Teachers Certificate Course
Teachers' Certificate Course - Literacy InterventionAPPLICATIONS OPEN FOR TERM 3, 2023The SPELD NSW Teachers’ Certificate Course is a highly regarded Professional Learning program aimed at developing teacher understanding of Specific Learning Difficulties and effective, evidence-based instruction in literacy and literacy intervention. The course is focused on language and literacy development, with individual modules on Learning, Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness and Phonology, Explicit Phonic Intervention, Fluency, Vocabulary & Comprehension, Spelling, Handwriting & Morphology, and Adjustments and Intervention Planning.
In 2023, SPELD NSW will be offering the Teachers’ Certificate Course twice. The first time in Terms 1 & 2 and the second time in terms 3 & 4. The Teachers’ Certificate Course will be run entirely online with a combination of online activities and live webinars.
Term 1 course is now fully booked, applications open for term 3.
The cost of the Teachers’ Certificate Course is $2,250 (inc GST). The course cost includes Individual SPELD NSW membership worth $70. More details on the course, application process and payment arrangements are included in the Information Pack.
Why consider the SPELD NSW Teachers’ Certificate Course
The SPELD NSW Teachers’ Certificate Course is suitable for Learning Support teachers, Primary School Classroom teachers, High School literacy and support teachers, new graduates and specialist tutors.
- 1 1/2 - 2 hours of online learning and reading per week (plus scheduled live webinars)
- Engaging online learning and live collaboration opportunities
- Focus on practical application of theory and research
- Adapt the learning for your own teaching context
- A wide range of multimodal teaching resources and hand-on activities
- Research and evidence based
- Engaging presenters with teaching experience
- Modules 1-5 are accredited with NESA (see below for accreditation details)
What is the course structure?
- Six Learning Modules
- Independent learning in our learning platform: interactive webinars, video, podcasts, readings
- Reflections and critical thinking routines
- Online discussion forums
- Live Webinars
What are the course outcomes?
- Understand how learning difficulties can impact a student’s learning
- Evaluate the research on literacy acquisition
- Develop specific programs to meet the needs of students with learning difficulties with a focus on oral language, phonemic awareness and phonics, reading and spelling, vocabulary and morphology, written expression
- Understand how to monitor and assess student learning and growth
Teachers' Certificate Course Modules
The Teachers’ Certificate Course is run online in a combination of online activities and live webinars. The course includes pre-recorded lecture, videos, readings, quizzes and live online/face to face workshops, practical application and reflection tasks. An online learning platform with discussion forums provides opportunities to collaborate.
- Module One - Mind Matter: How We Learn, Learning Difficulties and Assessment
- Module Two - Sound It Out: Language Development, Phonology and Phonemic Awareness
- Module Three - To the Letter: Explicit Phonics Intervention
- Module Four - In a Word: Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension
- Module Five - Spell Bound: Spelling, Handwriting and Morphology
- Module Six - Well-Adjusted: Adjustments and Creating Intervention Action Plans
Teachers' Certificate Course 2023 Dates Apply Today
Term One & Two Online Course
Term Three & Four Online Course
NESA Accreditation
Modules 1-4 of the Teachers’ Certificate Course are accredited with NESA for a total of 29 hours of accredited professional learning. Participants can access each of these NESA accredited modules by enrolling in the whole Teachers’ Certificate Course.
Module 1
Completing Teacher Certificate Course (Literacy Intervention): Module 1: Mind Matters will contribute 7 hours 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/EYLF addressing standard descriptors 1.5.2, 2.1.2, 2.5.2, 5.1.2 & 5.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Module 2
Completing Teacher Certificate Course (Literacy Intervention): Module 2: Sound It Out will contribute 6 hours and 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/EYLF addressing standard descriptors 2.1.2, 2.5.2 & 5.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Module 3
Completing Teacher Certificate Course (Literacy Intervention): Modules 3: To the Letter: Explicit Phonics Instruction will contribute 6 hours 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/EYLF addressing standard descriptors 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.5.2, 5.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Module 4
Completing Teacher Certificate Course (Literacy Intervention): Modules 4: In a Word will contribute 8 hours and 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/EYLF addressing standard descriptors 1.5.2, 2.1.2, 5.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Modules 5
Completing Teacher Certificate Course (Literacy Intervention): Modules 5: Spell Bound will contribute 7 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum/EYLF addressing standard descriptors 2.1.2, 2.5.2 and 3.5.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
2022 Teachers Certificate Course (Registrations closed)
Term One & Two Online Course
Term Three & Four Online Course
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