Keynotes, seminars, tailored workshops and coaching

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

‘Literacy Courses’ Now Live

We’re excited to announce the launch of Literacy Courses—our new online professional learning platform designed specifically for educators. Access evidence-based, self-paced courses developed by Dr Tessa Daffern, featuring recorded seminars, authentic classroom demonstrations, downloadable teaching resources and practical follow-up tasks. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your knowledge of spelling instruction or deepen your understanding of phonology, orthography, morphology and assessment, you can now learn anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.

Explore our courses and start your professional learning journey today.

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: