Welcome to the Alberta Teachers’ Association Specialist Council event page for the 2021/2022 school year. These events are sponsored by the 21 specialist councils of the Alberta Teachers’ Association. All active teachers in the ATA are entitled to one no-cost Specialist Council membership and can subscribe to as many other councils as they like. To join a council, members can click on https://bit.ly/SpecialistCouncilJoin.
To find more about any of the events, you can click on the event and follow the subsequent link.
December 1—I Teach Phonics...So Why Should I Attend? Are you teaching phonics in an explicit systematic sequential way? Are you teaching analytical phonics or synthetic phonics? Have you heard of the Reading Rope? Are you wanting to help all of the students in your classroom be successful with reading? If you want answers to these questions then this is the PD session for you. Join April Brown to talk about how to help all of your students be successful with reading and spelling.
December 9 Did you know that Phonemic Awareness is crucialfor reading, and the other skills of Phonological Awareness are thefoundationfor phonemic awareness? During this session we will discuss the difference between the two, talk about the sequential development of skills and share resources that will help you build this work into your early childhood classroom.
Presenter— Carolyn Hovey-Johnson is a Speech Language Pathologist who has been working in preschool and schools for over 20 years. She has recently contributed to the re-developed literacy framework for K to Grade 1 in the Peace Wapiti School Division, along with a committee of amazing teachers.
January 18—Teaching Sentence Writing
Registration and additional information can be found at: https://ececpdspeakerseries.sched.com/
