Structured Literacy PLD
Structured Literacy programme
Tātai Aho Rau is an accredited structured literacy provider for the Ministry of Education.
Learn more about funding applications online through the Ministry of Education - find out more at this link.
To register for Cohort 3 (2025) please be ready with your Application Reference Number (ARN) and details of the participants completing the programme. Workshops will be held on 20 February, 20 March, and 10 April, with eight communities of practice held from 5 March to 28 August.
Tātai Aho Rau literacy development approach
This graphic illustrates the adaptive professional facilitation approach utilised by Tātai Aho Rau facilitators. Pedagogy is built alongside content knowledge through rapid cycles of teacher inquiry.
Read about how this approach has been particularly successful at Winton School, here. One of our team has also written a blog post detailing the value of taking a knowledge-first and oral language based approach to reading and writing.
The team at Tātai Aho Rau uses a comprehensive approach to structured literacy learning. Content knowledge and pedagogy are woven together to build your understanding around what to teach, how to teach it, and why. With us you will explore the foundations of language development and the science of learning, and connect these to most effective classroom literacy practices. You will be able to apply your learning immediately.
We base our programme on the Ready to Read Phonics Plus materials (supplied free to all schools). This means that the approach you plan and implement, with our support, will reflect the unique learning needs of ākonga in your settings. The tools and resources we use have been developed for local contexts by members of our wider Tātai Aho Rau team, and Expert Advisory Group.
Ministry of Education Funded PLD
Tātai Aho Rau is an accredited provider for the Year 0-8 professional learning programme. This is a fully funded Ministry of Education approved structured literacy programme.
We will support your team to:
- build the knowledge they will need to utilise any resource, including those you already have, to support your ākonga
- understand how the brain learns to read and write, and what this means for learning programmes and teacher practice
- understand how oral language underpins all literacy development, and how to support its development
- understand the science of learning, how this applies to literacy, and what this means for teacher practices across the curriculum
- apply their learning immediately in their classrooms
- develop independence and confidence with their structured literacy practice
- support you to develop a quality structured literacy programme that fits your setting and your learners.
Our programme has an Expert Advisory Group who are providing feedback and quality assurance as the workshop modules are confirmed. This group is Dr Alison Arrow, Dr Jane Carroll, Emma Nahna and Felicity Fahey. They also have been a part of the team writing the English curriculum for Y0-10 and all have particular expertise in oral language, structured literacy and professional learning.
Enquire about Structured Literacy
Need some more information on our programme? Kōrero with the team by filling out our enquiry form.
Please note this programme is a offered as English Medium PLD, to discuss our Māori medium programme (Rangaranga reo ā-tā) please visit the website page here: core-ed.org/rangaranga-reo-a-ta