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PLD FOR STRUCTURED LITERACY APPROACHES

This PLD will support teachers to use structured literacy approaches including: oral language, phonemic knowledge, systematic synthetic phonics teaching and knowledge for decoding and spelling, handwriting, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, fluency, text structure, writing, and comprehension.

Who it's for

This PLD will support teachers to use structured literacy approaches including: oral language, phonemic knowledge, systematic synthetic phonics teaching and knowledge for decoding and spelling, handwriting, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, fluency, text structure, writing, and comprehension.  


  • Full time or part-time teachers

  • Principals and Tumuaki

  • Staff employed on a Limited Authority to Teach (LAT)

  • RTLit/RTLB, reading recovery teachers and other specialist staff attached to the school

  • Regular relieving teachers


Priority will be given to teachers who have had no prior training in structured teaching approaches for literacy or te reo matatini. All state and state-integrated schools and kura nationwide are welcome to apply.

Funding overview

Applications open: 10 June 2026

Applications close: 3 July 2026 

Registrations with providers open: 22 July 2026 

Registration with providers close: 5 August 2026 

Commencement: from Term 3,  2026

What it includes

Step One: 

Apply for MOE Approval • Schools first need to apply for approval from the Ministry of Education. This is the first step in accessing MOE-funded PLD • Applications for Cohort 9 (Term 3) open on June 10th, 2026 and close on July 3rd, 2026. • We strongly recommend including your Senior Leadership Team in the application so that everyone develops a shared understanding of Structured Literacy and the Science of Learning 


Step Two: 

Register with any of the following: 

Available from 

Available from Term 3, 2026

Have questions about eligibility, funding, or how the process works?
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