Learning Opportunity

No One Prepared Me for This! Teaching and Supporting Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students (Part 4).

This session has been completed.
Facilitator: Stephanie Dodyk
Date:April 20, 2021
Time:4:00 pm to 5:00 pm MTN
Cost:
No Charge
Location: Virtual
Session Code: 21-DD-FMP-SD-238
Type:
Webinar
Focus: English Language Arts & Literacy

Target Audience

Grade 1 - 12 Content-Area Teachers

About this Learning Opportunity

Teaching at the best of times is hard work.  There’s preparation, lesson delivery, formative assessments, summative assessments, staff meetings, clearing out the paper jam in the photocopier…the list goes on.  It’s even harder when students, who are not as familiar with the constructs of English, enter your classroom.  You may ask, “How can I teach someone who doesn’t speak the language used for instruction?”, or “Where do I start?” 

This four-part series will work to answer the pressing questions teachers have about how to best support and provide effective instruction to students who are adding English to their linguistic repertoire. 

The first session in this series will unpack the second language acquisition process and tie in how the Alberta K-12 ESL Proficiency Benchmarks can be used to guide instruction.  Participants will also formulate their priority questions that will be used to guide the learning outcomes for sessions two, three, and four.  

All learning opportunities with the ERLC regional team will focus on the Alberta Education and district priority areas.

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

About the Facilitator

Stephanie Dodyk is a Language Consultant with over 15 years experience in teaching and resource roles.  After completing a Bachelor of Education degree in Secondary Mathematics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in German Literature, Stephanie later went on to finish a Master of Education specializing in Teaching English as an Additional Language. In her work, Stephanie continually reflects on her journey of identity development and language learning while growing up as a second-generation Canadian and how it relates to students who are now adding English and Canada to their linguistic and cultural repertoires. She is passionate about the empowering impact language and story have on building community. Her practice focuses on embracing the rich stories students bring with them as they add English to their learning journey and empowering educational professionals to hear them.