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2026
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Mission
Storyways Literacy supports educators to realise the progress outcomes of Te Mātaiaho-NZ Curriculum for their learners. Our mission is to guide professional practice that utilises an oracy and knowledge-building curricula as the bedrock and accelerator of literacy and learning across the curriculum. Reading and writing float on a sea of talk (1976, James Britton). Storyways Literacy shares its journey with you, combining the power of storytelling and the science of learning to actualise this foundation for all learners. In addition to this focus, we provide coaching to raise the professional efficacy of teachers and leaders.
Vision
Our vision is for children of diverse ethnicity, socio-economic background, and learning dispositions to be the active, involved citizens of our future. To be so, we need to raise children with a deep knowledge and understanding of the world in which we live. We need to gift them all the nuances of our language, to empower them with voice, and with the ability to comprehend the many voices of our political, economic, social and scientific world.
The Duo
We are Liz & Graeme Swanson. If you add our expertise and professional practice together, we have 57 years under our belts. We provide PLD for the education sector that empowers teachers to harness the science of learning to achieve effective teaching and learning. With specialisms in language and literacy acceleration, coaching and mentoring, and a solid understanding of cognitive processes, brain function, and social-emotional factors influencing learning, we look forward to sharing all that we understand, know and do, with you.
