ALEA Today Archive

Since 2000 ALEA has made available online each of the feature articles published in ALEA Today. Complete editions of ALEA Today have been placed online since February 2011. Important: these downloads are available for personal use only and should not be copied or distributed without prior permission from the Australian Literacy Educators' Association.

ALEA Today newsletters

2011
October 2011 - includes Feature Article: 'KMS FAQs - A Guide to the ALEA Website' (Wendy Rush)
June 2011 - includes Feature Article: 'A Tribute to Donald Graves' (Jan Turbill)
February 2011 - includes Feature Article: 'Connecting through literature' (Jenni Connor)

ALEA Today feature articles

2010
Spotlight on Yeronga State School, Qld (October 2010)
ALEA Publications (June 2010)
Professional Learning Communities (February 2010)

2009
Across Australia: ALEA's Local Councils (October 2009)
Response from ALEA to the National English Curriculum: Framing Paper (June 2009)
People to People Citizen Ambassadors Program - ALEA delegation to China October 2008 (February 2009)

2008
Literacy Assessment and NAPLAN (October 2008)
Writing Rocks at St Leonards (June 2008)
Excellence in Literacy Teaching in the Top End : Amanbidji Community School (February 2008)

2007
National Literacy and Numeracy Award winner: Christian Brothers College, Adelaide (October 2007)
Seven Hills State School: a MARDI School (June 2007)
WA Getting it Right - Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (February 2007)

2006
Ainslie School - Australian Capital Territory (October 2006)
Bellfield Primary School, Victoria (February 2006)

2005
You Can Read Aloud Summit (October 2005)
Summary of the ALEA submission to the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (June 2005)
The art and craft of the (im)possible: towards national consistency in curriculum outcomes (February 2005)

2004
The National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership (NIQTSL) (June 2004)
Standards, Standards, Standards: what do they mean for the teaching profession? (February 2004)

2003
Professional Identity and Change: the role of professional associations (October 2003)
Quality Literature for Quality Integrated Learning by Jenni Connor (June 2003)
Making Sense of Literacy (February 2003)

2002
100 Children Turn 10: A longitudinal study of literacy development from the year prior to school to the first four years of school (October 2002)
Catering for Gifted Literacy Learners (June 2002)
Signs of Life (February 2002)

2001
Children’s Book Council Awards 2001 (October 2001)
What Works - Best Practice in Indigenous Literacy Education (June 2001)
Putting ‘Multiliteracies’ to the Test (February 2001)

2000
Crafting a Mix : Programs and Packages in Literacy Education (October 2000)
New Developments In English Literacy For Indigenous Students (June 2000)
Finding a Balance for the Year 2000 and Beyond (February 2000).