Do you have disabled learners in your classroom? Would you like to learn about practical supports to help your learners achieve success in their English language training? If so, join us for this webinar.
Disabled newcomers face additional challenges in the English-language classroom, so offering practical supports can help pave the way to their success. We’ll look at how AODA (Access for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) impacts accessibility barriers. Then we’ll learn how to make general communications more accessible. We’ll also delve into plain language and explore considerations to support accessible materials design.
The key points to be covered are:
Webinar Type: Teaching Best Practices
Categories: Classroom Management; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Instructional Design
Teaching Sectors: All sectors
Participant Level: No previous knowledge required
Susan Webb has been the coordinator of Language Curriculum Training Services with Achēv in Mississauga since 2015, where she has now presented and hosted over 100 professional development webinars. Previously Susan taught Adult ESL with the Toronto District School Board, wrote material for the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s LINC 5-7 Classroom Activities and Financial Literacy Resource publications, and developed workplace curricula for COSTI. In addition, she has worked with Avenue.ca as an editor and assistant trainer. Susan is also a 2019 Sparks of Excellence Award winner, and has been a volunteer mentor with the TESL Ontario series of mentorship events since its inception in 2021.
Susan has successfully presented Supporting Disabled Language Learners multiple times – in the Language Curriculum Training Services Ontario webinar series on Tutela, in the Tutela webinar series, and for the TWLIP (Toronto West Local Immigration Partnership).
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanwebblangtrainingconsult/
Link to Register is: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k5P9ewgeTRqBo343uzCwJQ
Link to View Information on Tutela: https://tutela.ca/GroupEvent?organicgroup=8594&itemId=58649
Please note: TESL Canada and TESL Ontario are separate entities. Your TESL Canada membership does not include free access to TESL Ontario webinars. To learn more about TESL Ontario Standard Membership, please click HERE.