Keynotes, seminars, tailored workshops and coaching
Contact Dr Tessa Daffern to discuss professional learning options that can be tailored specifically for your context.
ON-DEMAND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSES, COMING SOON!
A suite of on-demand, flexible and self-paced professional learning courses, created for busy teachers, by renowned literacy expert, Dr Tessa Daffern.
Topics include:
• Explicitly Teaching the Components of Spelling: 5-part course
• Why high-quality spelling instruction matters
• Implementing a high-quality spelling instructional routine informed by Triple Word Form Theory
• Evidence-based spelling assessment and progress monitoring
• Explicitly teaching phonics and phonological skills
• Explicitly teaching orthographic skills
• Explicitly teaching morphological skills
• Explicitly teaching cross-mapping using multiple linguistic lenses
• Using literature when teaching spelling and word-reading skills
• Assessing and teaching reading fluency
• Teaching inferencing
• Cognitive processes in writing: implications for teaching and assessing writing
In response to many requests, these popular courses will soon be offered in an on-demand format. They include follow-up interactive consolidation and review tasks, reflection prompts, demonstration lesson vignettes, downloadable teaching templates and resources, and access to curated professional reading materials and podcasts.
May / June 2026: 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. Informed by Tessa’s extensive research on spelling, as well as her experiences as a Highly Accomplished Teacher, instructional coach, consultant and curriculum developer, this course provides examples of high-quality spelling instruction.
20/5 – 27/5 – 3/6 – 10/6 (3:30pm to 5:00pm AEST)
$275 per person (incl. GST)
June 18 2026: Online via Zoom
Morphology in Action – Structured Teaching to Boost Spelling and Reading
Unlock the power of word structure and meaning in this evidence-informed workshop designed for school educators ready to elevate literacy outcomes. Through interactive learning and the latest research, you’ll explore how explicit morphological instruction boosts spelling accuracy, vocabulary depth, and reading comprehension.
Thursday 18 June (3:30pm to 5:00pm AEST)
$132 per person (incl. GST)
June 23 2026: Online via Zoom
Crossmapping – A Multiple Linguistic Lenses Word Analysis Framework
In this practical workshop, learn about the what, why, when and how to implement ©Daffern’s cross-mapping task: a multiple linguistic lenses framework. Build your confidence and capacity to effectively teach vocabulary and spelling using Daffern’s research-based framework for structured word analysis. Worked examples will be unpacked, and participants will be mentored as they complete and share their own word analysis task.
Tuesday 23 June (3:30pm to 4:30pm AEST)
$66 per person (incl. GST)
Tailored School Workshops
Getting the most out of the CoSTEY & CoST Dashboards
Dr Tessa Daffern offers online and/or face-to-face tailored professional development so that teachers can get the most out of the CoSTEY Dashboard and/or the CoST Dashboard.
Designed to suit your current school context, professional development workshops can either be used to refine your existing implementation across the school or to introduce teachers to an explicit, linguistic-focussed approach to spelling instruction using the CoSTEY Dashboard (for the first 3 years of school) and/or the CoST Dashboard (for Years 3 to 6, or for secondary school students requiring intervention).
Dr Tessa Daffern has engaged with many schools across Australia, as well as the following organisations and education departments:
