Targeted & Tailored

Years 7-10

Who it's for

One Year 7-10 teacher supporting literacy acceleration from any full primary, intermediate, area, composite or secondary school can enrol to attend this PLD.

Funding overview

If you would like to enrol one staff member from your school, please follow the link to your preferred provider below and enrol with them directly. PLD costs will be paid directly to the provider by the Ministry of Education. Teacher release funding will be provided for the 5 full day facilitated workshops and will be paid directly to schools and kura after the workshop component has fully been completed.

What it includes

The Ministry is funding professional learning and development (PLD) to support targeted teaching with a focus on writing for Year 7-10 teachers.

This PLD will support teachers to develop and use deep expertise in structured literacy approach (SLA) elements, effective writing pedagogy, targeted teaching approaches and the application of explicit teaching principles for Years 7-10 students. The PLD includes approaches to targeted teaching for students with dyslexia and other literacy and language learning difficulties, assessment practices and how to use tools to monitor progress and will support participants in leading sustainable changes in teaching practices and building in-school capability.

The PLD will be delivered over four school terms and comprises the following:

Core delivery: 5 full day facilitated workshops and 8 communities of practice per teacher
Ongoing coaching and mentoring (over four terms)
Alignment with the English learning area and elements of SLA targeted teaching for Years 7-10 with a focus on writing

The PLD may involve face-to-face and/or virtual/remote learning and will run in cohorts although individual providers will offer different dates for delivery.

Available from

Term 2, 2026

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