Monthly Membership for Online PLD
Building Excitement, Engagement & Achievement in Writing
This Monthly Subscription provides access to our Professional Learning Development (PLD) resource provides.
By purchasing this resource, you will have access to the following:
- Murray ‘Reads and Writes From’ video lessons (over 70 videos)
- ‘Murray Talks’ videos around the teaching of writing’ (over 20 videos )
- ‘Murray – Working With Students‘ (over 18 videos)
- Downloadable Teachers’ Notes / PDFs for the above video
- All / any new videos or content that are added.
- “Members Area” section to manage your subscription
- Free technical support for your plan & Group users usage questions, billing support access issues etc..
**Important Notice RE Changes to Subscriptions**
In line with our recent announcement, Annual subscriptions are now retired and replaced with this Monthly Plan.
All Memberships & Subscriptions will be closed on 31st August 2026. See the details in the Description below.
Purchase Membership
- Prices are per school and based on size / number of teachers.
- Prices are in NZD, include GST and are payable in advance via credit card.
- Billing is on a Pro Rata basis, charged automatically on the 1st of each month.
- Your 1st payment might not be the full amount, if we are part way through the month.
- The person making the purchase (e.g. you) will become the Account Owner.
- For full information, see below “How Does Membership Work?“.
Building Young Writers : Engaging & Motivating yr 4 – 8 Students in Writing
Murray has written this book to help you – the teachers of Year 4 to 8 students – engage and motivate your students more as writers and ultimately to lift progress and achievement by them. As such, it is as much about teaching students of this age group how to be writers rather than just teaching them how to write. Whatever our beliefs and approaches, the joy of literacy must be promoted in our middle and senior primary classrooms if we are to make a difference for our students.
He presents this book to the teaching community as a continuation of my work to help teachers address disengagement and under-achievement by their older primary students in writing.
“The teacher is at the heart of this book as it is about what s/he can do to make a difference for our Year 4 to 8 students.”
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Working With Under-Achieving Writers
This brand new eBook (written by Dr Murray Gadd) was released on 31st January 2020.
SEE INSIDE ~ READ EXTRACT BELOW – You can also download the sample PDF (8 pages)
This is an 82-page peer-reviewed eBook resource entitled Under-achievement Is Not Inevitable: Working Effectively With Struggling And Reluctant Writers.
It’s written as a reflection and discussion document for school / literacy leaders & teachers and considers different ways of working effectively with students (particularly Years 4-10) who are not always engaged in writing and/or who struggle as developing writers.
The Main Questions It Poses Are
- Why do some students (particularly boys and students from minority ethnic groups) under-achieve as developing writers?
- What are some key actions that teachers can undertake to help raise student engagement, progress and achievement levels in writing?
Who’s This For?
This resource was developed for two main audiences:
- For school/literacy leaders who could use the resource to lead professional inquiry and learning amongst their teachers. To this end, I have written a reading and discussion guide at the beginning and end of all sections. These often include actions for teachers to trial.
- For teachers who might want to use the resource to lead their own inquiry around the key questions posed in the resource. They could use the reading and discussion guide and trial some of the suggested actions as individual teachers.
How Can It Assist Literacy Leaders & Teachers?
The key actions are contextualised in real classroom situations and cover issues related to strategic use of:
- Teacher expectations;
- Topic selection;
- Instructional strategies;
- Classroom organisation and management;
- Classroom environment.
Have a look at some sample pages and think about how you could use it, especially if under-achievement in writing is an issue at your school.
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Price Per School / Institution
All prices are quoted in NZD
| – Individual Teacher / Purchaser: $19.99 |
| – School usage small (2 ~ 10 teachers): $90 |
| – School usage medium (11 – 20 teachers): $160 |
| – School usage large (21 – 30 teachers): $240 |
| – School usage large+ (31 or more teachers): $299 |
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