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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Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors: Centering Diverse Texts in ELA 7-12
Presented By
Tannis NiziolSession Details
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| January 14, 2022 | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm |
Location
Virtual
Grade Levels
AllThis session will explore how the choices we make in regard to the texts and perspectives we bring into the classroom impact our adolescent readers. How might we create opportunities in which students can see themselves in the pages of the books that we choose, whether these are found in our classroom library shelves, in book clubs, or in a whole-class novel? How might these text choices help us create the conditions for the conversations students need and want to have around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion? Finally, where might we find the resources that help inform and guide our text selections?
All learning opportunities with the ERLC regional team will focus on the Alberta Education and district priority areas.