Keynote Speakers: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Jowi Taylor, Writer & Broadcaster, CBC Radio Dr. Cathy Marks Krpan, OISE / University of Toronto Friday, April 29, 2011 Dr. Nancy Commins, University of Colorado at Denver Nicholas Keung, Journalist, Toronto Star Thursday Dinner Symposium with Dr. Lee Gunderson, University of British Columbia Friday Lunch and Speaker: Debi Goodwin, Author of Citizens of Nowhere Celebrating Annual Conference Co-sponsored by the Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 252 Bloor Street West (St. George subway station) Toronto, Ontario Thursday, April 28, 2011 Friday, April 29, 2011 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Of Interest to: ESL/ELD Teachers Classroom Teachers Guidance Staff Teacher-Librarians Special Education Staff Curriculum Leaders Administrators Faculties of Education
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Keynote Speakers: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Jowi Taylor, Writer & Broadcaster, CBC Radio Dr. Cathy Marks Krpan, OISE / University of Toronto Friday, April 29, 2011 Dr. Nancy Commins, University of Colorado at Denver Nicholas Keung, Journalist, Toronto Star
Thursday Dinner Symposium with Dr. Lee Gunderson, University of British Columbia
Friday Lunch and Speaker: Debi Goodwin, Author of Citizens of Nowhere
Celebrating Annual Conference
Co-sponsored by the Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 252 Bloor Street West (St. George subway station) Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, April 28, 2011 Friday, April 29, 2011 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Of Interest to: ESL/ELD Teachers Classroom Teachers Guidance Staff Teacher-Librarians Special Education Staff Curriculum Leaders Administrators Faculties of Education
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PLENARY SESSIONS for Thursday, April 28, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Jowi Taylor, Writer and Broadcaster
“Six String Nation” Location: Main Floor Auditorium
In a country that tends to lean so readily on a handful of clichés for the symbols of our identity (beavers, loons, Mounties, hockey, donuts and more hockey), Jowi Taylor sought to create a new symbol that would expand the palette of colours we use to paint the picture of Canada; one that would grow our knowledge of important histories from communities across the country, embrace a more inclusive sense of what it means to be Canadian, and even breathe some new life into those clichés. The result is Voyageur – a remarkable guitar that captures our essential diversity in its very construction, in the stories added to it by all who encounter it and the music that brings it to life. Jowi Taylor is a Peabody Award-winning writer and broadcaster best known for Global Village, The Wire and The Nerve – all for CBC Radio. His independent “Six String Nation” multi-media project combines Jowi’s various fascinations, including music, media, community-building and the intersection of Canada’s history and multicultural identity. His book about the project, Six String Nation: 64 Pieces, 6 Strings, 1 Canada, 1 Guitar is available from Douglas & McIntyre Publishers.
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cathy Marks Krpan, OISE/UT
“Supporting Elementary English Language Learners in Mathematics” Location: Room 2-212/213 English language learners often arrive in our classrooms with rich mathematical knowledge and problem-solving strategies. Ensuring that ELLs have opportunities to make meaningful connections as they learn mathematics is critical. However, experiencing new ways of learning and communicating their thinking in mathematics, in addition to learning complex subject-specific vocabulary, can present many challenges for ELLs. In her presentation, Dr. Cathy Marks Krpan will explore current research on mathematics education and ELLs, and share practical strategies and activities that educators can use to support ELLs in primary and junior mathematics classrooms.
Professor Cathy Marks Krpan teaches courses in the graduate and initial teacher education programs at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She has written many teacher resources and children’s texts. Her book, The Write Math, has been used as a prime resource in many school districts. A former classroom teacher and education consultant, Dr. Marks Krpan’s research interests include strategies to support learners in developing discourse and problem-solving skills in mathematics.
SEATING IS LIMITED FOR ALL PLENARY SESSIONS. Please arrive EARLY to guarantee a seat in the session of your choice.
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Program Overview for Thursday, April 28, 2011 Time Event 8:00 a.m. Registration OISE Library – Ground Floor
9:00 a.m.
The two plenary sessions take place simultaneously. Seating is limited; please arrive EARLY to ensure a seat in the session of your choice. Keynote Speaker: Auditorium Main Floor Jowi Taylor Writer & Broadcaster, CBC Radio OR Keynote Speaker: Room 2-212/213 Dr. Cathy Marks Krpan OISE / University of Toronto
10:00 a.m.
Publishers’ Display (2nd Floor) and Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m.
Morning Workshops
12:15 p.m.
Lunch: You may wish to visit one of the nearby restaurants on Bloor Street and surrounding area. The Publishers’ Display will be open during the lunch break.
Please be advised there is limited underground parking available at OISE. Car-pooling and use of public transportation are encouraged.
Prince Arthur Ave.
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PLENARY SESSIONS for Friday, April 29, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nancy Commins, University of Colorado at Denver
“Literacy through a Second Language: What Most Teachers Miss”
Location: Main Floor Auditorium
Throughout North America literacy instruction for English language learners is based on what is thought to be ‘best practice’ for native English speakers learning to read through English. Together we will uncover what teachers often take for granted when working with second language learners and discuss approaches and strategies to better address the needs of these learners. Participants will be also asked to examine the current focus of literacy instruction on narrative, fiction and literary voice and reflect on the implications for ELLs. A particular emphasis will be on ways that all teachers can build upon and value students’ home language and culture in every kind of program.
Nancy Commins has worked with linguistically diverse students in a variety of capacities over the past three decades. Her roles have included classroom teacher in both ESOL and bilingual programs, university professor, program director, and school district administrator. She is co-author of two books: Linguistic Diversity and Teaching (Lawrence Erlbaum), and Restructuring Schools for Linguistic Diversity: Linking Decision Making to Effective Programs (the second edition is coming soon) from Teachers College Press. Currently she is a Senior Instructor in the Linguistically Diverse Education Program in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado at Denver. She also works as an independent consultant assisting schools and districts in their efforts to improve instruction for linguistically diverse populations.
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Keynote Speaker: Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star
“From Learning English as a Second Language to Becoming a Reporter at Canada’s Largest Newspaper”
Location: Room 2-212/213 Nicholas will share his journey of learning the English language as an immigrant first in the United States and later in Canada. Through his first-hand experience, he will explain the key to help newcomers overcome their language barrier and how being a non-native English speaker actually has helped him on his job as a reporter at the Toronto Star. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Nicholas graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He followed his parents to Canada in 1994 upon his graduation. He is familiar with the struggles faced by newcomers, having worked himself as a counter-help in a food court for a year before landing his first ‘real’ job as a general assignment reporter at Toronto’s Sing Tao Daily. He joined the Toronto Star in 1997 and became the paper’s immigration / diversity reporter in 2004.
