Structured Literacy PLD

Structured Literacy programme 

Tātai Aho Rau Core Education is an accredited Structured Literacy provider for the Ministry of Education.

Learn more about funding applications from the Ministry of Education – find out more.

Only kaiako, teachers and LATs employed at state-integrated schools and kura are eligible for funding.
Teachers at early learning services do not qualify for funding.

Applications for Cohort 9 of the MoE-funded Structured Literacy PLD are open from 10 June, 2026 for kaiako of Years 0–8.

Steps:

  1. Apply for your Ministry of Education ARN by Friday 3 July 
  2. Apply for Ministry of Education funding here
  3. Once you’ve received your ARN from MoE (expect notification around 22 July), you’ll be able to select your preferred accredited Structured Literacy provider. Please note that registrations with a provider closes on August 5, 2026.

 

Cohort 9 PLD dates – 2026

Term 3:Starting from Week 6

Workshops for Cohort 9 – held 9:00am–3:30pm

Cohort 9 Workshop 1: August 24 (Monday) 

Cohort 9 Workshop 2: September 10 (Thursday)

 

Community of Practice webinars are held 3:30–4:30pm. 

Dates for Term 3:

Cohort 9 Community of practice 1: August 27 (Thursday)

Cohort 9 Community of practice 2: September 3 (Thursday)

Cohort 9 Community of practice 3: September 16 (Wednesday)

 

Dates for Term 4:

Cohort 9 Workshop 3: October 14 (Wednesday) 9:00am–3:30pm

Cohort 9 Community of practice 4: October 21(Wednesday) 3:30–4.30pm

Cohort 9 Community of practice 5: November 18 (Wednesday) 3:30–4:30pm

 

2027

Dates for Term 1:

Community of Practice webinars are held 3:30–4:30pm. 

Cohort 9 Community of practice 6: February 17 (Wednesday) 2027

Cohort 9 Community of practice 7: March 4 (Thursday) 2027

Cohort 9 Community of practice 8: March 17 (Wednesday) 2027.

 

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Cohort 7 workshops

Community of Practice webinars

Two webinars will occur in term 3, 2026 from 3:30–4:30pm on the following dates.

Term 3

Community of practice 7: Tuesday, 04 August

Community of practice 8: Tuesday, 25 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.

  

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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 Year 0–10 and all have particular expertise in oral language, structured literacy and professional learning.

Enquire about professional learning and development

Need some more information on our Structured Literacy or other professional learning programmes? Kōrero with the team by filling out our enquiry form.

Please note the Structured Literacy 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

 

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