About the Foundation for Learning and Literacy
Providing evidence, support and expertise about literacy learning for teachers, parents and policymakers
The Foundation for Learning and Literacy (FFLL) is concerned with the role literacy plays in ensuring our children become compassionate, confident, competent and creative citizens in an increasingly complex world.
The Foundation is led by a group of expert educators with extensive experience in education at preschool, primary, secondary and tertiary levels. All have significant classroom teaching experience and maintain strong and continuing links to schools and classrooms.
What does the Foundation do?
The Foundation provides information about relevant research and classroom practices that establish an evidence base for effective literacy teaching and learning.
Our aim is to support teachers, early childhood educators, parents and caregivers who nurture children to enable them to develop confidence and joy alongside the skills needed to become deeply literate.
The Foundation’s resources will also be of interest to the broader community including educational policy makers, politicians, business leaders and the media.
The Foundation undertakes many activities including:
- Advocacy for teachers and schools
- Collaboration with partners to amplify voices
- Research and Practice articles and resources that form a contemporary
evidence base for literacy teaching - News and up to date information curated from a range of quality assured sources
- Monthly newsletters with links to resources for Friends
- Fact Checks to support educators with some claims and misinformation in the media
- Information for Parents including articles, booklists and videos
- Videos and presentations on a range of topics to support teacher and school leader professional learning.
What are the Foundation's Touchstones?
The Foundation has developed 12 Touchstones that underpin our work and advocacy and are supported by rigourous research, and stories of classroom success. Click here to read the Touchstones.
Our Patron
Dr Brian Cambourne AM
The Foundation for Learning and Literacy is proud to have its Founder, Dr Brian Cambourne AM, as Patron.
Dr Cambourne is Principal Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong’s School of Education. A former teacher, Brian became one of Australia’s most eminent researchers in literacy learning.
He has been inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame, is a recipient of: the International Year of Literacy Medal for Contributions to Australian Literacy Education; the International Reading Association’s Gray Citation of Merit; and, the Australian Literacy Educators' Association's (ALEA) Garth Boomer Award. He is a life member of the National Council of Teachers of English (USA) and the Primary English Teaching Association of Australia (PETAA).
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Partnerships
The Foundation for Learning and Literacy regularly partners with other professional associations to advocate for the importance of literature in our lives and in literacy learning.
From 2022-2026 the Foundation has collaborated with our partners to produce a range of videos for our Annual Literature Symposium.