SEATING IS LIMITED FOR ALL PLENARY SESSIONS. Please arrive EARLY to guarantee a seat in the session of your choice.
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Program Overview for Friday, April 29, 2011
Time Event
8:00 a.m. Registration OISE Library Ground Floor
9:00 a.m.
The two plenary sessions take place simultaneously. Seating is limited; please arrive EARLY to ensure a seat in the session of your choice. Keynote Speaker: Auditorium Main Floor Dr. Nancy Commins University of Colorado at Denver OR Keynote Speaker: Room 2-212/213 Nicholas Keung Journalist, Toronto Star
10:00 a.m.
Publishers’ Display (2nd Floor) and Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m.
Morning Workshops
12:15 p.m.
Lunch: You may wish to visit one of the nearby restaurants on Bloor Street and surrounding area. The Publishers’ Display will be open during the lunch break and end at 1:45 pm.
1:45 p.m.
Afternoon Workshops
St George St. OISE
Bloor St.
Bedford Rd.
TTC TTC
Map is Not to Scale
Please be advised there is limited underground parking available at OISE. Car-pooling and use of public transportation are encouraged.
Prince Arthur Ave.
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CELEBRATING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY – Workshop Descriptions
Thursday, April 28, 2011 (10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.)
Session
#
Title Audience
Presenter(s)
Description
1A
HOLA: Home Oral Language Activities Program
JK/SK Grade 1
Fern Westernoff Toronto DSB
An interprofessional initiative led to the development of this unique book bag program to enrich teacher-parent partnerships and provide young students with listening, talking, and thinking activities in the home language as the basis for school success. This presentation will introduce the full kit to teachers, review the rationale for participation in the program, describe key program components, and summarize the results of program evaluation.
2A
Learning and Understanding: Cultural and Religious Differences
Elementary
Karlo Cabrera ETFO
As part of a new equity workshop series, this workshop will explore the cultural and religious practices related to world religions that teachers must understand in order to provide safe learning environments for all of their students. The workshop will highlight the key components of world religions as well as work to dispel myths, stereotypes, and prejudices that are related to cultural and religious differences.
3A
The Diverse Classroom: Reaching All Learners
Elementary
Lucy da Cruz Toronto DSB
This session is designed to provide teachers with practical strategies to support English language learners in the elementary classroom. Discover creative ways to enhance literacy through content-based instruction and to differentiate learning to develop a diverse and inclusive classroom.
4A
So Many Words, So Little Time: Which words to teach, why and how?
Elementary
Nicki Dunlop Sabina Ekich Ottawa Catholic SB
In this hands-on session, participants will learn about tier 2 words, how to choose them, why they are important and how to teach them. Strategies that promote deep understanding of vocabulary will be presented. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the steps and strategies presented: choosing words from everyday texts, introducing the words, and providing authentic opportunities for students to use them in the classroom setting.
5A
Ensuring Shared Responsibility for English Language Learners: Strategies for Mainstream and ESL Teachers
Elementary
Rebecca Freeman Field University of Pennsylvania
This interactive session is for mainstream and ESL teachers who work with English language learners in elementary schools. We begin with a brief discussion of critical features of effective programs for ELLs, and we focus on the role of the ESL teacher relative to the mainstream teacher. The majority of the session shares strategies that teachers can use to build on
students’ oral language as a scaffold for literacy development. We highlight how teachers can use evidence of student performance (talk, writing) to drive instruction and inform teacher collaborations. This session is generously supported by the Consulate General of the United States of America.
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6A
Deceptively Dynamic ESL
Elementary
Jessica Galati Kathy Saunders Toronto DSB
Game shows, card and board games can easily be adapted into lessons addressing the language needs of your English language learners. From teaching grammar and vocabulary, to encouraging speaking and fostering teamwork among your students, this interactive workshop will provide you with plenty of fun, high-energy activities based on popular games. The best part? Your students won’t even realize they are learning!
7A
Oral Language Events: Bringing Children’s Literature to Life through the Art of Storytelling
Elementary
Katherine Luongo-Orlando Education Consultant
Creating classrooms that are surrounded by talk can support language development. This informative workshop provides practical ideas, lessons, and resources designed to build children’s vocabulary, word knowledge, language structures, communication and narrative skills through oral language experiences like storytelling. Learn how to use multicultural literature and personal narratives as springboards for literacy learning, oral language development, drama, art and reader response.
8A
The English Language Learners Beginner’s Kit (Will be repeated on Friday afternoon)
Elementary
Burns Wattie Education Consultant
An introduction to the Toronto District School Board’s Beginning English Language Learner (BELL) Kit for teachers. This kit includes a variety of resources to assist elementary teachers in supporting beginning English language learners such as: photocopiable theme booklets, word cards, picture dictionaries, multilingual phrase lists, manipulatives, and recommended activities and teaching strategies for first days at school.
9A
Using Differentiated Instruction in Novel Studies
Secondary
Claudia Ancuta Giselle Cordova Toronto DSB
This workshop will provide differentiated instructional strategies at the various stages of learning. It will demonstrate practical teaching techniques related to prior learning, during learning and post learning. Implementing these pedagogical approaches will support students’ needs and learning styles. This approach has been used in teaching novels with students in ESL BO and ESL CO classes.
10A
Programming Options and Pathways for Older ELL Youth
Secondary
Lidija Biro Hamilton Wentworth DSB Andrew Zarebski Toronto DSB
This workshop will present concerns and possible programming options and educational pathways for 18 to 21-year-old English language learners. By examining case scenarios, participants will explore which placement options offer the best fit: secondary school programs, continuing education / adult programs, or college and university language training programs. Participants will also gain knowledge of innovative programs offered by various school boards, colleges and universities.
11A
How Can I Best Prepare My Students for University? A Discussion with Post-Secondary ESL Specialists
Secondary
Chris Brierley Ryerson University Leora Freedman U of T John Hannah Ryerson University Maggie Roberts UTSC & OCAD
We will discuss key challenges faced by English language learners at university, in the areas of academic reading, writing, and speaking. Representatives from University of Toronto, UTSC, Ryerson University, and the Ontario College of Art and Design will describe the resources and programming currently available for English language learners. We will also welcome questions from teachers currently working with pre-university students on how best to prepare students for university.
