fit Morphology Into My Literacy Block?

12 mins; September 07, 2024

S4 E3 - Can Great Teaching Be Scripted?

18 mins; August 31, 2024

S4 E2 - Tracking Reading Growth Without a Benchmark Assessment

15 mins; August 24, 2024

S4 E1 - Harnessing Oral Language for Reading and Spelling Success

20 mins; August 17, 2024

Listener Favourites - Tier One Instruction That Hits the Mark

18 mins; August 10, 2024

Listener Favourites - Tier-Two Instruction That Hits The Mark.

21 mins; August 03, 2024

Listener Favourites - Shifts to move to a structured approach in Years 3 to 6 Part 2

14 mins; July 21, 2024

Listener Favourites - Shifts to move to a structured approach in Years 3 to 6 Part 1

9 mins; July 13, 2024

S3 E23 - Supporting Your Year 3-6 Team to Board the Bus

17 mins; July 06, 2024

S3 E22 - How to Choose a Phonics Program

27 mins; June 29, 2024

S3 E21 - 5 Ways to Get Ready for the Coming Change

16 mins; June 19, 2024

S3 E20 - 8 Reasons that the Same Page is a Great Place to be

16 mins; June 15, 2024

New Online Course: Build the Foundations for Your Literacy Block in Years 3 to 6

3 mins; June 11, 2024

S3 E19 - How To Make Sure That Your Spelling Instruction Is Explicit

22 mins; June 08, 2024

S3 E18 - Explicit Instruction That Doesn't Come At The Expense Of High Flyers

20 mins; June 01, 2024

S3 E17 - Do Nonsense Words have a Place in Upper Primary?

16 mins; May 25, 2024

S3 E16 - Planning To Make Report Writing Easier

22 mins; May 18, 2024

S3 E15 - Four Points to Consider When Pacing Phonics Instruction

24 mins; May 11, 2024

S3 E14 - It's Time to Take Radical Responsibility for Student Outcomes

29 mins; May 04, 2024

S3 E13 - Engaging Reluctant Students in the Classroom

15 mins; April 27, 2024

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