Facilitator: | Marylou Dickson |
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Date: | April 30, 2025 |
Time: | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm MTN |
Cost: |
$25.00 |
Location: |
Virtual |
Session Code: | 25-SO-123 |
Type: | Webinar |
Focus: | English Language Arts & Literacy Other |
Target Audience
Grade 7-12 Social Studies Teachers
About this Learning Opportunity
As SS teachers, it is helpful to understand how you engage with the texts (paper or multimodal) you encounter. By having this understanding, you have more tools needed to more effectively assist your students to think as social studies students. In this session, you will be given an opportunity to become more cognizant of the thinking you - as a SS teacher - use as you engage with various text. With this new metacognition, we can add to your lessons to improve student SS thinking and application.
This session addresses the LQS competencies
- 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
- 4. Leading a Learning Community
This session addresses the TQS competencies
- 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
- 3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
About the Facilitator

Marylou Dickson
Marylou Dickson, an experienced teacher of 30+ years, has a strong background in secondary literacy which includes her EdD research on how secondary discipline specialists engage with discipline-specific texts. Dr. Dickson has worn a number of different hats with the Edmonton School Board including teaching secondary English Language Arts (ELA) for over twenty-five years in both in... Read more »