PLD for structured literacy & te reo matatini approaches PLD for structured literacy & te reo matatini approaches

If you would like teachers to participate in PLD across multiple providers, please submit one application per provider that you intend to enrol with. This ensures that a unique ARN is created for each provider, as the same ARN cannot be used to enrol with more than one provider. 

This PLD will support teachers to use structured literacy approaches including: oral language, phonemic knowledge, systematic synthetic phonics teaching and knowledge for decoding and spelling, handwriting, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, fluency, text structure, writing, and comprehension.  

Since SLA & RRāTā PLD first became available in 2024, demand has been strong and reach across the sector has been significant. The current approach has enabled us to exceed our national target of teachers trained through this initiative.  

Places for SLA | RRāTā Y0-8 PLD will be prioritised for teachers and schools who have not yet had access. Priority will be given to schools and kura with no previous participation, Years 7–8 teachers without prior PLD, Years 0–6 teachers who have not yet participated, and those identified as highest need by regional teams. 

As this PLD has now been widely accessed, we are moving toward a new phase of literacy PLD that is focussed on embedding and sustaining effective practice.    

 This involves:  

• ongoing, but limited, access to foundational SLA PLD for prioritised teachers 
• beginning new PLD around Literacy Leadership from 2027 and,   
• additional learning opportunities that build on foundational SLA knowledge and the English Learning area 

Cohort 9, 2026