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12A
Eliminating Cultural Bias – How to Choose Appropriate Resources for Our Students
Secondary
Faith Carbrey Toronto DSB
This workshop focusing on anti-racist practices will deal with the cultural biases inherent in many texts, particularly those used in history classes. It will seek to expose the negative impact such biases have on our students, and to help educators choose appropriate resources to use in the classroom. The workshop will include practical examples of resources used in Ontario ESL DO & ESL EO classrooms, as well as CHC 2D (Grade 10 Canadian History).
13A
Working with WIKIS: Creating Lifelong Readers!
Secondary
Janet Jundler & Marc Kopyto Toronto DSB
This workshop will provide educators with a framework for encouraging senior English language learners to become more engaged in their independent reading. Through a demonstration of wikis (online message boards) and reading materials (OSLA White Pine Books), this workshop will provide a hands-on approach to promoting meaningful student interaction and reflection on the reading process.
14A
Moving Beyond the “Gyspy” Myths and Stereotypes to Discover the Roma
All
Gina Csanyi Roma Community Centre
Little known, and often misrepresented in North America, the Roma are Europe’s largest minority at approximately 15 million members. They have endured centuries of persecution and discrimination since arriving in Europe during the 15th century, along the Diaspora route from Northern India. Gina Csanyi, a Canadian-born Hungarian Roma educator, human rights activist, and current Executive Director of the Toronto Roma Community Centre will provide an overview of this very diverse group of people, which will include Romani history, language, and culture. In addition, you will have an opportunity to learn more about the conditions that the Romani people are fleeing from in Eastern Europe, as well as the impact that this has had in some schools as Roma have arrived in Toronto and elsewhere for the past several years.
15A
Building Capacity with Teachers of English Language Learners
All
Mike Ettrich Kathy Salmon Alberta Education (Ministry of Education)
This hands-on session will provide participants with an opportunity to explore teaching strategies for English language learners using Alberta Education’s resource Making a Difference. Using a case studies approach, participants will identify the language proficiency and language learning goals for sample students and determine appropriate instruction and strategies.
16A
Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy: Foundations for Student Success
All
Antonino Giambrone Sara Gogani Toronto DSB
This interactive workshop explores culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy through a probing of factors that affect student achievement. Notions of social identity and relationships will be explored as connected to implicit biases and assumptions, and practical classroom strategies on implementing culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy will be explored.
17A
Social Networking and ELLs: A New Way to Connect to Your Students
All
Andrew Gryfe Toronto DSB
Social networking sites and modern technology appear to transcend culture and geography, but not necessarily age! After a “communication breakdown” with a group of teenaged English language learners followed by a discussion with my father, I realized that language is rapidly evolving and techniques need to evolve as well. This entertaining workshop explores applying theories of modern media to create contemporary lessons.
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18A
Hidden In Plain View – First Nation, Métis and Inuit Education Across the Curriculum
All
Lee Anne Knapp Catherine Pawis Erica Riley Toronto DSB
How can Aboriginal experiences, histories and perspectives be incorporated into the curriculum in authentic and meaningful ways? This workshop will address some of the challenges and will highlight best practices in Aboriginal education in order to move toward a greater understanding of Aboriginal world views, traditions, contemporary lifestyles and issues. Sharing of ideas and recommended resources for English language learner contexts will be provided.
19A
Digital Storytelling for the English Language Learner
All
Lisa McDonald Shamira Mohamed Grace Wong Toronto DSB
Digital storytelling is a highly engaging and effective methodology to teach oral and written literacy skills to the English language learner. This workshop will explore how teachers can effectively engage ELLs to write and podcast narratives and poetry ebooks using simple downloadable media such as Photostory and Voicethread.
20A
Academic Vocabulary: Beauty or Beast
All
Vesna Nikolic Dufferin Peel Catholic DSB
The ability to master academic vocabulary is one of the strongest predictors of academic success. As an ESL/ELD teacher, you need to facilitate academic success by working with English language learners on expanding their vocabulary. This hands-on session will provide you with strategies and techniques that facilitate vocabulary acquisition. Attend it to learn how to tame the beast, and turn it into a beauty!
21A
An Overview of Technology Tools that Support Vocabulary Development
All
Janet Ragan Bridges Canada
In this presentation we will use various software applications that can support students’ use and comprehension of the new vocabulary they may encounter. Talking dictionaries, topic dictionaries, and word prediction will be demonstrated in a model lesson. Finally, we will look at how common software tools such as Co:Writer, Word Q and Smart Ideas can be used as instructional tools when using technology for whole class instruction.
PARKING!
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Limited public pay-parking is available in the OISE/UT underground parking garage. Please consider using public transit or car-pooling and parking off-site. OISE/UT is directly accessible from the St. George subway station. For information about municipal and University of Toronto parking see www.greenp.com/tpa/index.jsp or www.fs.utoronto.ca/services/movers/parking.htm
CELEBRATING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY – Workshop Descriptions
Session #
Thursday, April 28, 2011 (1:45 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.)
Title
Audience
Presenter(s)
Description
1P
Ready for School Connects
JK/SK
Kathie Droy Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre Rachel McGarry East York, East Toronto Family Resources
Are you looking for ideas that will ease the transition for newcomer families at your school? Learn the components of this comprehensive, family-focused program, such as: school readiness activities for children, educational workshops for parents, Healthy Child Screening, and follow-up once the children have started school. Find out why this award-winning program is so important for newcomers.
2P
Dual-Language Book Writing Projects: Website and Webcast
Elementary
Kay Cairns Stephanie Ledger Waterloo Region DSB
At this workshop, we will share our website and webcast, which are based on dual-language book writing projects that we have initiated in our school and community. These multi-media tools are great resources for ESL/ELD teachers, classroom teachers, students of varying ages, parents and other community members who are interested in the benefits of multilingual learning. We will also discuss other multilingual strategies that can be used with English language learners in the classroom.
3P
ESL Play Day Activities for Enrichment and Review
Elementary
Jennifer Culligan Coralee Mathews Avon Maitland DSB
This workshop will provide an opportunity for instructors to discuss best practices in motivating students, using classroom games, and differentiating activities. Participants will try out the games we have used and take away a booklet with planning sheets and instructions for making their own special activity session. Students will enjoy the chance to work with peers and take on game-based challenges focused on what they have been learning in the class.
