Upcoming Courses!
Check out upcoming face-to-face and live online professional learning courses!
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Reading Intervention Course – Applications Now Open for 2026!
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
30 November -0001
The Reading Intervention Course is SPELD NSW’s specialist course for educators and allied health professionals looking to offer small group and one-on-one tier 3 intervention in reading. This specialist course has new resources, new content and modules to help build your expertise to deliver evidence-based reading intervention for struggling readers.
SPELL EXTRAS! Responding to the End of Term Assessment Data – LAUNCH – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
16 June 2026
You have completed the end of Term Launch assessment and now you have a colourful spreadsheet! What do you do now? Join us for this important webinar on how to understand the data in front of you and how to use it to inform instruction moving forward.
Mastering Morphology: Understanding How English Words Work – Online
WHEN: 9:00am - 3:30pm,
17 June 2026
An introduction to English morphology and what this means for teaching spelling in our classrooms.
Understanding how we learn to read for parents and carers (Insights Series For Families) – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
18 June 2026
Parents, carers and friends, join us for this webinar to learn about some of the key facts around how humans learn to read. This is a perfect first webinar for those with children starting out at school for the first time, or if you have concerns about your older child’s reading and you want some insights into the mystery of learning to read!
The Fluency Puzzle: the next steps in reading from Years 3 to 6 – Online
WHEN: 9.00am - 3.30pm,
19 June 2026
Develop your understanding of fluency and learn a range of strategies to support fluent reading across 3-6.
SPELL EXTRAS! Responding to the End of Term Assessment Data – Parts 1-4 – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
23 June 2026
Congratulations on completing the end of Term SPELL assessment. Now let’s make a plan! Join us for this webinar to learn how to interpret the spreadsheet and plan for how you to are going to embed additional support for those students who need it and what you can do if lots of students are struggling with a particular concept of you are not seeing transfer into their writing!
Talk for Writing: 2 Day Introductory Workshop – Online
WHEN: 9:00 am - 3:30pm, 2 days starting,
25 June 2026
This two-day ONLINE introductory workshop offers teachers an overview and provides opportunities for hands-on participation in the steps of this exceptionally effective instructional approach.
Understanding How Word Reading Assessments Inform Literacy Intervention (Insights Series For Specialists) – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
1 July 2026
Allied Health professionals and specialist interventionists! Let’s look at some simple (free) assessment tools that you should be using in your practice to inform your reading intervention.
UFLI Foundations Workshop – Parramatta
WHEN: 8:45am - 3:45pm,
24 July 2026
UFLI Foundations is an explicit and systematic phonics program that introduces students to the foundational reading skills necessary for proficient reading.
The Fluency Puzzle: the next steps in reading from Years 3 to 6 – Online
WHEN: 9.00am - 3.30pm,
28 July 2026
Develop your understanding of fluency and learn a range of strategies to support fluent reading across 3-6.
Running Effective Small-Group Reading in the Primary Classroom (Insights Series For Primary Teachers) – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
30 July 2026
Join us to learn how to get the most out of any small group reading you do with your students.
How to use LAUNCH lessons and resources in the classroom (Morning Session) – Online
WHEN: 9:00am - 12:00pm midday,
31 July 2026
Attend this half day morning session on implementing the explicit instruction scripts with your students!
Interesting Community Events
Talking Literacy Webinars – Conversations with International Experts
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
1 January 1970
Exciting and thought-provoking webinar series from AUSPELD, featuring conversations with international experts as they share some of their acquired knowledge, key discoveries and thoughts for the future.
Think Forward Educators
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
1 January 1970
Think Forward Educators - a community of educators - teachers, school leaders, specialists, allied health professionals, parents and researchers.