Keynotes, seminars, tailored workshops and coaching

Contact Dr Tessa Daffern to discuss professional learning options that can be tailored specifically for your context.

2025: Online via Zoom

Explicitly teaching the components of spelling

In this 4-part practical course, build your pedagogical content knowledge to implement explicit spelling instruction using a multi-tiered system of support grounded in Triple Word Form Theory

Workshop 1: Tuesday 11 March 2025 (3:30pm to 5:00pm AEST)

Workshop 2: Wednesday 12 March 2025 (3:30pm to 5:00pm AEST)

Workshop 3: Tuesday 18 March 2025 (3:30pm to 5:00pm AEST)

Workshop 4: Wednesday 19 March 2025 (3:30pm to 5:00pm AEST)

$275 per person (incl. GST)

In Person: Rotorua, New Zealand

Explicitly teaching the components of spelling: An evidence-based approach

In this workshop, build your pedagogical content knowledge to implement explicit spelling instruction using a multi-tiered system of support. Informed by her extensive research and coaching, Dr Daffern draws on Triple Word Form Theory to provide examples of targeted spelling instruction that connect with instruction in handwriting, vocabulary and sentence-level grammar.

Thursday 13 February 2025 – 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Malfroy School, Rotorua, NZ ($200 AUD)

Dr Tessa Daffern has engaged with many schools across Australia, as well as the following organisations and education departments: