Deb has been a leading educator for 37 years and has presented professional development programs for State, Catholic and Independent schools. She has worked in the United States and has co-authored a number of books on literacy education. In 2011 Deb was the recipient of the ACEL Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award and received a Fellowship in Leadership from ACEL in 2014. Deb has been both a Primary Principal and Principal of a Balinese Community School. She has recently retired from Ivanhoe Grammar School as Head of Plenty Campus (Prep to Year 12) and Deputy Principal of Ivanhoe Grammar School (2004-2016). Deb has an expertise and passion for literacy and her workshops are based on her own classroom practice from ELC to Year 9.

About Deb
Working with schools
Practical Professional Development Online Workshops
During 2021, David Hornsby will be delivering online courses for Practical Professional Development:
- Understanding English orthography: implications for systematic, explicit, and rigorous teaching of phonics and spelling.
- A closer look at shared and guided reading.
For details please email David: [email protected]
Different organisations can also be arranged. For example: one full day, two half-days, 4 x 1.5 hour sessions, or any arrangement that suits your school.
Steve Brophy will be offering a Leadership Program in 2021. Thriving Leadership is a 12-week online group program designed to equip new and emerging leaders with optimised performance habits and practices, mental models for improved decision making, and moonshot goal setting and accountability. There will be two intakes in 2021.
Wednesday 24 February
GETTING STARTED WITH WRITERS WORKSHOP - Setting up for Success at the Beginning of the Year
*NEW WORKSHOP*
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 26 February
TEACHING CHILDREN TO SPELL- Planning an Effective Spelling Program
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterThursday 4 March
READERS WORKSHOP - Organising for Effective Teaching and Learning with Young Readers
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 2 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 19 March
READERS WORKSHOP - Organising for Effective Teaching and Learning
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Year 2 to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterWednesday 24 March
WRITERS WORKSHOP - Getting the buzz in our Writing Sessions!
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Year 2 to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterBegins Thursday April 22
Thriving Leadership - Twelve-week program
Presented by Steve Brophy for Leaders of all levels.
Learn More & RegisterFriday 30 April
THE JOY OF TEACHING WRITING - Teaching and Learning with Young Writers
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 2 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterWednesday 5 May
WRITING ASSESSMENT THAT INFORMS PLANNING - Monitoring and Improving Student Learning
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 14 May
TEACHING GRAMMAR THROUGH WRITING AND FOR WRITING
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 28 May
FOCUS GROUP TEACHING – LITERACY - Reading and Writing to Learn Non-Fiction
*NEW WORKSHOP*
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterMonday 7 June
TEACHING FOR DEEPER LEVEL COMPREHENSION - From Theory to Practice
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterMonday 22 June
TEACHING CHILDREN TO SPELL - Planning an Effective Spelling Program
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterBegins Thursday July 15
Thriving Leadership - Twelve-week program
Presented by Steve Brophy for Leaders of all levels.
Learn More & RegisterFriday 23 July
WRITING CONFERENCES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE - Improving Student Writing
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 6 August
READERS WORKSHOP - Organising for Effective Teaching and Learning with Young Readers
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 2 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterWednesday 18 August
READERS WORKSHOP - Organising for Effective Teaching and Learning
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Year 2 to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 27 August
READING – IMPROVING TEXT RESPONSE - A Window into Comprehension
*NEW WORKSHOP*
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterMonday 13 September
WRITERS NOTEBOOK & MODELLED WRITING
*NEW WORKSHOP
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 15 October
WRITERS WORKSHOP - Getting the buzz in our Writing Sessions!
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Year 2 to Year 6 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterTuesday 19 October
THE JOY OF TEACHING WRITING - Teaching and Learning with Young Writers
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 2 Teachers
Learn More & RegisterFriday 5 November
Wednesday 10 November
SPELLING – 2 DAY SEMINAR
Day 1: Understanding how Children Learn to Spell
Day 2: Planning a Spelling Program - Analysis of Spelling Errors
*NEW WORKSHOP
Presented by Deb Sukarna for Foundation to Year 6 Teachers
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