4P
Coming to Canada – An Exploration of the New Teachers’ Resource Guide (Will be repeated on Friday afternoon)
Elementary
Farida Kassum SWIS Cecilia Song York Catholic DSB
Discover and receive two resources produced by SWIS for teachers of Grades 3-5: Rukhsana Khan’s book, Coming to Canada, and the accompanying new Teachers’ Resource Guide. Explore how the guide can be used with all students to support curriculum expectations, literacy skills, and character development. Learn how to build on your SWIS partnership to enhance your students’ academic and social skills.
5P
Parenting Power for Literacy
Elementary
Karen Petursson Ruth Sischy Toronto DSB
Parenting and Family Literacy Centres offer programming to families with young children in 75 Toronto DSB schools. Since 1981, these evidence-based programs have supported families in culturally diverse communities on how to engage in their child’s learning with a focus on oral language and adult literacy. Discussions will highlight parents as the child’s first and most important teachers who bring the richness of their own culture to the learning environment.
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6P
“Engaging Literacies” – Digital Story Telling
Elementary
Lillian Skerletovic Toronto DSB
This workshop offers ideas for working on an “engaging literacies” project with English language learners. Giving students the opportunity to create an identity story empowers their feeling of belonging. They are fully engaged in their activities, they are cooperative, and motivated. This project enhances their writing, oral and orientation skills. Recording students’ personal stories, and creating a digital presentation adds to a rewarding and powerful experience.
7P
Communication Disorders and the English Language Learner: Key Indicators
Elementary
Fern Westernoff Toronto DSB
Participants will learn the difference between “speech” and “language” disorders. Key indicators suggesting the need to consult the school speech-language pathologist will be highlighted.
8P
Introducing Reading Strategies to English Language Learners Through Read-alouds
Elementary
Ann Woomert Toronto DSB
By using carefully selected read-alouds, teachers can help Stage 2 English language learners and students with limited prior schooling to develop reading strategies. This workshop presents various books that support the introduction of strategies such as making connections, inferring, and summarizing fiction. Come explore new and classic read-alouds that are appropriate for students in Grades 4 – 8, share a favourite of your own, and leave with suggestions for activities that will help your ELLs begin to develop reading comprehension strategies.
9P
Supporting Teachers Working with English Language Learners
Grades 7 – 12
Jeffery Robinson Denise Taylor-Edwards Thames Valley DSB
A team of Thames Valley DSB teachers has created a set of modules to help mainstream teachers who are working with English language learners in their Grades 7 – 12 content classes. This presentation will provide an overview of the modules, as well as an explanation of how they were developed and how they have been implemented.
10P
Using Facilitated Discussion Techniques to Increase ELLs’ Oral Communication and Democratize the Classroom
Secondary
Kayla Akler Michael Erickson Toronto DSB
Learn techniques you can use immediately! In this session, we will review a variety of practical strategies and tips for facilitated discussion that increase the quality and frequency of student participation with a focus on the needs of English language learners. We will also review oral communication assessment tools and techniques.
11P
Trying to Juggle It All: ESL/ELD Teacher Leadership in Toronto Secondary Schools
Secondary
Jamie Berrigan Toronto DSB
Thousands of newcomers arrive every year in secondary schools across Toronto. How do we serve their diverse needs and realities in the best possible ways? In this panel discussion, five secondary ESL/ELD teacher leaders will discuss the challenges, successes and realities of being a department head and teacher leader in ESL/ELD in their schools.
12P
Inform, Inspire, Involve!
Secondary
Mandi Gerland Branksome Hall School Kristy Vanderplas Street Kids International
Children: Seen, Heard, Speaking, Safe is an ESL DO unit which promotes narrative writing and learning about children’s rights through inquiry and active citizenship. Students also consider the social-cultural relevance of language and the importance of effective communication. This workshop provides a curriculum with assessment tools and includes materials from the organization, Street Kids International, as well as suggested novel studies.
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13P
The Internet as a Medium for ESL Instruction and Learning 2 hour session 1:30 – 3:30
Secondary
Magda Kalinowska Toronto DSB
This is a hands-on workshop on the Internet as a medium of instruction for students as well as a professional development tool for teachers. The workshop will point to good on-line sites with grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises, essay-writing tutorials, and fun activities to do with your students. It will also highlight lesson ideas and resources for teachers.
14P
English Language Learning Outside the Classroom: Public Library Resources for Students and Teachers
All
Joanne Bar Joan McCatty Toronto Public Library
How do you get English language learners to continue their learning outside the classroom? Toronto Public Library offers a wide array of resources and services for learners and teachers. Language support, reading programs and homework help are good examples. Library staff will share online and traditional resources and new innovative programming for English language learners.
15P
Cultural Presentation on the Caribbean Community in Ontario
All
Joan Brown Catholic Crosscultural Services
This comprehensive overview of the Caribbean community in Ontario will include: geographical and historical background, language, culture, race, religion, food, impact of immigration; experience of newcomer parents with school system; impact on student learning outcomes; strategies to support students in class / school; resources available in school / community.
16P
And Now for Something Completely Different, Again! Social Justice and Fitness with a Feminist “Twist”: BELLYDANCE!
All
Anne Cameron Waterloo Region DSB
Have you ever thought of supporting a cause using a special talent? Learn how! Come and participate in an ESL/ELD teacher’s on-going fundraiser for the Teacher’s Salary Project of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Learn the “women only” origins of this art form with audience participation please! Wear comfortable clothes, the instructor does! Coin belts, veils, finger cymbals and tambourines provided. This workshop is for awareness purposes only and is not a fundraiser.
17P
Global Citizenship and the Developing World
All
Cara Culkin Salima Khako Aga Khan Foundation Canada
As citizens of the world, it is imperative that we teach our students the importance of Global Citizenship and empower them with a sense of responsibility and engagement in society. Through interactive activities and stories from the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, we will celebrate the important achievements of the developing world and share resources and opportunities on engaging students in their social responsibility.
18P
Getting Into STEP (Will be repeated on Friday afternoon)
All
Janet Giberson Gillian Hall Ontario Ministry of Education
Come and learn about our new assessment tool for English language learners. Steps to English Proficiency (STEP) is a resource for teachers to support students’ English language acquisition as well as provide strategies for instruction and assessment to support learning. The resource is loosely aligned with the Ontario curriculum and includes ongoing assessment and initial assessment which will be shared.
