Introduction to adult literacy, numeracy and cultural capability
Explore the fundamentals of adult literacy, numeracy and cultural capability with our experienced team.
Growing numeracy | Building confidence with numbers
Discover skills and resources to improve numeracy instruction and help learners increase their confidence and competency with numbers.
This workshop is tailored to tutors delivering foundation courses and tutors who cover numeracy skills as part of vocational courses.
Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool
This course presents an introduction to the National Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool and the related Learning Progressions framework.
Essentials: The what, how and why of teaching reading comprehension
Explore effective reading strategies to transform your learners from passive to active readers.
Workplace Language, Literacy and Numeracy | Developing professional practice
This course will equip workplace LLN tutors with the skills to identify priority learning areas, use assessment results, and design targeted instruction. It covers both literacy and numeracy provision and includes a range of instructional approaches, activities and resources to support ongoing innovation.
Numeracy Toolbox | Developing learners’ fractions, decimals, percentages and proportional thinking
This course develops educators’ understanding of proportional reasoning and how to teach it.
Financial Wellbeing
This interactive workshop introduces tools and strategies that you can share with your learners to help them make informed decisions about money, and to develop their financial planning skills.
Reading Toolbox | Teaching learners with reading difficulties
Learn how to teach learners with dyslexia and other reading difficulties the strategies they need to improve their reading and writing.
Numeracy Toolbox | Developing number skills
This course supports educators to develop learners’ numeracy skills within foundation-level programmes.
Developing statistical and measurement skills
This course supports educators to develop learners’ numeracy skills within foundation-level programmes.
Workplace Language, Literacy and Numeracy | Extending professional practice
This course extends workplace LLN tutors’ professional practice by further developing their assessment and planning processes, and their personal repertoire of instructional strategies.
WordWise | All you need to know about teaching decoding and spelling
Discover the interplay between decoding and spelling and learn how they can be taught at the same time.
An introduction to Dyslexia | Supporting learners to achieve their potential
Develop your skills and knowledge to recognise and support tertiary learners with dyslexia and other learning differences to achieve their potential.
Taking that next step in your professional learning and development is easy with Ako Aotearoa. Everything we do is evidence-based. Everything you’ll learn is practical, high-quality, effective and sustainable.
We offer three main ways to learn and develop with us.
- In-house Learning and Development
We can come to you to deliver in-house professional development. Contact us to discuss your needs and budget or download our in-house PLD flyer. - Public Workshops
Come to one of our half-day or full-day public workshops taking place throughout the year in different parts of the country. - Online learning courses
Our online courses use a combination of synchronous and asynchronous, facilitated learning and incorporate time for practical application.