SEATCA 2025 - Southeastern Alberta Teachers' Convention: Full Schedule

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9:00am MST

Unlocking Literacy: Simple Strategies to Support Struggling French Immersion Readers

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST

Grades 1-4 French immersion teachers, struggling readers in French immersion classrooms face unique challenges, especially when learning a second language. In this session, we’ll explore how the brain learns to read and how this understanding can shape our teaching practices. We’ll uncover the overlaps between French and English reading concepts and explore tips to align your literacy instruction with the science of reading.
Through practical examples you’ll discover simple, purposeful strategies that support your struggling readers. Whether you’re short on time, looking to refine your approach or trying to figure out how to meet the number of exposures a struggling reader needs, you’ll leave with actionable ideas and the confidence to make a difference tomorrow.

Speakers

Lanette Daley-Tennent

Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
E149 299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB

EAL

Audience Div 1, Div 2

10:30am MST

3 Simple Fixes to Help Struggling French Immersion Readers Thrive

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST

E149

Grade 4-6 French immersion teachers,
Are you looking for practical strategies to help your struggling French immersion readers? This session focuses on three impactful techniques designed to build confidence, eliminate common errors, and boost reading skills in grades 4-6. Learn how to:

Address the persistent -ent mistake
Unlock decoding success.
Leverage letter patterns

Each strategy is grounded in real classroom practice and is easy to implement. Walk away with clear, actionable ideas you can use tomorrow to help your students that seem stuck break free from their reading ruts and achieve measurable progress.

Speakers

Lanette Daley-Tennent

Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
E149 299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB

French & International Languages

Audience Div 1, Div 2

1:00pm MST

Critically Engaged Language and Literacy Workshop

Thursday February 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

E149

Critically Engaged Language and Literacy Workshops (CELLWs) represent a progressive and disruptive educational model that is specifically designed to enhance literacy by integrating critical thinking, multimodality, and inquiry-based learning. Grounded in critical literacy theory, CELLWs cultivate spaces for students to creatively explore issues such as equity, racism, and inclusion, promoting a deeper awareness of themselves and the broader social context (Piazzoli, 2011; Berriz et al., 2018).

Speakers

Michelle Veroba

Michelle Veroba (she/her/hers) serves as the ELL Student Support Teacher at Brooks Composite High School, where she directs the English Language Learner (ELL) program, drawing on over a decade of experience in supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students. She is actively... Read More →

Rahat Zaidi

Teacher

Thursday February 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
E149 299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB

EAL

Audience Div 3, Div 4