Teachers Certificate Course
Teachers' Certificate Course - Literacy InterventionAPPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2022The 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 Writing, Adjustments and Intervention Planning.
In 2022, 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.
The cost of the Teachers’ Certificate Course is $2,250 (inc GST). The course cost includes Individual SPELD NSW membership worth $70. For more details on application and payment (including payment plans) please see the below 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
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 students and how learning difficulties can impact a student’s learning
- Evaluate the research on literacy and numeracy 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 and numeracy
- 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 - The Write Way: Scaffolding Writing, Adjustments and Creating Intervention Action Plans
2022 Course Dates
Term One & Two Online Course (registrations now closed)
- Introductory Week
31 January to 6 February
Live webinar on 3 February, 6.30pm-7.30pm - Module One
7 February to 27 February
Live webinar on 26 February, 9am to 12.30pm - Module Two
28 February to 20 March
Live webinar on 17 March, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Three
21 March to 10 April
Live webinar on 7 April, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Four
18 April to 15 May
Live webinar on 5 May, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Five
16 May to 12 June
Live webinar on 9 June, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Six
13 June to 3 July
Live webinar on 23 June, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Term Three & Four Online Course
- Introductory Week
18th July to 24th July
Live webinar 21st July at 6.30pm to 7.30pm - Module One
25th July to 14th August
Live webinar 13th August 9-12:30pm - Module Two
15th August to 4th September
Live webinar 1st September, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Three
5th September to 25th September
Live webinar 22nd September, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Four
26th September to 30th October (includes study break for holidays)
Live webinar 20th October, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Five
31st October to 27th November
Live webinar 24th November, 6.30pm to 8.30pm - Module Six
28th November to 18th December
Live webinar 15th December, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
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