Spelling & Writing - Professional Learning & Resources
Spelling & Writing Professional Learning & Resources
SPELD NSW has a great collection of professional learning and resources to support classroom teachers, interventionists, and school leaders who are working to implement explicit and evidence-based spelling and writing instruction.
Professional learning courses are designed to support classroom spelling instruction and students with spelling difficulties. They are available face-to-face, online, or on-demand and are suitable for classroom teachers and interventionists.
SPELD NSW also has a great collection of resources to support excellence in spelling instruction.
Access a wide range of Spelling and Writing Learning & Resources
Spelling & Writing Professional Learning Courses
The SPELD NSW Spelling Series
On-demand courses to help you develop spelling content knowledge and learn explicit instruction routines to confidentially spelling!
Simplifying Spelling in Years 1-6
Teach spelling generalisations with confidence!
Mastering Morphology: Understanding How English Words Work
An introduction to English morphology and what this means for teaching spelling in our classrooms.
Talk for Writing Courses
This two day professional development workshop offers an overview of the Talk for Writing approach and provides opportunities for hands-on participation in this effective instructional approach for teaching written expression.
Kick-Start Spelling Instruction for 2025
Preparing your team for explicit and evidence-based spelling instruction for 2025 with this free webinar.
Professional Learning about Spelling & Writing Difficulties
Professional Learning Courses and Webinars on Learning Difficulties
Professional learning courses and webinars about spelling and written expression 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.
DSF Learning Difficulties Courses
SPELD NSW is happy to partner with DSF to deliver these engaging and informative webinars about identifying and supporting students with learning difficulties.
Resources to Support Spelling & Writing 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.
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.
Literacy Resources and Activities
Literacy Resources and Activities to support spelling instruction and learning.
Upcoming and Available Spelling & Writing Courses
Teaching Long Vowels: Not everything all at once – Team Professional Learning
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
19 August 2024
Teaching students how to spell words with long vowels can be tricky. In this course, we show you great tips and tricks to simplify spelling instruction to make it more effective and targeted. We don’t want you to have to teach 8 spellings for the /ay/ phoneme! So, what do you do instead? Join us and we will show you!
The SPELD NSW Spelling Series – 10 Course Bundle – Team Professional Learning
WHEN: Series of on-demand courses with the first course available from 5pm,
19 August 2024
This series of on-demand, self-paced courses is perfect for teachers, interventionists and speech pathologists looking to develop their own spelling content knowledge and learn some explicit instruction routines to confidentially teach students to become fluent writers!
The SPELD NSW Spelling Series – 10 Course Bundle – Individual Professional Learning
WHEN: Series of on-demand courses with the first course available from 5pm,
19 August 2024
This series of on-demand, self-paced courses is perfect for teachers, interventionists and speech pathologists looking to develop their own spelling content knowledge and learn some explicit instruction routines to confidentially teach students to become fluent writers!
Teaching Long Vowels: Not everything all at once – Individual Professional Learning
WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed
19 August 2024
Teaching students how to spell words with long vowels can be tricky. In this course, we show you great tips and tricks to simplify spelling instruction to make it more effective and targeted. We don’t want you to have to teach 8 spellings for the /ay/ phoneme! So, what do you do instead? Join us and we will show you!
SLD in Written Expression: Defining Features and Effective Strategies – Online
WHEN: 10:00am - 4:30pm,
6 September 2024
The focus of this full day workshop will be to provide participants with an understanding of the defining features of SLDs in Written Expression.
Simplifying Spelling in Years 1-6 – Online
WHEN: 9:00am - 3:30pm,
6 September 2024
Learn how to teach spelling so it sticks!
Mastering Morphology: Understanding How English Words Work – Online
WHEN: 9:00am - 3:30pm,
12 September 2024
An introduction to English morphology and what this means for teaching spelling in our classrooms.
Ending Spellings – Team Professional Learning
WHEN: On-demand course available from 5pm,
16 September 2024
English loves word endings rules! There are some rules and patterns around how to spell word endings and here we cover the most common ones. Ck or c or k? Dge or ge? FLOSS? We will simplify these tricky generalisations and then show you a simple way to teach them!
Ending Spellings – Individual Professional Learning
WHEN: On-demand course available from 5pm,
16 September 2024
English loves word endings rules! There are some rules and patterns around how to spell word endings and here we cover the most common ones. Ck or c or k? Dge or ge? FLOSS? We will simplify these tricky generalisations and then show you a simple way to teach them!
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!
Schwa no More: Syllables as a strategy for spelling – Team Professional Learning
WHEN: On-demand course available from 5pm,
14 October 2024
As words get longer, so does our spelling headache. Not anymore! In this course we will show you some clever strategies for teaching polysyllabic words, as well as words that contain silent letters and yep- schwa! We will end the course with a demonstration of how to teach 2 syllable words and all their tricky bits!
Schwa no More: Syllables as a strategy for spelling – Individual Professional Learning
WHEN: On-demand course available from 5pm,
14 October 2024
As words get longer, so does our spelling headache. Not anymore! In this course we will show you some clever strategies for teaching polysyllabic words, as well as words that contain silent letters and yep- schwa! We will end the course with a demonstration of how to teach 2 syllable words and all their tricky bits!
Simplifying Spelling in Years 1-6 – Parramatta
WHEN: 9:00am - 3:30pm,
24 October 2024
Learn how to teach spelling so it sticks!
Kick-Start Your School’s Reading Instruction – Online
WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
24 October 2024
Preparing your team for explicit and evidence-based reading instruction for 2025
Mastering Morphology: Understanding How English Words Work – Parramatta
WHEN: 9:00am - 3:30pm,
25 October 2024
An introduction to English morphology and what this means for teaching spelling in our classrooms.
Talk for Writing 2 Day Face-to-Face Essentials Workshop – Parramatta
WHEN: 9:00 am - 3:30pm, 2 days starting,
31 October 2024
This two-day face-to-face professional development workshop offers an overview of the Talk for Writing approach and provides opportunities for hands-on participation in this exceptionally effective instructional approach for teaching written expression.
Simplifying Spelling in Years 1-6 – Newcastle
WHEN: 9:00am - 3:30pm,
6 November 2024
Learn how to teach spelling so it sticks!
Double or Nothing: The doubling rule – Team Professional Learning
WHEN: On-demand course available from 5pm,
11 November 2024
To double or not to double. Now that’s an interesting question. In this course, we show you how to teach the doubling rules when adding a vowel suffix in a really simple way. We will look at how we can make this less overwhelming for students and set them up for success! Then we extend that to look at 2 syllable words and clarify how to teach this rule for those more complicated words!