Reading - Professional Learning & Resources
Reading Professional Learning & Resources
SPELD NSW has a great collection of professional learning & resources to support classroom teachers, interventionists and school leaders working to implement explicit and evidence-based reading instruction.
Professional learning courses are designed to support classroom reading instruction and students with reading difficulties. SPELD NSW also provides training in phonics program for use in schools and classroom. Professional learning is available face-to-face, online or on-demand and is suitable for classroom teachers and interventionists.
SPELD NSW also has a great collection of resources to support excellence in reading instruction.
Access a wide range of Reading Learning & Resources​
SPELD NSW Reading Professional Learning Courses
Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series
This series of on-demand webinars takes some big ideas and packages them up into digestible bite-sized sessions to help K-2 teachers and leaders take the next step in implementing evidence-based reading in their classrooms.
Evidence-Based Reading in Action
A one-day hands-on course that helps K-2 teachers bring evidence-based and explicit reading instruction to life in their classrooms!
The Fluency Puzzle: The next steps in reading from Stage 1 to Upper Primary
Develop your understanding of fluency and learn a range of strategies to support fluent reading across 1-6.
How we Learn and How we Learn to Read?
Explore a range of models and theories that help us better understand how students learn and learn to read!
Kick-Start Reading Instruction for 2025
Preparing your team for explicit and evidence-based reading instruction for 2025 with this free webinar.
Professional Learning about Reading Difficulties
Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers
Learn about targeted strategies to add to your reading instruction tool box! Available as a one-day or on-demand course!
Professional Learning Courses and Webinars on Learning Difficulties
Professional learning courses and webinars about dyslexia, reading difficulties and other learning difficulties.
SPELD NSW Teacher Certificate Course
The SPELD NSW Teacher 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.
Training in Phonics Programs
UFLI Foundations
UFLI Foundations is an explicit and systematic phonics program that introduces students to the foundational reading skills necessary for proficient reading.
Little Learners Love Literacy®
This workshop is a two-day professional learning course focused on how to teach Little Learners Love Literacy® with fidelity. It aims to prepare teachers to implement evidence-based reading, spelling, phonemic awareness and writing routines in their classroom.
Sounds-Write Courses
Sounds-Write is an evidence-based highly structured, synthetic, linguistic phonics program utilising an exciting and highly successful approach to the teaching of reading and spelling.
Resources to Support Reading Instruction
Phonics and Morphology Scope and Sequence
The SPELD NSW Phonics and Morphology Scope and Sequence for Reading and Spelling. These documents are freely available for schools, teachers and interventionists to use to support their reading and spelling instruction.
Decodable Book Selectors
The organisation of decodable readers in the SPELD NSW Decodable Book Selectors provides guidance about the selection and organisation of the readers from a range of high-quality series of decodable books.
Decodable Readers for K-2 Classrooms and Students
SPELD NSW Bookshop has a great range of high-quality decocdable books for Kindy to Year 2 classrooms and students.
SPELD NSW Member Phonic & Morphology Resources
These Phonics and Morphology Resources have been developed by SPELD NSW for teachers, interventionists, and parents to support students’ reading and spelling instruction and learning.
Blending and Reading Strategies Bookmarks
These free downloadable bookmarks provide strategies for blending, word reading, and word attack for educators and parents supporting beginning and more advanced readers.
Reading Decodable Book video series
In this video series, we address how to read a decodable book and provide lots of practical tips to help you get started on your decodable reading journey.
Knowledge Building Texts
A great range of engaging non-fiction texts to allow students to build their reading fluency, background knowledge and vocabulary from the SPELD NSW Bookshop.
Catch-up Decodable Readers for Intervention
Sounds-Write is an evidence-based highly structured, synthetic, linguistic phonics program utilising an exciting and highly successful approach to the teaching of reading and spelling.
Upcoming & Available Reading Courses
Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series – 10 Course Bundle
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
30 November -0001
This series of webinars takes some big ideas and packages them up into digestible bite-sized sessions to help K-2 teachers and leaders take the next step in implementing evidence-based reading in their classrooms.
Make the most of York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) On Demand Webinar
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
30 November -0001
Gain greater confidence and competence in administering YARC, interpreting results and intervention planning with these on-demand webinars.
The K-2 Literacy Block Webinar Recording
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
27 March 2024
The what and the when! How do you plan for all that needs to be taught in K-2 reading? This short webinar gives you a great structure to adopt in your classroom and some ideas for how to get the best out of your learning time. We will help you think about the purpose of each lesson and what each lesson can look like in your classroom!