19P
Academic Conversations: Raising the lexical bar and creating ‘push out’ tasks for robust vocabulary development K – 12
All
Jia Li Educational Researcher Hetty Roessingh University of Calgary
This workshop will provide a brief review of the literature, present a theoretical framework for shifting from teacher-led / teacher-fronted instruction to student-driven learning; and explain and model ‘push out’ tasks that will promote academic language proficiency.
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20P
Strategy Training: Crucial for Second Language Learners
All
Elizabeth Noseworthy Department of Education Newfoundland and Labrador
Strategy training is a key component of ESL instruction. Before exiting students from the ESL program, we must ensure that they have those strategies needed to continue building language skills independently throughout their school careers. This interactive workshop will explore strategies and introduce a recently created strategies course for English language learners in Grades 4 – 12.
21P
Monolingual Educators in Multilingual Classrooms
All
Cristina Sánchez-López Illinois Resource Centre Theresa Young Sound Communication, Parry Sound, Ontario
This workshop will focus on the following:
• Review key language learning principles for ELLs; • Survey accumulating research demonstrating L1 support of L2 development; • Explore resources for employing strategic use of L1 in instruction and
intervention; • View samples of authentic classroom applications; • Brainstorm ways to apply research and resources to teach grade level content.
22P
Parent Involvement AS Education: Fostering Intergenerational Learning with Community-Responsive Schools
All
Sandra R. Schecter York University
Parent Involvement AS Education is a school-community-university collaboration involving linguistic and cultural minority students and their families. The goals of PIE are: to enhance the learning and achievement of immigrant students by providing a community-referenced venue for language and literacy learning; to familiarize immigrant parents with the Ontario education system; and to promote an institutional climate that privileges diversity as a resource. This workshop offers practical suggestions on how to incorporate a parent-involvement initiative into the school’s curriculum.
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CELEBRATING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY – Workshop Descriptions
Friday, April 29, 2011 (10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.)
Session #
Title
Audience
Presenter(s)
Description
22A Dabbling in Literacy and Visual Arts
Elementary
Julia Arnold OISE/UT
Be creative! See how the arts enhance language arts and English skill development. Experience your own artistic talents and use them as a stimulus for reading, writing, and oral language experiences. Make cross-curricular links. Know that Monet would be proud!
23A
Putting It All Together – Create a Dual Language Kit
Elementary
Ina Berard Janis Foy Greater Essex County DSB
This workshop will give teachers in elementary schools suggestions about how to put together a dual language kit, how to use students’ first languages in literacy teaching, and will also provide some lesson plans incorporating dual language books.
24A
Communicating Effectively to Improve Professional Relationships
Elementary
Peter DeNicolais Nicki Dunlop Tania Gonsalves Ottawa Catholic School Board
The purpose of this session is to identify and practice communication strategies that ESL/ELD teachers can use to build learning relationships. This hands-on and highly interactive session is based on Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction by Jim Knight. The session will highlight components of effective communication critical to carrying out the role of ESL/ELD teacher. Participants will discuss how communication proceeds, practice attentive listening and providing meaningful feedback.
25A
Hands-on Learning Projects Boost ELLs Language Skills and Confidence
Elementary
Colleen Morris Toronto DSB
From gardening to cookbook-making to drama projects, English language learners benefit from having many reasons to communicate while having fun, too! Hear from an itinerant ESL/ELD teacher and her students of their enthusiasm about using and expanding language while involved in projects that mean rolling up your sleeves and getting to work. Sample project outlines and links to literacy will be provided.
26A
Developing a School-based Newcomer Reception Plan
Elementary
Jeffery Robinson Thames Valley DSB
Thames Valley District School Board has assisted its elementary schools in creating school-based newcomer reception plans. This presentation will provide participants with an overview of the process followed in TVDSB and sample resources created to assist schools. It will include suggested strategies for use by other districts / schools.
27A Awareness Engagement Activism: A Social Justice Approach
Elementary
Sumona Roy ETFO
This workshop uses ETFO anti-bias curriculum resources from the school-wide kit Social Justice Begins With Me to begin conversations about a variety of equity issues.
28A
It’s All In the Story: ESL/ELD and Speech-Language Pathology Perspectives on Choosing and Using Books with Primary Students
Elementary
Teri Sabourin Jennifer Shields Thames Valley DSB
This presentation reflects an ongoing conversation between an ESL/ELD teacher and a Speech-Language Pathologist on the importance of ‘good books’ in engaging primary students. We will present our criteria for choosing books, methods for realizing a book’s potential, and ideas for using books for special populations. Participants will work with recommended books.
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29A
Supportive Environments for Early Childhood English Language Learners
Elementary
Cristina Sánchez-López Illinois Resource Centre
This workshop will focus on making language and content comprehensible for young learners experiencing second language acquisition in English during kindergarten and the early grades. Come learn how you can support early childhood English language learners, and share multilingual resources which will support them as they become bilingual.
30A
Language, Community and Eco-Justice: Documenting the creation of an edible school garden with multilingual students
Elementary
Saskia Stille OISE/UT James Snetsinger Toronto DSB
This project began with Grade 3 students researching the curriculum topic of urban and rural communities, and culminated in the production of a digital film documenting the students’ creation of a school garden. The presentation highlights the process by which we integrated eco-justice concepts into literacy activities and curriculum expectations, and describes how students’ hands-on experience fostered awareness of the environmental and social well-being of the school community.
31A
Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners: Essential Strategies for Middle and High School
Grades 7 – 12
Rebecca Freeman Field University of Pennsylvania
This interactive session is for mainstream and ESL teachers who work with English language learners in middle and high schools. We begin with a brief overview of the challenges adolescent ELLs face at school. Next, we discuss whole school strategies that educators can use to build on the linguistic and
cultural resources that ELLs bring with them to school, and help integrate these learners into the larger school community. The majority of the session shares resources and strategies that middle and high school teachers can use to promote reading, writing, and talking across the curriculum for all students. This session is generously supported by the Consulate General of the United States of America.
32A
Experiential Learning in the ESL classroom! A New ELL Resource Guide for GLD2O, Discovering the Workplace
Secondary
Jane Coughlan Jo-Anne McLeod Toronto DSB
This workshop engages participants through activities that focus on differentiated instruction and experiential learning from this new ELL resource guide. The lessons promote student experience of the essential skills, health and safety procedures, a work-site visit, job twinning, a community project, a simulated job interview, and strategies to manage transitions and change while addressing important literacy and numeracy skills. Participants will receive an electronic copy of the resource guide.
