Learning Opportunities

Access for Success: Making Inclusion Work for Language Learners

Presented By

Dr. Katy Arnett

Series Sessions

Date Time
Thursday, October 24, 2019 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Location

Blended Online

TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 FSL CLASSROOM TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

Explore the professional learning text, Access for success: Making inclusion work for language learners with one of the book’s co-authors, Katy Arnett, during the 19-20 school year.  This book anchors inclusive teaching practices in second language learning contexts through 4 'access points'--research on second language learning and teaching, the students, universal language actions and differentiation as components of inclusive teaching, and assessment and problem-solving. There will be 6 online meetings to discuss the book, each 75 minutes long (3:45-5:00pm).  Each session will be devoted to discussion of 2 chapters.  At the end of the year (May 28), Katy will come to Calgary to facilitate a full day of professional learning based on the book; the PL day is limited to teachers who participate in the book clubs.  The book club will be presented in English for FSL teachers (k-12) and in French for French Immersion teachers (k-12).  The professional learning day will be presented in French.

Learning Goals

  • Participants can describe current research about teaching and learning second languages.
  • Participants can link students' needs with their suggested supports.
  • Participants can plan more inclusive lessons through their use of universal language actions and differentiation.
  • Participants can identify and use assessment techniques which are useful for problem-solving discussions.

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