Description
This course provides middle years teachers with practical strategies to enable them to improve the reading of their students.
Scaffolding Adolescent Literacy is a full day of Professional Development covering 3 components. Participants receive the Scaffolding Adolescent Literacy workbook filled with practical classroom activities covering the following aspects:
1. Reading Comprehension focusses on enabling students to develop metacognition, that is, a deeper understanding of the reading process. Teachers will acquire practical activities to teach and improve reading comprehension for their students.
2. Building Vocabulary is essential to reading comprehension. This topic assists teachers to support students in building their academic and subject specific vocabulary.
3. Speaking & Listening equips teachers with effective tools and ideas to strengthen listening skills and engage their students in rich classroom dialogue, a key factor for improvement in student learning.
*Note: there is a VET version of this course and an alternative workbook is provided*
Presenters
Christopher Witt (AISWA Staff)
Consultant | Animal Ethics
Christopher Witt joined AISWA in 2009. Prior to that he was a Consultant at STEPS Professional Development as well as a curriculum advisor following 25 years of classroom teaching. After working at AISWA for 15 years as a Literacy Consultant, Chris has moved into the area of animal ethics providing support for teachers and schools, particularly in the use of animals for scientific purposes and related legislative requirements.
Di Edwards (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant
Di Edwards works in the areas of English, Literature and English as a Second Language. She has worked in mainstream schools, both government and private and as a classroom teacher. She has a passion for improving the educational outcomes of students who struggle for a variety of academic, social and emotional reasons.
Di has been employed at The Association of Independent Schools of WA as a literacy consultant since 2008. In this role, she has led and been involved with many exciting and rewarding professional learning opportunities for teachers, in particular, with teachers of adolescents.
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Segments
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Date / Time
6 Oct 2017 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 15:30Delivery Format : In Person