Structured Literacy PLD
Enrol in Cohort 1 of our Structured Literacy programme
Tātai Aho Rau is an accredited structured literacy provider for the Ministry of Education.
Cohort 1 (years 1 - 3 kaiako | teachers) begins in Term 3, 2024, if you have been approved for this upcoming cohort you can register now.
Full day online sessions held: Wednesday 14 August, Friday 6 September, Thursday 26 September
8 community of practice sessions held over Terms 3 and 4, and Term 1 2025.
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.
Our team has considerable understanding of the design and implementation of SL programmes, and the Ministry currently contracts Tātai Aho Rau to develop the Ready to Read Phonics Plus readers and teacher support materials. We understand how to integrate these free resources into classrooms, and use them as the basis of a quality SL programme at Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3.
Because we base our programme on using the Ready to Read Phonics Plus materials (supplied free to all schools) the programme you develop and implement with our support will reflect the unique learning needs of ākonga in Aotearoa New Zealand. The tools and resources shared and used in the PLD have been developed or modified for a Aotearoa context 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 0-3 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.
We will not:
- pressure or require you to purchase additional materials, web portals, or other resources to participate in the programme
- require you to deliver a ‘one size fits all’ solution to all your learners
- tell you to use just one resource series, or publishers materials.
Our programme has an Expert Advisory Group who are providing feedback and quality assurance as the workshop modules are confirmed. This group is Dr Allison 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.