Tannis is currently supporting Alberta teachers as a Professional Learning Facilitator with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium. She recently served as a curriculum consultant for the Edmonton Catholic School Division. Throughout her 30-year career as an educator, in both Edmonton and Winnipeg, Tannis remains passionate about teaching and learning, and the need for explicit literacy apprenticeship at all levels in all subject areas. Tannis is a voracious reader who believes all students deserve access to rich, diverse reading experiences and to a safe equitable space to talk about what they see, hear, think and feel. She is on a journey to disrupt and bring clarity to the conversations that drive our planning and assessment practice.
Learning Opportunities
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Leveraging Mentor Texts in the ELA 7-12 Classroom
Presented By
Tannis NiziolSession Details
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| December 03, 2021 | 10:30 am to 11:20 am |
Location
Virtual
Grade Levels
7-9, 10-12"Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation". (Mason Cooley)
In our daily efforts to build more agile readers and writers -- and thinkers-- this session will explore how we might use mentor texts to model and scaffold the skills that our students need for a deeper understanding of the language arts.
All learning opportunities with the ERLC regional team will focus on the Alberta Education and district priority areas.
Target Audience
Language Arts Teachers