BSLA403-25X4 (O) Special non-calendar-based Four 2025 (UC Online)

Class Teaching (Year 4-8) in BSLA Structured Literacy

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 6 October 2025
End Date: Sunday, 19 July 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 19 October 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 3 May 2026

Description

Effective structured literacy teaching during primary school is essential for setting children up on a pathway to academic, social and vocational success. The Better Start Literacy Approach for upper primary incorporates best practices for structured literacy teaching in phonics; phonological awareness; morphological awareness; orthography; reading fluency, rate and comprehension; and oral narrative. Completion of this course will provide participants with the skills and resources required to implement structured literacy teaching for Years 4-8 learners in their chosen kura, kahui ako or cluster.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Course Coordinator.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Advanced linguistic knowledge quiz 30%
Fidelity checklist 20%
Implementation quiz and self-reflection 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,084.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Leadership and Professional Practice .

All BSLA403 Occurrences

  • BSLA403-25X3 (O) Special non-calendar-based Three 2025 (UC Online)
  • BSLA403-25X2 (O) Special non-calendar-based Two 2025 (UC Online)
  • BSLA403-25X4 (O) Special non-calendar-based Four 2025 (UC Online)
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