Learning Opportunity

In Conversation: Moving Writers From Compliance to Engagement

This session has been completed.
Facilitator: Tannis Niziol
Date:March 22, 2021
Time:3:45 pm to 5:00 pm MTN
Cost:
No Charge
Location: Virtual
Session Code: 21-LI-023
Type:
Webinar
Focus: Assessment English Language Arts & Literacy Inclusive Education Curriculum Implementation and Pedagogy

Target Audience

Gr 7 to 12 Teachers; Instructional Coaches; District Leaders/Consultants

Also Recommended For

School-based Administrators

About this Learning Opportunity

This no-cost facilitated discussion is a follow-up for those teachers who took part in Session Two of Kelly Gallagher’s 3-part series Learn. Design. Apply: Writing Teachers will have the opportunity to share ideas that help engage and develop student writers who have an authentic voice. 

This session is being offered on a cost recovery basis.

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.