Jun 22, 2021

4:00 to 5:00 pm

Responding to the Challenges of Multi-Mode Delivery for Literacy Learners

Student Engagement In-Class, Online and Hybrid

Presenters: Donna Clarke and Jeremy Wilson (TIES) 

In the last 14 months, learners and instructors have responded to an ever-changing landscape of ESL facilitation with courage and determination. Donna and Jeremy of the Literacy Centre of Expertise at TIES will discuss how they have kept the students engaged and adapted face to face routines, activities and assessment for both online and hybrid delivery. They will focus on adaptations made for low-level literacy learners with limited digital literacy skills.

Presenters’ Bios

Donna Clarke is a literacy instructor and the lead for the Literacy Centre of Expertise at TIES (The Immigrant Education Society) in Calgary. She has been working with Literacy learners for more than ten years and advocating for more research and training to better serve their unique needs. Her passion is fueled by the exceptional students she has had the privilege of knowing and sharing her days with.

Jeremy has taught ESL in Canada and abroad for over 10 years and is currently a LINC Literacy instructor and the Literacy Centre of Expertise Assistant. Jeremy joined TIES in 2018 and has taught Foundation up to Literacy 3/4. In his role at the Literacy Centre of Expertise, Jeremy has devoted himself to improving his teaching practice to best serve literacy learners and has also focused on instructional design and curriculum development that meets the needs of literacy learners.

If you would like to participate, please RSVP to calgary@atesl.ca. In the subject line, could you state the date(s) of the session(s) you would like to attend? This will help us to ensure that we send you the appropriate Zoom meeting link.

ATESL Chapter: Calgary