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Teaching Literacy Through a Structured Approach PLD Opportunity

Tātai Angitu PLD offers a layered approach to delivery

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    Learn together as a team guided by the Tātai Angitu Teacher Knowledge book

    - 3 face to face, day-long sessions with a Tātai Angitu I Massey University Facilitator.

    - A beautiful, easy to read teacher knowledge book.

  • A laptop and a smartphone displaying the Tātai Angitu I Communities of Practice website, showing upcoming sessions for teaching reading and writing, and pronunciation sounds, with various tabs and a logo with multicolored shapes.

    Consolidate the learning to meet your individual needs online

    - An online classroom (hosted by School Kit) packed full of extra content. 

    - Choose from over 50 live Community of Practice sessions led by Massey University Facilitators. 

    - An opportunity for each teacher in your team to customise a personal learning journey that meets their specific professional needs.

  • A workspace with a laptop, a potted plant, a coffee cup with latte art, and scattered flashcards and game pieces featuring words and images for a language learning activity.

    A kit of manipulatives to use in-class to support your SLA teaching

    - A Tātai Angitu School Kit packed full of 13 different teaching aids including instruction cards, cvc cards, word lists, magnetic letters and uni-fix blocks.

    - Delivered directly to your classroom after completion of 3 days of workshops and you joining the online classroom for Community of Practice sessions. 

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Programme overview

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  • Session one:

    • Structured Literacy Approach

    • Theoretical Models of Reading and Writing

    Session two:

    • Science of Learning

    • The Alphabetic Code

    Session Three:

    • Scope and Sequence

    • Decoding and Encoding Words

  • Session one:

    • Review

    • Assessment

    • Morphology

    Session two:

    • Vocabulary

    • Comprehension

    Session three:

    • Sentences

    • School Kit and CoPs

  • Your Communities of Practice (COPs) will be delivered via an online platform. You will receive an email invitation with access details after your Day 2 workshop.

  • Session one:

    • Review

    • Unpacking Assessment Data

    • Oral Language and Fluency

    Session two: Essentials of a Literacy Programme - Year 0-3 / Year 4-8.

    Session three:

    • Read Aloud

    • School Kit

    • Reflection and Goal Setting

Register your interest

The Tātai Angitu facilitation team is approved to provide structured literacy PLD in years 0-8. Tātai Angitu are thrilled to build on the success they have had working with schools across Aotearoa NZ with the 0-3 SL PLD.

Tātai Angitu deliver face to face Day 1 and 2 and Day 3.

Community of practice workshops are delivered via a dedicated online classroom. Every participant chooses, from a huge range of one hour workshops, a mix of sessions that best suits their needs.

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The Tātai Angitu Approach

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  • Supports kaiako to build knowledge and practice for a structured literacy approach across the school, years 0-8.

  • Builds on foundational code knowledge, advancing into complex spellings and morphology for decoding and spelling multisyllabic words.

  • Builds vocabulary knowledge through morphology and word meanings, based on words from popular texts used in classrooms across levels.

  • Builds sentence knowledge for comprehension and writing using a method developed by our team and successfully implemented in classrooms.

  • Builds knowledge of paragraphs and whole texts so students can successfully read and write longer forms.

What People Are Saying

“I really value listening to people who know their stuff. She (Tātai Angitu facilitator) knows her content inside and out and gives us so many practical examples that I can take to class the very next day.”

— Participant Teacher, Cohort 5 SLA PLD

“A good triangulation of the PLD … the Teacher Knowledge Manual, face-to-face workshops and the Communities of Practice. Brilliant!”

— Participant Teacher, Cohort 5 SLA PLD

A teacher only online classroom

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Customise your learning journey

Part of your commitment to being part of the Tātai Angitu I Massey University SLA Programme is your attendance and participation in eight Community of Practice (CoP) sessions over 9 months. Sessions are held in a dedicated online classroom housed within the School Kit Network (The School Kit Squad). You will need to join the network to participate in the sessions.

With over 40 different Tātai Angitu CoP sessions available, participants are enabled to take agency for their own professional learning. The online classroom allows each participant to select a variety of sessions that match areas where they may feel unsure, where they personally feel they require extension or where they are seeking further clarity.

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Tātai Angitu has been providing high quality education sector professional services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally for many years.  We are grounded in three core strands: education, efficacy and enterprise.

Our core business offers high quality sector-facing professional learning, development and support for all levels.  By actively linking knowledge with opportunities and needs, we support achievement of enhanced outcomes for kaiako and leaders in schools, and ultimately seek to impact learner outcomes.

Experienced Facilitators

Tātai Angitu’s team of experienced facilitators have developed materials that support schools to understand literacy teaching across the 0-8 years in reading and writing. The materials build on the success of their work in schools across the country using evidence-informed and research-based methods.

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    Jamie Worthington

    Jamie has 10 years teaching and leadership experience in mainstream and bilingual primary, intermediate and secondary school classrooms. Jamie has a genuine love for teaching and learning and relishes in supporting ākonga and kaiako to grow, evolve and learn. Jamie is passionate about fostering positive and inclusive classroom environments.

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    Kerri Satherley

    Kerri has over 12 years in classroom experience in primary education and has been involved in school leadership. This experience has given Kerri a deep understanding of the needs within a busy and complex New Zealand classroom. Kerri believes quality literacy teaching is one of the biggest challenges of equity in our schools.

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    Micaela Bonnar

    Micaela has taught in Year 0-6 classrooms across Auckland & Waitakere cities since 2011, including several leadership roles. Micaela is trained in structured literacy through the Institute of Multi-sensory Structured Language Education and works as a private literacy tutor alongside her role as a Literacy Facilitator with Literacy@Massey.

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    Claire Knight

    Claire is a passionate educator with over 20 years of experience in primary education, dedicated to supporting teachers and empowering students—especially those who struggle with learning. As an accredited literacy facilitator, former RTLB, and DP, Claire has worked extensively with schools to develop structured literacy programs.

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    Sarah Etchells

    Sarah has been teaching since 1989 starting with new entrants in Manchester. Sarah has been a school leader, SENCO, RTLB and RTLit. Sarah’s learning journey is ongoing. The goal remains the same: close the literacy equity gap so the majority of students are successfully reading and writing for their age when they leave school.

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    Jo Francis-Alles

    Jo has many valuable years in education, including her Master of Education Practice (with distinction). Jo has worked as a resource teacher for literacy for the past 7 years. More recently, Jo has also began working as a literacy facilitator at Massey University. Jo continues to support the Tātai team with both SLA & PfS on a part time basis.

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    Hilary Elliot

    Hilary has been teaching since 2013. She has spent the past 6 years in the role of in-school Curriculum Coach and Literacy Lead, supporting Years 0–8 classroom teachers. In 2024, Hilary was a recipient of a TeachNZ Study Award, and is currently working on her thesis to complete a Master of Education at Massey University.