Teaching English Language Learners, Part 3 Specialist
Course Code: WU18EN31
Availability: Enrolment is closed
The Teaching English Language Learners Specialist Additional Qualification Course builds on the knowledge and skills you have already acquired in Part 2. You will use an inquiry-based learning model as a framework for developing a comprehensive understanding of the role of the English as a Second Language/English Literacy Development (ESL and ELD) teacher-leader within both elementary and secondary schools and school boards/districts.
This course will consolidate the strategies you have acquired for teaching students from diverse backgrounds and representing a range of abilities, backgrounds, and needs. Focused on equity and inclusion, the course will prepare you as a specialist for specialists for leadership in second-language teaching, one who can provide leadership to your colleagues by reviewing and school-wide ESL/ELD programs; facilitating program implementation; evaluating and placing students; and, developing mastery of wide advocacy skills to support all members of the learning community.Prerequisites
- Be a member in good standing with the OCT
- Part 2 completed
- Minimum TWO years certified teaching experience by the first day of the course, subsequent to certification including ONE year in English as a Second Language
Documents Required
- Signed Supervisory Officer's Form by course end date confirming teaching experience
Session Dates
Start Date: Jul 04, 2018
End Date: Jul 19, 2018
In class: July 4 - 19 (8:30 am - 4:00 pm) (no Fridays or weekends) PLUS 30 hrs. online PLUS 25 hrs. independent assignment (to be completed no later than July 31, 2018)
Instructors
Marshall, Roberta A.
Marshall, Roberta A.