33A
Madhol the Road
Secondary
Mandi Gerland Branksome Hall School
This workshop explores children in conflict and concepts of active citizenship through the lens of a boy’s journey from Southern Sudan to Canada. It links the history of the “Lost Boys” and the Sudan to the current situation in Darfur. Participants will receive a teacher resource kit and student materials for application in ESL DO, drama, geography and civics courses for English language learners.
34A
Hungry for Change? Food and Social Justice in the English Language Learner Classroom
Secondary
Sadhana Hirdaramani Toronto DSB
OSSTF’s fourth Common Threads initiative, Hungry for Change, is a comprehensive cross-curricular resource that provides classroom-ready lesson plans addressing food and food security issues. This interactive workshop will focus on how Hungry for Change can be used in both regular and subject-specific ESL classes. A copy of the digital resource, which includes a 20-minute DVD and a case study of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will be distributed to all workshop participants.
35A
iEAP (intensive English for Academic Purposes) for Transitioning to University
Secondary
Hetty Roessingh University of Calgary
Generation 1.5 English language learners are arriving at university, often under-prepared for the demands of advanced academic studies. This session will describe and demonstrate an iEAP curriculum pilot project with a cohort of Grade 12 ELLs that produced tangible impact on the academic skills development & underlying reading comprehension gains needed to succeed at university in engineering, business & sciences. An integrated thematic approach was taken for embedding generic / transferrable academic language and skills, providing a platform for launching into ‘spiked proficiency’ for each of the 3 disciplinary areas.
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36A
Supporting and Educating Newcomer Children and Youth with Trauma Issues
All
Abdurahman Abubaker Huda Bukhari Sidonia Couto Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
This workshop is geared towards helping educators understand the needs of newcomer children and youth who have experienced the trauma of war and / or torture. The session will include an overview of what constitutes trauma and describe how such trauma impacts the lives of immigrant and refugee families, children and youth. We will also explore how to identify if a child has experienced trauma, and provide concrete ways educators can support these students.
37A Supporting Muslim Students
All
Sukayna Dewji Toronto DSB
In this hands-on workshop, participants will familiarize themselves with some of the practices of Muslims, followed by working through school-related scenarios. There will be an opportunity to become familiar with various resources about Muslims / Islam.
38A
The Alberta K – 12 ESL Proficiency Benchmarks – 2010
All
Mike Ettrich Kathy Salmon Alberta Education (Ministry of Education)
This interactive session will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about the Alberta ESL Benchmarks and how to use them to assess the English language proficiency of English language learners for intake and ongoing tracking, monitoring and reporting. The ESL Benchmarks are a useful tool to assist with programming and setting language learning goals for English language learners.
39A
Achieving the “Nearly” Impossible: Teaching ELLs to Read in Classrooms with 0-Level to Fluent Speakers
All
Lee Gunderson University of British Columbia
This workshop will explore strategies to plan and implement reading instruction that is appropriate for students from all English proficiency levels. Participants will leave the session with instructional matrices and the knowledge to use them to guide the selection of comprehensible input for the wide variety of students in their classrooms.
40A
Catching a Moving Target: Literacy Centres in Manitoba
All
Jayesh Maniar Winnipeg School Division Sandra Melo St. James-Assiniboia School Division, Manitoba
In Manitoba, English as an Additional Language (EAL) students with significantly interrupted, limited, or no school experience are identified as Literacy, Academics and Language (LAL) learners. This interactive workshop will discuss the needs and services offered to LAL learners and present examples of current practices within various schools as they transition into mainstream classrooms with EAL supports.
41A Making Books 3: Making Reading and Writing Fun for All
All
Coralee Mathews Avon Maitland DSB
There is nothing more satisfying than creating your own books! Inspire your students to want to write and share their work through the kinesthetic / logical / visual world of book making. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn six new ways to make a piece of paper come alive.
42A
Fascinated by the Brain
All
Vesna Nikolic Dufferin Peel Catholic DSB
Attend this workshop and explore the implications of brain research on language teaching and learning. Discuss good teaching practices that facilitate learning. Learn about neuroplasticity. Talk about the “gendered brain”. Discuss creativity. Think about where we go from here. Finally, learn how to care for your own most precious software.
43A
Cultural Presentation on the Urdu / Hindi-speaking Community in Ontario
This comprehensive overview of the Urdu / Hindi-speaking community in Ontario will include: geographical and historical background, language, culture, race, religion, food, impact of immigration; experience of newcomer parents with school system; impact on student learning outcomes; strategies to support students in class / school; resources available in school / community.
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CELEBRATING LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY – Workshop Descriptions
Session
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Friday, April 29, 2011 (1:45 P.M. – 3:15 P.M.)
Title
Audience
Presenter(s)
Description
23P
Text and Tunes: Using Music to Unlock Language
Elementary
Arpita Ghosal Toronto DSB
Enliven your language program through music - without prior musical training! This interactive workshop introduces fun, effective strategies for integrating literacy with music in order to engage students while:
• Building reading skills • Fostering language acquisition • Enhancing ESL/ELD instruction
Participants will experience various strategies during the workshop, and will receive a comprehensive resource to support immediate application.
24P
Taking It Mainstream!
Elementary
Erica Cameron Andrea Tufts Toronto DSB
This interactive workshop will outline an innovative multimedia approach to highlight the strengths and abilities of English language learners dealing with the additional challenges of language and learning disabilities. Modelled after American Apparel ads, students advertised their individual strengths to the student body through posters, slogans and announcements. Student products and curriculum resources supporting the unit will be on display.
25P
Roma Curriculum Unit
Elementary
Gina Csanyi Roma Community Centre
In 1998, during a previous wave of Romani migration to Canada, the Roma Community Centre’s Ronald Lee (former lecturer for the Romani Diaspora Course, once offered at the University of Toronto), collaborated with the Toronto DSB Equity Department and Queen Victoria Public School to design this Unit. This informative teaching resource was initially created for the junior level elementary classroom, but can be adapted to any grade level. It provides a great background on who the Roma are, while dispelling the myths and stereotypes of “Gypsies”. In addition, it provides Human Rights Education for students utilizing the United Nations’ framework on the Rights of the Child.
26P
Valuing Diversity: Improving Our Cultural Proficiency
Elementary
Sarah Donaldson Halton DSB
Through discussion, reflection, and kinesthetic activities teachers will be introduced to Cultural Proficiency. Teachers will discuss what is meant by cultural diversity and how we can improve the Cultural Proficiency of our classrooms and schools. Teachers will come away with an understanding of Cultural Proficiency and will share ideas for helping to improve how diversity is valued in our classrooms and schools.
