SLANSW Professional Learning Summit - All the Literacies: Read, Discern, Discover

Vicki Courtenay & Andrea O’Driscoll (Trinity Grammar)

Re-evaluating reading culture

This workshop will share the process that Trinity Grammar School's Senior School Library followed to assess and improve our whole school reading culture. Using Merga's 7 strategies for positive reading culture as categories to group and evaluate existing strategies, and determine and address gaps. We will share our process, our challenges and our successes, and what we learned along the way.

Presenter Bios

Vicki and Andrea are both Teacher Librarians at Trinity Grammar School with a passion for encouraging reading in the teenage years. They have worked together for 8 years, over which time they have been instrumental in reviewing, creating and promoting strategies for a positive whole school reading culture. 2026 marks their third review, with their original meeting with Dr Margaret Merga occurring in 2018.

Registrations open at https://www.slansw.net.au/events