Learning Opportunity

Language Arts 5-9: Creating a Feedback-Rich Learning Environment

This session has been completed.
Facilitator: Tannis Niziol
Date:February 01, 2021
Time:10:00 am to 11:15 am MTN
Cost:
No Charge
Location: Virtual
Session Code: 21-LI-313
Type:
Webinar
Focus: Assessment Curriculum Implementation and Pedagogy English Language Arts & Literacy

Target Audience

Language Arts teachers 5-9

About this Learning Opportunity

Please note: the webinar information (link and how to access the webinar) will be emailed to you 2 hours prior to the webinar start time. If you have not received the webinar link by then, please email info@erlc.ca. 

Few would argue the importance of feedback to increase student achievement. Yet teachers and students alike continue to struggle with how to best give and receive the kind of feedback that truly moves learning forward while at the same time encourages student agency.  This session will explore some of the best practices and conditions that help to create a culture of feedback in the classroom.

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

This learning opportunity is being subsidized through funding from Alberta Education.

About the Facilitator

Tannis is currently supporting Alberta teachers as a Professional Learning Facilitator with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium. She recently served as a curriculum consultant for the Edmonton Catholic School Division. Throughout her 30-year career as an educator, in both Edmonton and Winnipeg, Tannis remains passionate about teaching and learning, and the need for explicit literacy apprenticeship at all levels in all subject areas. Tannis is a voracious reader who believes all students deserve access to rich, diverse reading experiences and to a safe equitable space to talk about what they see, hear, think and feel. She is on a journey to disrupt and bring clarity to the conversations that drive our planning and assessment practice.

Twitter: @tanrit57