The Authentic Educator
Lisa Burman’s Online Learning Place
Who is the Authentic Educator?
You believe in children.
You believe in the power and potential of education.
You believe in yourself.
You believe in continually growing as a person and as an educator and that these are connected.
You love learning.
You love thinking hard.
You want to be true to your beliefs.
You want to be true to your values.
You’re looking for ways to align your daily teaching decisions with your beliefs and values.
You’re looking for a place to feel connected to like-minded educators.
You’re looking for a place to feel inspired, affirmed and supported within a community of learners.
You’re looking for a place to be nudged to grow as an educator: to build knowledge and understanding and learn ways to BE the educator you want to be.
You want to advocate for another way to BE school.
You’re looking for a place of belonging where the child is not lost in the educational process.
You know the best way to do this is to start with yourself.
THE POWER OF OUR WORDS
Become more intentional in the language you use to empower learning – for any age group.
EVERGREEN COURSE
(registrations always open)
$40
PLAYFUL LITERACY
Build children’s literacy through their natural ways of learning.
EVERGREEN COURSE
(Registrations always open)
$250
SPELLING INVESTIGATIONS
Using inquiry learning processes to build spelling knowledge
NEXT ROUND OPENS IN SECOND HALF OF 2021
WRITE TO TEACH YOUR READER
Information Writing through a Bookmaking Approach
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
– CLOSING 26th JUNE, 2021
PLAN FOR WRITING SUCCESS
(PRE-SCHOOL & EY PRIMARY)
ENROLMENTS OPEN NOW
$60
PLAN EFFECTIVE MINI LESSONS
Do your mini lessons often blow out to become ‘maxi’ lessons? Are you interested in ways to ensure your teaching is clear, explicit AND also engages the thinking of young writers? This course is for YOU!
ENROLMENTS OPEN 22 FEB 2021
$40
PLAN FOR WRITING WORKSHOP
**BUNDLE**
Two popular courses, We’ve together at a specially discounted price for you!
Plan Effective Mini Lessons + Plan for Writing Success
ENROLMENTS OPEN NOW
$80
READING FLUENCY
Learn some fun ways to explicitly teach and practise reading fluency with young readers aged 5-12. Lisa shares ideas for mini lessons and reading conferences.
LAUNCHES IN APRIL 2021
WRITING CONFERENCES WITH YOUNG WRITERS
Revisit some core pedagogical practices and principles of a Bookmaking Approach in preschool and early years of primary, and undertand the core components of a Writing Conference.
LAUNCHES IN FEBRUARY 2021
Webinar Recordings
What’s in Your Stack?” Chats #1 – Make Your Characters Come Alive
Calling all teachers of young writers!
Are you looking for new mentor texts to teach with?
Do you want to harness the power of “Your Stack”?
An hour-long informal chat, where Lisa, Amanda and Katie each share a Stack and what they would teach with it.
$25
What’s in Your Stack?” Chats #2 – WAYS TO ORGANISE YOUR BOOK
Calling all teachers of young writers!
Are you looking for new mentor texts to teach with?
Do you want to harness the power of “Your Stack”?
An hour-long informal chat, where Lisa, Amanda and Katie each share a Stack and what they would teach with it.
$25