27P
Library Resources for English Language Learners
Elementary
Susan Hind Nadine Williams Toronto DSB
In this informative, interactive workshop you will be introduced to a wide range of library resources for English Language Learners. Learn how our school library program is designed to meet the needs of a newcomer community. Find out how to start a “Dual Language Story Circle”. Explore more ways to use dual language books and other library resources in your classroom.
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28P
Teaching English Language Learners by Using Picture Books
Elementary
Janet Jensen Toronto Catholic DSB
Teaching Stage 2 Junior and Intermediate English language learners to be fluent in language and literacy is a huge challenge. The use of picture books and units of study to reinforce speaking, listening, reading and writing skills has been found to be effective while helping students adapt and adjust to their new country. We will focus on the book One Green Apple by Eve Bunting to show some great ideas that you can easily implement with your students. The activities can be modified for both younger and older learners.
29P
Coming to Canada – An Exploration of the New Teachers’ Resource Guide (Repeated from Thursday afternoon)
Elementary
Farida Kassum SWIS Cecilia Song York Catholic DSB
Discover and receive two resources produced by SWIS for teachers of Grades 3-5: Rukhsana Khan’s book, Coming to Canada, and the accompanying new Teachers’ Resource Guide. Explore how the guide can be used with all students to support curriculum expectations, literacy skills, and character development. Learn how to build on your SWIS partnership to enhance your students’ academic and social skills.
30P
A Media Feast for All: Differentiating Media Instruction for English Language Learners, Grades 4 – 8
Elementary
Kathy Lazarovits Education Consultant
This workshop will help teachers engage English language learners at all English proficiency and literacy development stages in media studies, along with their classmates. Sample units are designed to promote English language learning, critical thinking, and an understanding of how culture is communicated. Participants will receive a copy of the recently published unit, FOOD: A Media Feast for All, Grades 4 – 8.
31P
The English Language Learners Beginner’s Kit (Repeated from Thursday morning)
Elementary
Burns Wattie Education Consultant
An introduction to the Toronto District School Board’s Beginning English Language Learner (BELL) Kit for teachers. This kit includes a variety of resources to assist elementary teachers in supporting beginning English language learners such as: photocopiable theme booklets, word cards, picture dictionaries, multilingual phrase lists, manipulatives, and recommended activities and teaching strategies for first days at school.
32P
Transition to Nine: A Guide for Educators, Students and Parents
Grades 7 – 12
Janis McCaskill Toronto DSB
The angst surrounding the transition to Grade 9 is often magnified for English language learners and their families. The Toronto DSB has developed two slide presentations which explain the transition to both educators and the families of ELLs. There will be opportunities to share resources and strategies to ensure success of all learners.
33P
A Vocabulary Intervention for English Language Learners in High Schools
Secondary
Claudia Ancuta Mary Felice Debbie Tulk Toronto DSB Jia Li Educational Researcher, Queen’s University
Substantial literature has shown that lack of academic English vocabulary impedes students’ reading comprehension in academic texts. This workshop introduces an innovative vocabulary intervention based on the high school curriculum across subject content areas that provides English language learners with intensive and explicit instruction to enhance their learning of academic vocabulary. Samples of teaching materials will be distributed and instructional strategies and assessment of learning outcomes will be demonstrated along with video clips.
34P
Understanding and Assisting Somali Students in Educational Success
Secondary
Cathy Brown Jennifer Mackay Toronto DSB
This workshop will review particular cultural values around education in the Somali community, review immigration patterns in and out of Toronto and the Toronto DSB and reflect on how this affects their school success. Members of the Somali community will be in attendance.
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35P
The Latest in the Growing New Roots Video Series: Coming Together – New Immigrant and Canadian Teenagers
Secondary
Antoinette Gagné OISE/UT Stephanie Soto Gordon Toronto DSB
Clips from 3 of the DVDs in the Growing New Roots series focusing on immigrant teenagers attending high school in Toronto will be shown and related research will be presented. Accompanying resources for teacher education will also be introduced. Our newest DVD features both ELLs and their Canadian-born peers speaking about the experience of coming together and learning to form a community.
36P
Basic Literacy Instruction for Secondary ELD Students
Secondary
Stephanie Ledger Sharon Newmaster Monica Petrus Waterloo Region DSB
This workshop will focus on the key strategies and supports needed to build basic literacy skills of secondary English language learners in ELD programs. We will examine how early literacy intervention strategies from the primary division can be adapted to support and accelerate the development of basic reading and writing skills. Solutions for locating culturally and age appropriate resources will also be shared.
37P
Toronto DSB Newcomer Reception Centres: Welcoming and Assessing
Secondary
Magda Kalinowska Emma Martin Andrew Zarebski Toronto DSB
Did you know that all newcomer students of secondary school age have an assessment of their English language proficiency and mathematics skills at one of the Toronto DSB’s four locations before registering at their local secondary school? This workshop will provide teachers / educators with detailed information about this assessment process as well as trends in population and educational background of current newcomers, the new assessment for ELLs transitioning from Grade 8 to Grade 9, and additional support services offered at each centre.
38P
Sharing Stories, Changing Lives: Newcomers Experiences through Digital Storytelling
All
Adnan Amin Jennilee Austria Rabia Din North York Community House School Settlement Program
Digital storytelling workshops offer a safe, supportive environment in which participants can explore their histories and reflect on how they got to where they are. This workshop will focus on the importance and process of making digital stories, as well as discussing the impact that it has on newcomer students. We will also be viewing stories created by newcomer students.
39P
Orchestrating a School-Wide Response to Linguistic Diversity: Everyone has a Role
All
Nancy Commins University of Colorado at Denver
This session is based on the view that meeting the needs of a linguistically and culturally diverse population requires a collaborative effort where all educators have a part in guaranteeing student success. Effective educators in diverse settings share many common characteristics. Participants will be presented with a set of Assumptions and Organizing Principles that provide a framework for action, as well as an overview of a process for a comprehensive school-wide response.
40P
Canadian Afghan Student Success Initiative
All
Ahmad Tariq Fahimi Rahmatullah Fahimi Toronto DSB
This presentation will focus on the Canadian Afghan Student Success Initiative (CASSI) program, where the main emphasis will be on student success and parental engagement among new Canadians of Afghan descent. This presentation will also provide a brief history of Afghanistan, its culture, a comparison between the two education systems, the challenges for schools in dealing with Newcomer Afghan students and their families, and recommendations for successful integration into the Canadian school system.
