Engaging with this professional support overview enables educators to:

Put learners at the centre of early reading experiences

The professional support overview outlines the range of ways that educators build a holistic knowledge of each child as a reader in order to effectively support their reading journey. This is done through:

• Valuing and responding to the child's background and interests
• Working in partnership with families and communities to support developing readers
• Continual monitoring and support of developing skills and knowledge across all five components of reading

Develop and consolidate educator professional knowledge

Educators need to be able to apply a broad professional knowledge of early reading, which draws upon different research perspectives, in order to meet the needs of all children. In primary schools, the effective implementation of explicit and systematic teaching of phonics will be a key part of the overall approach to teaching reading.

Access professional support and professional learning

The professional support overview can be used flexibly by educators in the following ways, as

• an at-a-glance guide
• a tool for self-evaluation of professional knowledge
• part of the overall suite of resources, to engage in In-depth professional learning to develop and consolidate professional knowledge.

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