Teaching New Sound-Spelling Correspondences Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
2 April 2024
In this short webinar, you will learn a very simple but effective way to introduce new sound-spelling correspondences to your students. How do we teach students voiced/unvoiced sounds? How do we ensure they are pronouncing the phonemes correctly? We will show you how to be direct, targeted, and student-centred using our simple ‘Learning a new GPC’ routine.
Teaching How to Decode and Blend Words Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
10 April 2024
Every K-2 classroom needs an effective routine of how to decode, encode, and blend words. In this session, we show you a great way to help students understand the connection between sounds and letters and how to blend sounds to read words correctly and confidently. This session will help you ensure that there is no guesswork in word reading! 
The Phonics Lesson: I do, we do, you do Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
2 May 2024
This webinar examines the elements of a direct and explicit K-2 phonics lesson structure. You will receive a clear and effective model of instruction that will help you implement an ‘I do, we do, you do’ structure in your phonics and spelling lessons. We will discuss differentiation, what resources to use, and how to get all students actively engaged and learning how to read and spell!
Irregular Words: When words don’t play by the rules! Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
14 May 2024
In this webinar, we demystify irregular words. What are they exactly? When and how should we teach them? We will show you how to plan for your irregular word instruction and most importantly, how to teach and practice these tricky words! You will learn 2 simple routines and get some insights into some activities that will help with making these words stick in students’ long-term memory! 
The Daily Review: where the real learning happens! Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
20 May 2024
In this webinar, you will learn about the power of retrieval practice! We will discuss the difference between teaching and learning and how introducing this short lesson (or lessons) into your day might just be the dose of practice your young readers are looking for! We will show you how to plan for this lesson, how to build a simple slide deck, and how to implement this short but all-important session in your day! 
Decoding Decodable Texts: How to select decodable texts for your readers Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
5 June 2024
In this webinar, we consider what makes a decodable… decodable? We show you how to align texts to your scope and sequence and how to select decodable texts that are appropriate for the reader and differentiated for various levels. We will look at basic code and extended code examples and help you understand how to make the best choices for your readers.
Planning for Partner Reading in K-2 Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
11 June 2024
In this webinar, we introduce you to the ‘reading practice and fluency lesson’ which is a key part of the literacy block. We will examine how to plan for this lesson, how to select and use resources, and what partner reading can look like across K-2. We will show you a great example of warm-up slides you can use in this lesson and a routine to teach students for partner reading.
But which words? Selecting Words for Vocabulary Instruction Webinar Recording
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,
17 June 2024
In this webinar, we go beyond sorting words into vocabulary tiers. We will show you how to select words for deep vocabulary instruction and provide you with a model for teaching these great words in your classrooms. You will walk away with some inspiring ideas for how to bring vocabulary to life in your setting!
How we Learn to Read Webinar Recording
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
22 June 2024
In this webinar, you will learn about some of the very important and fascinating evidence that informs our understanding of how our brains become literate. If you want to understand the WHY behind the NSW English Syllabus then this session is for you! 
Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers – On-Demand Team Learning Course
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
26 August 2024
In this on-demand 8 module course you will learn about a range of evidence-based strategies to support struggling readers. On-demand professional learning designed for schools or clinics to complete as a team! Ideal for primary schools, high schools, learning support teams or intervention clinics supporting students experiencing reading difficulties.
Help me Read! Strategies for Struggling Readers – On-Demand Individual Learning Course
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
26 August 2024
In this on-demand 8 module course you will learn about a range of evidence-based strategies to support struggling readers. On-demand professional learning designed for individual primary school teachers and educators providing learning support and intervention for primary school and high school students who are experiencing reading difficulties.
Kick-Start Your School’s Professional Learning Plan for 2025 – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
18 September 2024
Looking for quality and evidence-based Professional Learning for you and your school in 2025? Look no further!
Understanding Dyslexia – Free Dyslexia Awareness Month Professional Learning
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
1 October 2024
Join us for this free talk on reading difficulties and dyslexia! Learn some valuable information that will help you better understand why some people struggle with reading and gain some insights and tips on how you can support them in the classroom and at home. We look forward to sharing this important information with you for Dyslexia Awareness month!
Assessing and Diagnosing Specific Learning Disorders – Online
WHEN: 12:00pm midday - 3:00pm, 4 sessions starting,
17 October 2024
This online workshop is suitable for Psychologists with an interest in learning more about the assessment and diagnosis of learning disorders in the key areas of reading, written expression and mathematics
Evidence-Based Reading in Action – Online
WHEN: 9.00am - 3.30pm,
17 October 2024
A hands-on course that helps teachers bring evidence-based reading instruction to life in their classrooms!