Purpose

The Effective reading instruction suite of professional learning supports teachers to deepen their understanding of evidence-based reading instruction.

Who should participate?

Kindergarten to Year 6 school leaders and teachers

Mode of delivery

Self-paced online learning.

Content

Each course equips teachers with essential knowledge and strategies to enhance their instructional skills, apply evidence-based practices, and supports the improvement of student literacy outcomes. The suite includes:

• oral and written language
• linguistics
• language fundamentals
• reading comprehension.

Teachers can complete the courses in any order or follow the recommended order of completion as listed.

Effective reading instruction: Oral and written language

Supports teachers to understand the important role that oral language plays in developing reading and writing skills.

Completing this course will help participants to:

• gain an understanding of oral language
• learn all aspects of oral language that need to work together
• understand the distinction between biologically primary and secondary functions
• explore the similarities and differences between spoken and written language.

Effective reading instruction: Linguistics

Supports teachers to understand the linguistic structure of Standard Australian English which is central to delivering high quality reading instruction.

Completing this course will help participants to:

• gain key understandings about vowels, consonants, phonemes and graphemes
• explore the cumulative nature of teaching phonic knowledge and how we transition from teaching the simple code to the complex code.

Effective reading instruction: Language fundamentals

Supports teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the language and knowledge, fundamental skills for reading (and writing).

Completing this course will help participants to:

• gain a deeper understanding of vocabulary, syntax, morphology and etymology
• discover how growth in language fundamentals is important for reading
• explore the tiers of vocabulary
• examine explicit and implicit vocabulary growth
• develop an awareness of how an understanding of morphology and etymology can support word identification, spelling and reading comprehension.

Effective reading instruction: Reading comprehension

Supports teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the components of reading comprehension and the implications for classroom practice.

Completing this course will help participants to:

• understand the components of reading comprehension, including background knowledge
• explore how an understanding of the components of reading comprehension can be applied to classroom practice.

Contacts

If you have any questions, contact literacy.numeracy@det.nsw.edu.au.