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SWI Experience

Discover the four learning strands of the SWI programme, designed to develop teachers as writers, educators, inquirers, and leaders in writing instruction.

Last updated 8 September 2026

SWI participants engage in a variety of learning experiences that aim to raise awareness of the processes involved in writing and representing. These learning experiences are organised according to the following four strands:

Teacher as Writer

Participants experience the writing process by exploring their personal purposes and strategies for writing.

Three classroom scenes showing groups of people sitting at tables, writing and collaborating on worksheets.

Teacher of Writers

Participants reflect on their current practices in order to make informed decisions about their choice of teaching and learner strategies.

Three photos show diverse groups of adults collaborating at tables with papers and laptops in a classroom setting.

Teacher as Inquirer

Participants experience the use of protocols for the facilitation of thinking and professional collaborative conversations on classroom inquiry and current research and theory.

Three classroom scenes showing diverse groups of people seated at tables, collaborating and discussing in workshop settings.

Teacher as Leader

Participants demonstrate teacher leadership through leading in collaborative professional conversations with peers in an area of inquiry and how they plan to lead others in shifting beliefs and practices in the teaching of writing.

Three scenes: a classroom lecture, two women discussing at a table, and a video call with multiple participants.