41P
Bridging the Newcomer Communities
All
Angela Guo Eileen Wan Catholic Community Services of York Region
In this workshop, we will share best practices in the programs of school settlement workers in order to enhance parent engagement and student success. We will also talk about how to use school as a hub to create a welcoming community for newcomers. Our successful initiatives include Experience the Culture Series, Welcome to Canada Day, ESL students’ conference and parent / student support groups.
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42P
Getting Into STEP (Repeated from Thursday afternoon)
All
Janet Giberson Gillian Hall Ontario Ministry of Education
Come and learn about our new assessment tool for English language learners. Steps to English Proficiency (STEP) is a resource for teachers to support students’ English language acquisition as well as provide strategies for instruction and assessment to support learning. The resource is loosely aligned with the Ontario curriculum and includes ongoing assessment and initial assessment which will be share.
43P
Cultural Presentation on the Mandarin-speaking Community in Ontario
All
Susan Shi Sina Zha Catholic Crosscultural Services
This comprehensive overview of the Mandarin-speaking community in Ontario will include: geographical and historical background, language, culture, race, religion, food, impact of immigration; experience of newcomer parents with school system; impact on student learning outcomes; strategies to support students in class / school; resources available in school / community.
Plenary Sessions
LIMITED SEATING! The two plenary sessions take place simultaneously. There is LIMITED seating in Room 2-212/213. If you plan to attend a session in this room please arrive EARLY to ensure a seat. If the session is closed, please respect the door monitors’ instructions.
REGISTRATIONS DUE – APRIL 4
Completed Registration Form including payment (by cheque) must arrive at our office by Monday, April 4, 2011. Celebrating Linguistic Diversity Conference ESL/ELD Department Toronto District School Board 1 Civic Centre Court, Toronto, ON, M9C 2B3 (Telephone: 416-394-7262 Email: [email protected]) PLEASE NOTE: YOUR CONFIRMATION will be sent by email and serves as your RECEIPT.
“Are There Too Many English Language Learners in My Class?”
Many teachers, parents, school administrators, and politicians unfortunately believe that English language learners lower achievement in elementary classrooms and slow down all students’ learning. Classrooms that varied from 5% to 95% English language learners in two school districts were studied. English language learners and English-speaking students’ English reading achievement varied across classrooms over the period of a year. The observed relationship between percentage of English language learners and English reading achievement will be reported. Effective instructional practices will be described and discussed. The question posed by the title of the session will be answered.
Lee Gunderson is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methodology, reading instruction, and second language reading. He has conducted long-term research since the 1980s investigating the language and academic achievement of immigrant students.
Space is limited. Please register early! The $50.00 cost of this symposium is in addition to Thursday’s regular registration fee. Cost includes buffet dinner and speaker. Please indicate your attendance on the registration form and add $50.00 to your total.
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Friday Lunch and Speaker: Debi Goodwin, Author and Documentary Producer
Citizens of Nowhere
An inspiring story of courage, adaptation and determination
“Most journalists have stories they never forget. This is mine.” When Debi Goodwin travelled to the Dadaab Refugee Camp in 2007 to shoot a documentary on young Somali refugees soon coming to Canada, she did not anticipate the impact the journey would have on her. A year later, in August of 2008, she decided to embark upon a new journey, starting in the overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya, and ending in university campuses across Canada. For a year, she recorded the lives of eleven very lucky refugee students who had received coveted scholarships from Canadian universities, guaranteeing them both a spot in the student body and permanent residency in Canada. The reader meets them in the overcrowded confines of a Kenyan refugee camp and tracks them all the way through a year of dramatic and sometimes traumatic adjustments to new life in a foreign country called Canada. This is a snapshot of a refugee’s first year in Canada, in particular a snapshot of young men and women lucky and smart enough to earn their passage from refugee camp to Canadian campus.
Debi Goodwin is a documentary producer and a former CBC journalist. While at The National, Goodwin produced documentaries from Latin America, Africa and China. The documentary The Lucky Ones, which inspired the book Citizens of Nowhere, won the Radio Television News Directors' Association of Canada's Adrienne Clarkson Award for best network program in 2008. Goodwin's work also received a Gemini nomination and a Chris Award from the Columbus Film Festival. Debi was inspired by writing the book to do something to help newcomers - she is now doing her TESL Certificate part time at U of T's Woodsworth College.
Where: OISE/UT – Room TBA
When: Friday, April 29, 2011
Lunch: 12:15 p.m. Presentation: 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH INCLUDED
Space is limited. Please register early!
The $15.00 cost of this event is in addition to Friday’s regular registration fee. Cost includes lunch and speaker. Please indicate your attendance on the registration form and add $15.00 to your total.
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FEES are Non-refundable Conference Fee: $60.00 per day ($120.00 for two days) TDSB Staff and other full-time Students: $40.00 per day OISE/UT full-time Students: $25.00 per day Additional Fees: Thursday Dinner Symposium - $50.00 Friday Lunch and Speaker - $15.00 Please include with this form your cheque made payable to the TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD. Completed Registration Form including payment must arrive at our office by Monday, April 4, 2011 Courier or mail to
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Participant Last Name First Name Email Address: (Required) School Name & Board: Contact Address City: PC: Telephone School /Home School Phone # Home and/or Cell Phone #
Please Indicate by Workshop # your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for each session. (Refer to attached Workshop Description List for Workshop #)
YOUR CONFIRMATION will be sent by email and serves as your RECEIPT.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice
Session # (am)
Session # (pm)
Dinner Symposium Yes Vegetarian Gluten Free
Friday, April 29, 2011 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice
Session # (am)
Lunch and Speaker Yes Vegetarian Gluten Free
Session # (pm) OFFICE USE ONLY Registration & Cheque received (DATE): __________________ Amount: _____________ Confirmation: April 28th Workshops: Session am _______Session pm _________ Dinner Symposium: _________ April 29th Workshops: Session am _______Session pm _________ Lunch and Speaker: ________
Celebrating Linguistic Diversity Annual Conference April 28 - 29, 2011
Registration Form PLEASE PHOTOCOPY
Celebrating Linguistic Diversity Conference ESL/ELD Department Toronto District School Board 1 Civic Centre Court, Toronto, ON M9C 2B3 (Telephone: 416-394-7262 Email: [email protected])
