In the last couple of weeks I have worked with my colleague, Giuseppe Mammone, and two primary teachers to develop an R-7 Australian Curriculum Genre map. A draft has now gone out to schools for feedback. I have also developed a similar map for Years 8-10 and one  page overviews for each genre. Each overview outlines the purpose, structure and language of that genre. The language is linked to the headings in the Aust Curriculum literacy continuum (e.g. text knowledge). The 8-10 materials have also gone to schools for comment.
I was filmed last thursday doing a very brief introduction to two ESL Moodle courses. One is ESL Leadership 101 and the other is ESL Teaching Resources. Both can be accessed via the Literacy Secretariat site. The short vidoes were aimed at giving ESL teachers who had registered for the latest Literacy Leaders Network online conference some suggestions about which of the online Moodles they might find most useful.
I also spent a morning with staff from the Australian Red Cross and Australian Federal Police hearing about the dreadful situation often desperate people find themselves in as a result of people trafficking. These people are often duped into coming to Australia and then exploited for profit or sex. While the numbers are relatively small in South Australia these two websites may be of interest www.antislavery.org.au/resources/fact-sheets.html and www.ag.gov.au/Peopletrafficking/Pages/default.aspx
Yesterday I was invited to speak with the leadership team at William Light R-12 School about what language choices make the biggest differences in student writing. Reports from the school are positive and a couple of faculties may work with me about this later this year. I am more than happy to discuss this with other site leaders with the view of discussing it further with their learning area coordinators
Today I started working with three Science teachers to develop a Year 9 Science genre document. It is the next step in the regional project about the explicit teaching of genres across Years 8-10 Aust Curric. The first document and accompanying PowerPoint are on the regional website www.decd.sa.gov..au/westernadelaide/pages/Curriculum > Literacy.