Workshops and training professional development for teachers

Face-to-face Workshop (6 Hours) - Available in your school or onsite at Thrive

Virtual Workshop (6 hours) - Coming Soon

Minimum 5 participants 

Cost $275 p/p (ex GST)

Register your small group here 

All About Sounds: Phonology to Phonics is the desired pre-requisite course for all other Structured Literacy Courses. It teaches the basic neuroscience of how the brain learns to read, write & spell and the neurobiological factors that can impede the process. Learn how to assess each component of a student’s literacy proficiency and be given the practical strategies needed to develop the following foundational skills in depth:

• Concepts of Spoken Language, including words in a sentence and syllables in a word, all developed through Nursery Rhyme, Singing and Movement.
• Phonological and Phonemic Awareness including phoneme segmentation, blending, isolation and manipulation.
• Recognition of short and long vowel sounds in spoken words.
• Phonics introduced systematically and explicitly using a sound- to-symbol approach, and following a clear scope and sequence.
• Introductory Decoding and Encoding of single words, taught using a Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) approach.
• Reading of text using Decodable Readers that contain only the single words previously introduced in decoding and encoding tasks.

The complimentary teaching resources for the program (PDF’s & Power Points) follow a clear scope and sequence and can be used for whole-class initial literacy instruction for Pre-Schoolers & Kindergarteners, or as targeted intervention for small-groups and individuals.  

Face-to-face Workshop (6 Hours) - Available in your school or onsite at Thrive

Virtual Workshop (6 hours) - Coming Soon

Minimum 5 participants 

Cost $275 p/p (ex GST)

Register your small group here

Please note: It is highly recommended that participants complete Course A before commencing Course B. 

Course B – Beginning Decoding and Encoding teaches how to systematically introduce the rules associated with the encoding and decoding of English language structures. Learn how to differentiate spelling instruction so that students know what multisensory strategies to use to anchor phonemically decodable words versus true “sight words”. Teach reading, writing and spelling simultaneously using a structured, sequential and cumulative approach based on a clear Scope and Sequence and 30 units, each unit containing the following components:

• Stimulus Poster related to the language structure in focus and its associated spelling rule(s).
• Phonemic Awareness activity for practicing spoken words containing the targeted language structure. 
• Single-Word Reading and Spelling List.
• Sight Words that will be encountered in the Unit’s Sentences and Passages.
• Sentences for Reading and Dictation containing words with the targeted structure. 
• A Decodable Passage with Oral Comprehension Questions.
• A Writing Prompt related to the reading passage for Interactive Journaling or Guided Writing practice. 

Learn how to assess and track each component of a student’s literacy proficiency using the Structured Literacy Diagnostic Assessment, which builds on the initial assessment included in Structured Literacy Course A. The complimentary teaching resources for the program (PDF’s & Power Points) can be used for whole-class literacy instruction for Years 1-2, or as targeted intervention for small-groups and individuals.