Structured Literacy PLD
We are very pleased to announce that we have been approved as facilitators to deliver the Ministry Funded Structured Literacy PLD for years 0-3.
Our courses will be run in conjunction with our providers Spectrum Education.
The Structured Literacy Journey:
MAKING THE DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO LEARN DIFFERENTLY
Would you like:
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To feel valued and supported as you step into your structured literacy journey?
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To implement structured literacy practices with freely available resources, and those already available in your school, with minimal additional expenditure?
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To learn the key skills for greatest impact without being overloaded?
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To be led on this journey by someone with proven outcomes with diverse student populations in cross cultural, socio economic groups?
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To have fun, joy and passion as you develop great practice that works with your programme?
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Would you like to maintain your autonomy while implementing structured literacy and meeting Ministry requirements?
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​The Raising Achievement Team in collaboration with Spectrum Education can offer you:
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Many years of structured literacy experience
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Understanding of the current challenges teachers face, including teacher load, often with little or no support
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Coaching and mentoring to take you from where you are now to where you need to be
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The skills to help you maintain the best of current practice within a structured literacy context
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Experience with neurodiversity
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Sound knowledge and implementation of tier 1, 2, and 3 teaching within schools, and supporting you to implement it
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The knowledge to organise your programme within your time and school culture constraints
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Support in developing strategies to include all students
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Ideas for how to use your big books, songs and read alongs, and use them in a structured literacy context.
Meet our Structured Literacy Team
Jenny Tebbutt
​Experienced educational leader and facilitator, dedicated to enhancing education for all learner groups.
Qualifications: Dip Tchg and B Teach Waikato and PgDip Literacy Massey.
Jenny is SPELD trained with many years of experience training teachers in the SPELD Certificate course and mentoring teachers in their practice. Jenny has 25 years in literacy and numeracy education and is the author of The Wobbly Kids - A Guide for Schools and The Wobbly Kids - A Guide for Parents. Her work as a national and international PLD facilitator over many years has specialised in providing explicit, structured, and sequential learning practices based on diagnostic evidence, metacognitive strategies, and the Science of Learning.
Adélie Reid
​Adélie is a highly experienced New Zealand trained and registered teacher, specialising in junior literacy and early intervention.
Qualifications: DipTchg, BEd, PGDipEd Psych, PGCertEd (Literacy)
Her passion for linguistics has led her to thoroughly explore the Science of Reading and Learning and the range of programmes and approaches to teaching. She is SPELD trained, and a BSLA facilitator and ambassador for implementing structured literacy in New Zealand.
As a great mentor, she supports teachers in combining theory with effective classroom approaches across literacy and numeracy, fully embracing the Science of Learning.​
Bernie Lockhart
​​Experienced classroom practitioner, NZ trained and registered, with a passion for supporting at-risk learners through differentiated teaching in a regular classroom.
Qualifications: BEd (Primary) Massey University, PGEd (English) Massey.
Bernie believes effective literacy and numeracy are at the core of learning and has developed a passion and strength in implementing structured literacy programmes such as Steps Web, Alpha to Omega, and Wordchain. Her specialisation is through multimodal approaches, using diagnostic evidence, metacognitive strategies, structured literacy, and phonics-based programs, as well as 'success for boys' in literacy.
Our team delivers face to face and real-time online options nationwide.
3 one day seminars (2 day and 1 day) and 8 communities of practice over three terms.
There are options for set dates and locations. Additional dates available for schools or regions with 12 or more participants.
Spectrum Education dates and locations: